Literary Magazine Receives First Place

The staff of Calliope, the Niles North student-published art and literary magazine, recently learned that the 2009 issue received a First Place award from the American Scholastic Press Association (ASPA). Each year the ASPA evaluates publications from about 1,000 U.S. colleges, junior colleges, high schools and middle schools, awarding points in the following categories:  content coverage, organization, design, presentation and creativity. Sensations, the Niles North 2009 issue, scored 945 out of a possible 1,000 points, with a perfect score in design and 390 out of 400 points in content coverage. A judge noted that Sensations was “an excellent publication,” demonstrating the efforts of a wide range of talented contributors.

More than 46 Niles North writers, photographers and artists, representing each class level, contributed to Sensations. Vicky Kao, Class of 2009, created the cover drawing. Student editors for the 2009 issue were:  Pooja Desai and Brianna Nielsen, editors-in-chief; associate editors Jenna Cohen, Sara Kaucher and Krystine Hoang; and assistant editors Becky Dykes, Monica Pabelonio, Esther Reiberg and Alicia Singer. General staff included Faith Barksdale, Max Kirschenbaum, Becca Shea, Stephanie Ruiz, Amanda Decker and Liang Hou. Cohen, Dykes, Kaucher, Hoang, Pabelonio and Reisberg are returning member of the editorial board for 2009-10. English teacher Charles Pratt is the Calliope faculty advisor.

The 2010 issue of Calliope will be published in May.