Pen & Paper Wins National Recognition!
Posted by Kate HavilandHot off the presses! We just received word that the 2017 issue of Unquowa’s student literary magazine, Pen & Paper, received recognition in two national competitions! Click here to read the issue online!
The magazine won “First Place with Special Merit” from the American Scholastic Press Association … Unquowa is the only school in Connecticut to receive this level of recognition this year! Two student editors received individual awards as well from ASPA. Ryan won the “Outstanding Poetry” award for his work entitled “Two-Faced” and Samantha earned the “Outstanding Story” award for her piece titled “Time After Time.” The ASPA honors are especially impressive since Unquowa’s competition included public and private middle and high schools as well as colleges and universities across the country.
The 2017 Pen & Paper also won praise from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. In their annual review it earned a “Gold Medal Rating” with “All-Columbian Honors” in every evaluation category.
Each year, Unquowa’s Upper School students submit photography, art, poetry and other writing to the magazine’s student editorial board. Together with faculty advisors, the editors provide feedback on submissions, work on content, design and layout for the annual publication.
Pen & Paper is an authentic outlet for our Humanities program. Student submissions are anonymous during the review process, where they receive constructive criticism from our student editorial staff. “This process really supports a culture of excellence in the magazine and in our school. I’ve seen my students take the feedback they receive, revise their work and re-submit multiple times. As an English teacher, seeing students ‘own’ the writing process is its own reward,” says Humanities teacher and advisor Mr. Seferidis.
Congratulations to our amazing team of student contributors and editors! What an incredible feather in Unquowa’s cap during this year of Centennial celebrations!
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