CF Journalism Students Take Home Awards

College of Central Florida students won numerous awards for student newspaper and literary magazines on Friday, Nov. 15 at the Florida College System Publications Association awards banquet in Tampa.

Imprints, CF Ocala Campus literary magazine, won General Excellence, which is the overall accumulation of points in each category, first place for Design, Contents Page and Two-Page Spread. It also received first place for submissions to the magazine in the Art, Poetry and Photography categories. CF students Emily Bennett and Byron Luckey both placed in the Inner Circle category, which is reserved for students who place in at least three categories.

The Patriot Press, CF’s student newspaper, placed fourth in the Newspaper division. Delaney Van Nest won an Inner Circle award for placing in four different categories, including CF’s only two first-place awards for News Photo for her photo of CF’s simulated active shooter drill in fall 2018, as well as photo picture story for her collage of a 2018 summer concert. She was awarded second place in Editorial Cartoon and in Humor Writing for her spoof on being an “insomniac.”

Lily Carnival was awarded Inner Circle for placing in three categories: third place for In-Depth Reporting for her story on feminine products, third in Arts Review for coverage of a CF play in fall 2018, and third in illustration.

Zach Grinstead, the current co-editor-in-chief, placed third in Sports Column for his coverage of softball Coach Kevin Fagan and third in Sports Writing for his feature on a CF baseball player.

Former co-editor-in-chief Nathalya Reyes placed third in General Column for her series on balancing work and college, and former section editor Mya Kreuer placed second in Feature Story for her article on CF Professor Julee McCammon.

In the Write Mind, CF Citrus Campus literary magazine, placed first in the magazine division for staff page’ and CF student Ja’Onna Brown won an Honorable Mention in On the Spot poetry competition.

CF Professor of Communications Zackery Cote was also elected vice president of the Florida College System Publications Association

The Florida College System Publications Association brings students and advisors together to provide a common ground for discussion of publications and mass media. The association provides responsible guidance to student publications to ensure their growth as a medium for the education of future citizens of a free society and to obtain the best thinking on problems in publications and mass communications and to share this thinking.