WALL
AWARDS
Literary Journal
Following is a list of awards received by WALL for its content and design and by individual students in national competitions for literary magazines. Every year, since 2012, the journal has been recognized for
excellence by national organizations that judge the quality of campus
publications throughout the country.
Logo designed by Marville Uy
2023
American Scholatic Press Association
Most Outstanding Community College Literary-Art Magazine for 2023
Outstanding Photograph
"Graceful" by Saba Anoushahpour
REALM (Recognizing Excellence in Literary Magazines)
Superior Award for WALL 2023
Community College Humanities Association
1st Place, Best Magazine Award for WALL 2022
Pacific-Western Region
3rd Place, Best Photography:
Fern Helsel-Metz, "The Last Human Stranger"
2022
REALM (Recognizing Excellence in Art & Literary Magazines) Superior Award for WALL 2021
American Scholastic Press Association
1st Place, Magazine Award for WALL 2021
2021
Associated Collegiate Press
2021 Magazine Pacemaker Award for WALL 2020
2020
American Scholastic Press Association
Most Outstanding Community College Literary-Art Magazine
Community College Humanities Association
Harry Foster, 1st Place, “Peanut Butter and Jelly,” Best Creative Nonfiction
Teri Pfeffer Perlstein, 1st Place, “Death Valley Dunes,” Best Photography
Alyssa Shishkov, 3rd Place, “I Dropped My Phone in Oatmeal Today,” Best Poem
Fern Helsel-Metz, 3rd Place, “Bristlecone Moon,” Best Photography
2019
American Scholastic Press Association
1st Place, Magazine Award
Community College Humanities Association
Isabella Arnett, 1st Place, “The Bubble,” Best Short Stories
Melanie Nuccio, 1st Place, “Home,” Best Artwork
Laura Petersen, 2nd Place, “Glass,” Best Photography
Dahlia Colak, 3rd Place, “Playboy of the Modern World,” Best Short Stories
2018
American Scholastic Press Association
Most Outstanding Community College Literary-Art Magazine (2018 issue)
Community College Humanities Association
1st Place, Magazines from Large Colleges
Pacific-Western Division
3rd Place, Photography
Amy Kaplan "Fight Like a Girl"
3rd Place, Artwork
Sharon Yu, "Tibetan Prayer"
2017
American Scholastic Press Association
Most Outstanding Community College Literary-Art Magazine
1st Place with Special Merit Magazine Award for outstanding design and content (2017 issue)
Community College Humanities Association
2nd Place, Best Magazine Award
Pacific-Western Region Division
2nd Place, Artwork: Celia Wu, "Woman Warriors at Wasteland"
2nd Place, Photography: Hugh Foster, "Tracks to Calico"
2016
American Scholastic Press Association
1st Place with Special Merit Magazine Award for "an outstanding overall example of a scholastic publication in format, content, and presentation": WALL Literary Journal
2015
American Scholastic Press Association
1st Place, Magazine Award
Community College Humanities Association
Pacific-Western Region Division
3rd Place, Creative Nonfiction: Jilly Pretzel, “Chicken”
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2014
American Scholastic Press Association
1st Place, Magazine Award
Community College Humanities Association
Pacific-Western Region Division
3rd Place, Literary Magazine Contest: WALL Literary Journal
1st Place, Creative Nonfiction: Laura Bouzari, “Vise”
2nd Place, Creative Nonfiction: Adam Green, “My Name Is Twitch”
3rd Place, Poetry: Dylan Stratton, “Turning Grey”
1st Place Artwork: Alexander Kusztyk, "Mouser"
2013
American Scholastic Press Association
1st Place, Magazine Awardl
Community College Humanities Association
2nd Place, Poetry: Sterling Arthur Leva, "Experimentation"
2nd Place, Artwork: Ellen Rose, "Good Habits
Judges Award, Iman Moujtahed, Cover Image of WALL 2013
2012
American Scholastic Press Association
1st Place, Magazine Award
2nd Place, Artwork: Anibal Santos, "El Nahual"