For the fourth straight year in a row, Phoenix, Valencia’s West Campus art and literary magazine, has won the Florida College System Publications Association’s First Place – General Excellence award.
English Professor and Phoenix advisor Jackie Zuromski and a group of student contributors accepted the award at the 2013 FCSPA conference held October 18 in Tampa.
In addition to the General Excellence Award, Valencia won multiple honors in Division B, which was comprised of submissions from six of Florida’s largest community colleges (categorized as greater than 6,500 Full Time Equivalent students).
Congratulations to this year’s winners!
For more information about Phoenix magazine, please visit: http://valenciacollege.edu/phoenix
Valencia winners include:
Poem: 1st Place
Jankarlo Gonzalez, “Jonny B”
Poetry: 3rd Place
Janice Cruz, “Mo Anam Cara”
Joy Richardson, “Indonesia”
Jessica Unkel, “Radiation”
Fiction: 1st Place
Tara Nelson, “Slaying Giants”
Nonfiction: 3rd Place
Echo Slocum, “The Value of Investment”
Two-page Spread: 1st Place
Heather Vazquez
Photo: 3rd Place
Andrew Vega, “Playing with Fire”
Photography: 3rd Place
Alfred Beran, “My Train of Thought Has Left the Station”
Yarelis Rojas, “Follow My Steps”
Andrew Vega, “Storm Over Orlando”
Design, 1st Place
Phoenix Design Team: Djenne Husbands, Jose Morales and Austen Rebel
Editing, 3rd Place
Heather Vazquez
Cover: 1st Place
Phoenix Design Team: Djenne Husbands, Jose Morales and Austen Rebel
Contents Page: 1st Place
Phoenix Design Team: Djenne Husbands, Jose Morales and Austen Rebel
Staff Page: 1st Place
Phoenix Design Team: Djenne Husbands, Jose Morales and Austen Rebel
Inner Circle of Excellence Award (for students placing in 3 or more categories)
Phoenix Design Team: Djenne Husbands, Jose Morales, and Austen Rebel