Zephyr - Awards

This year, schools in 44 states, Washington, D.C., and six countries nominated 456 student magazines.

Magazines from middle school, high school, and higher education were welcomed for the 2025 contest.

The REALM program publicly recognizes excellent literary magazines produced by students with the

support of their teachers. REALM is designed to encourage all schools to develop literary magazines that

celebrate the art and craft of writing. Schools in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, US territories,

Canada, and American schools abroad are eligible to nominate magazines.

For more information about the REALM Program, please visit: https://ncte.org/awards/program-to-

recognize-in-student-literary-magazines/.

This year, schools in 46 states and five countries nominated 422 student magazines. Magazines from

middle school, high school, and higher education were welcomed for the 2024 contest.

The REALM program publicly recognizes excellent literary magazines produced by students with the

support of their teachers. REALM is designed to encourage all schools to develop literary magazines that

celebrate the art and craft of writing. Schools in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, US territories,

Canada, and American schools abroad are eligible to nominate magazines.

For more information about the REALM Program, please visit: https://ncte.org/awards/program-to-

recognize-in-student-literary-magazines/.

It is my pleasure to inform you that your school’s literary magazine, The Zephyr, has been selected to receive the rank of Excellent in the 2023 NCTE Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM) program. From all of us at the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), congratulations to you and your students on this exceptional publication. We commend you for inspiring a love of writing that your students will remember for the rest of their lives.

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