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The Associated Collegiate Press is recognizing Northern Essex Community College’s student literary magazine, “Parnassus,” with a national Pacemaker Award.
The award makes Parnassus one of the top student collegiate magazines in the country, as this marks the fifth time the association has recognized the magazine with the distinction.
“I’m so proud to be able to offer a national platform of recognition for the amazing work that our NECC community creates,” said Parnassus faculty advisor and college Writing Program Coordinator Patrick Lochelt. “It’s a huge benefit for students to help bolster their experience and resumes/portfolios for those wishing to go onto careers in creative fields and to add ‘feathers to their caps’ in ways they might not be able to otherwise.”
Parnassus was one of only six collegiate literary arts magazines from across the country and the only magazine from Massachusetts to be recognized in the two-year college category. Other winners this year included Auburn University, George Mason University, Oregon State University and the University of Miami.
“The verbal and visual storytelling in the winning magazines is incredible and robust long-form stories combined with shorter quick-reads to pace the reader through the pages of the feature magazines,” noted Gary Lundgren, Associated Collegiate Press associate director and coordinator of the Pacemaker competition.
Past issues of Parnassus have also been awarded and recognized by other national associations like the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, Community College Humanities Association, and others. It was first produced at Northern Essex in 1965, making it one of the oldest institutions at the college.