Awards, Recognition & Corrections
Congratulations to all our
2025-26 Valencia Student Development Awards Winners:
Creative Nonfiction
1st Place ($100)
Sarah Etienne, Downtown, Missed Calls”
2nd Place ($50)
“Chanda Griese, East, “Prairie Ring”
Fiction
1st Place ($100)
Juliana Zalzman, Osceola, “Who Keeps the Cat?”
2nd Place ($50)
Mark Christmas, East, “Spinster”
Poem
1st Place ($100)
James Governali, East, “My Ceiling Was a Galaxy”
2nd Place ($50)
Devon Decker, West, “Plain Contrast”
Art
1st Place ($100)
Miguel Urdaneta Mendoza, West, “Flowering Anguish”
2nd Place ($50)
Hanna Melo Fugulin, West, “The Cost of Bliss”
These and many other talented student works will be published in the upcoming issue
of Phoenix Magazine, NOISE — Volume 28
Look for copies Fall 2026
Prizes awarded courtesy of Student Development.
Learn about our latest ACP PACEMAKER AWARD!
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STUDENT PUBLICATION and INDUSTRY RECOGNITIONS
The Phoenix magazine has garnered many awards and recognitions over the years. Awards include recognition from:
National ACP Pacemaker Awards
Since their inception in 1927, ACP’s Pacemaker awards for general excellence have
been the most prestigious and competitive awards dedicated to student media.
Florida College System Publications Association Magazine Competition
This contest is open to any Florida State College, junior or community college that
has a newspaper or magazine and is a member of the Florida College System Activities
Association. As this is a student competition, all entries must be the work of students
only, with no involvement of faculty or professionals except in an instructional or
advisory capacity.
Community College Humanities Association Literary Magazine Competition
The Community College Humanities Association (CCHA), founded in 1979, sponsors an
annual literary magazine competition, which highlights student work from all over
the nation. The competition reinforces the mission of CCHA to help shape and strengthen
students with their personal and professional growth in the Humanities. The Phoenix
magazine has been entered for judging in this competition since 2008.
The Florida Print Awards
Sponsored by the Printing Association of Florida, the Florida Print Awards recognizes
individuals who produce the best in print media.
The American Advertising Awards (ADDYs)
Sponsored by the American Advertising Federation, the American Advertising Awards,
also known as the ADDYs, honor excellence in advertising and cultivate the highest
creative standards in the industry. It is the largest creative awards competition
in the advertising industry. Because it is the only three-tiered competition, an ADDY®
is widely renowned as the most difficult advertising award to earn.