Legacy Awards

Legacy XX 2024, Moments

Community College Humanities Association
(CCHA) Literary Magazine Competition – National Award for Best Magazine - 1st Place

Community College Humanities Association
(CCHA) Literary Magazine Competition – Best Magazine (Eastern Division) - 1st Place

CCHA Individual Awards

Third Place – Poetry
Jeffrey Reider, “Rattlemistake Bite”
Third Place – Short Story
Leighmon Eisenhardt, “The Boy Below the Window”
First Place – Photography
Camden Gehris, “Coastal Memories”
First Place – Artwork
Mia Davis, “Standstill”
Second Place – Artwork
Mia Davis, “Out of the Museum”
First Place – Creative Nonfiction
Leighmon Eisenhardt, “Why the Willow Weeps”

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM) program: REALM First Class

Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) 2025 Crown Awards – Silver Crown
Legacy 2024 was initially recognized as a Crown Finalist and later honored with a Silver Crown as a print literary magazine at the CSPA College Media Convention. According to the CSPA, Crown Awards are "the highest level of recognition given by the CSPA" to a student publication and one of the highest honors in college media.

Collegiate Press Association (ACP) 2024 Literary Arts Magazine Pacemaker Awards (often called the “Pulitzers of collegiate journalism”) – Finalist

Legacy XIX 2022, Emboldened

Community College Humanities Association (Eastern Division)

The CCHA's annual literary magazine competition highlights student work from all over the nation. Honoring the best in the Eastern Division, the CCHA named the following contributors as winners of its prestigious literary magazine competition.

First Place - Best Artwork
Mia Davis, "Wanderer"
First Place - Best Song
Rachel Dodson, "Alice"
Third Place - Creative Nonfiction
Rachel Dodson, "A Conversation with My Dad"
Third Place - Short Story
Jack Weaver, "The Silence of the Bugle"

Columbia Scholastic Press Association – Gold Medalist

CSPA offers two annual competitions to "honor excellence in student publishing: Crown Awards for overall excellence and Gold Circle Awards for individual student recognition."

Legacy 2022 was initially recognized as a Crown Finalist and later honored with a Silver Crown as a print literary magazine at the 2023 CSPA College Media Convention. According to the CSPA, Crown Awards are "the highest level of recognition given by the CSPA" to a student publication and one of the highest honors in college media.

Below is the complete list of award winners:

Grub Street Literary & Arts Magazine, Towson University, Towson, MA
Lighted Corners, Mount St. Mary's University, Emmitsburg, MA
Port City Review, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA
The Tower, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Legacy, Reading Area Community College, Reading, PA
Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Parnassus, Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA
Windhover, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

The CSPA also awarded Legacy's 2022 issue four national Gold Circle Awards:

First Place - Experimental Fiction
Shianne Ayala-Lind, "Pretty Girl"
First Place - Cover Design for Literary or Literary Art Magazine
Miguel Santiago and Dylan Sokolovich
Certificate of Merit - Table of Contents Page
Dylan Sokolovich
First Place - Portfolio Illustration
Mia Davis

Legacy XVIII 2021, Unspoken

Community College Humanities Association (Eastern Division) – First Place

CCHA Individual Awards

First Place – Essay
Alex Lupold, "Looking Deeper: The Meaning of Godzilla"
Second Place – Poetry
Nicholas Fulwood, "The Art of Gift Giving"
First Place – Photography
Robert Bara-Popa, "Taken by the Wind"
Third Place – Photography
Allyson Finney, "At the Gates"

Columbia Scholastic Press Association – Gold Medalist

CSPA Individual Awards

First Place – Experimental Fiction
Austin Graczyk, "Cage Match"
First Place – Essay
Nicholas Fulwood, "Jenever"
First Place – Photography, Single Artistic Photograph
Robert Bara-Popa, "Taken by the Wind"
Second Place – Photography, Portfolio of Work
Robert Bara-Popa

Legacy XVII 2018, Beauty

Community College Humanities Association (Eastern Division) – First Place

CCHA Individual Awards

First Place – Essay
Anisa Jackson, "Amid the Complexities of Existence"
First Place – Creative Nonfiction
Rebecca Drayer, "Cuddle Capitalism"
Second Place – Artwork
Kylee Naugle, "Our Eyes"

Columbia Scholastic Press Association – Gold Medalist

CSPA Individual Awards

Third Place – Traditional Poetry
Austin Graczyk, "The Preservation Sonnet"
Third Place- Experimental Fiction
Austin Graczyk, "Three Vignettes"
Third Place – Cover Design for Literary or Literary/Art Magazine
Nicholas Bellman, Layout/Design Editor of Legacy
Certificate of Merit – Illustration, Portfolio of Work
Annadore Fern

Legacy XVI 2017, Entwined

Community College Humanities Association (Eastern Division) – First Place

CCHA Individual Awards

First Place - Creative Nonfiction
Christopher Smith-Thomson, "Did She Know?"
Second Place – Creative Nonfiction
DJ Plante, "Dreaming of Yama"
Honorable Mention – Creative Nonfiction
Jon Roz, "Inside It Never Stops Raining"
Third Place - Artwork
Mayra Perez-Barajas, "Suga"
Third Place - Photography
Wilhen Suriel, "Entwined"
First Place - Essay
Tiffany Eastman, "Horrific Misconceptions"
Second Place - Essay
Ashley Back de Munoz, "Imagining the Difference"
Third Place – Essay
Amanda O'Donohue, "An Altered Record"

Columbia Scholastic Press Association – Gold Medalist

CSPA Individual Awards

Second Place – Cover Design for Literary or Literary/Art Magazine
Stephanie R. Holloway-Peidl and Kha Nguyen, Layout/Design Editor of Legacy
Certificate of Merit – Portfolio Illustration (Art)
Hannah Elizabeth High

Legacy XV 2016, Sonder

Community College Humanities Association (Eastern Division) – First Place

CCHA Individual Awards

Third Place – Fiction
Sarah Belles, "Charlie"
Second Place – Creative Nonfiction
David Meyer, "Universal Sign of Victory"
Winner (Eastern Division) – Essay
Kaylee Weaver, "Brutus: A Man Felled by his Own Fault"

Columbia Scholastic Press Association – Gold Medalist and Silver Crown Winner

CSPA Individual Awards

First Place – Traditional Poetry
Austin Graczyk, "Sonnet for a Funeral"
Certificate of Merit – Traditional Fiction
Sarah Belles, "Charlie"

Legacy XIV 2015, Unfinished

Legacy XIV has earned the Eastern Division third-place award from the Community College Humanities Association literary magazine competition.

Individual awards in the Community College Humanities Association Eastern Division literary magazine competition:

First Place: Essay
Daniel Johnson, "Tongue-in-Cheek Grading Practices"
Second Place: Creative Nonfiction
Catherine J. Mahoney, "Unscripted Symphony"
Third Place: Creative Nonfiction
Lauren Jones, "Blue"

Legacy XIV Unfinished has also been selected by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) for two national Gold Circle Awards, which are the highest level of recognition for individual / staff achievement that CSPA offers.

Individual awards in the annual Gold Circle Awards competition sponsored by Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA):

First Place: Nonfiction Column
Staff, “To the Reader”
Certificate of Merit: Literary Magazine Overall Design
Staff, Legacy XIV

Legacy XIII 2014, Becoming Us

Community College Humanities Association (Eastern Division) – First Place

CCHA Individual Award

Second Place – Poetry
Catherine J. Mahony, "Fault Line"
Honorable Mention – Poetry
Nicole Gausch, Crimson
First Place – Script/Story
Catherine J. Mahony, "Conduits of Mourning"
Third Place – Script/Story
Brandy Aulenbach, "Listen to Me"
First Place – Nonfiction/Essay
Roxanne Peters, "Older Workers"
Second Place – Nonfiction/Essay
Janelle M. Zimmerman, "A Compassionate Science"
Third Place – Nonfiction/Essay
Jan Loose, "Flesh and Blood"
First Place – Art
Alexandra Terrell, "The Universal Language"
Third Place – Art
Desirae Lesher, "Fall Harvest"

Columbia Scholastic Press Association – Silver Medalist

Legacy XII 2013, Drive

Silver Circle Award in the literary magazine category from Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA). In addition to this award, Legacy XII has earned the Eastern Division second-place award from the Community College Humanities Association literary magazine competition.

The script "The Fractions of our Lives: A Play in One Act" won the judges' award for best script from the Community College Humanities Association. Student authors were Elaine Mendelsohn Pleet, Jennifer Edwards and Michell Good.

Legacy XI 2012, Voices of Legacy

Finalist in the national Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) Magazine Pacemaker Awards, which recognize general excellence in collegiate magazines and are considered the country’s most prestigious awards in college media. To view the list of Magazine Pacemaker Finalists (Literary/Two-Year), please visit this website.

Second Place in the Literary Magazine Competition of the Community College Humanities Association’s (CCHA) Eastern Division for 2012, which consists of community colleges from New England through Maryland.

Gold medal standing in the annual Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) - College Division awards program.

Individual awards in the annual Gold Circle Awards competition sponsored by Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA):

Second Place: Photographs
Aleksandra Fotache, "Bubbles"
Third Place: Experimental Fiction
William Hood, "Childhood Odyssey"
Third Place: General use of typography throughout magazine
Michael O'Donahue, Voices of Legacy
Certificate of Merit: Overall Design
Staff, Legacy XI
Certificate of Merit: Literary multi-page presentation
Michael O'Donahue

Legacy IX 2010, Redefining Graffiti

Third Place for the Eastern region of the Community College Humanities Association (CCHA) literary magazine competition.

Gold medal standing in the annual Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) - College Division awards program.

Individual awards in the annual Gold Circle Awards competition sponsored by Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA):

First Place: Single illustration rendering photographic material — Black and white
Adalberto Burgos, "The 11th Hat"
Second Place: Photographs — Black and white or black and white and one other
Jon Carlson, "On Notice"
Second Place: Photographs — Two or more colors
Tara Fansler, "Lost Space"
Certificate of Merit: Single illustration not based on photographic material — Black and white
Marilyn Miller, "Morning Routine"
Certificate of Merit: Photographs — Portfolio of Work
Tara Fansler, "Untitled"

Legacy VIII 2009, I Am

Community College Humanities Association (Eastern Division) - 2nd Place

CSPA Individual Awards

First Place: Poetry, (Closed)
Nicole Davis Vergara, "Life Eternal Transcends"
Third Place: Cover Design, color
Legacy Staff, I Am
Certificate of Merit: Essay
Jon W Carlson, "Inequality, Innovation, and the Free Market"
Certificate of Merit: Overall Design
Legacy Staff, I Am
Second Place: Single Illustration Rendering Photographic Material, (black and white)
Jon W Carlson, "Leaf in Winter"
Certificate of Merit: Photography – Portfolio of Work
Jon W Carlson, "Litter", "Leaf in Winter", "Untitled", "The Forgotten Door"

Legacy VII 2008, Vision: Seeing Beyond our own Perspective

Columbia Scholastic Press Association - Gold Medalist

CSPA Individual Awards

First Place: Single illustration rendering photographic material (Black & White)
Sarah Jeffris, "Double Take"
Third Place: Page Design: Literary Multi-page presentation
Sherri C Colton, "The War Was Over and They Were Lost"
Certificate of Merit: Cover Design, spot color
Sherri C Colton & Reuben Wilson, "Vision"
Certificate of Merit: Single illustration that complements the content of the accompanying copy (Portfolio)
Adam Holder, "Adam Holder"
Certificate of Merit: Photography (Portfolio)
Reuben Wilson

Legacy VI 2007, Rising to New Heights

Columbia Scholastic Press Association - Gold Medalist

CSPA Individual Awards

Second Place: Logos and end marks
Sherri Colton, "Rising to New Heights"

Legacy V 2006, Sojourners

Columbia Scholastic Press Association - Gold Medalist

CSPA Individual Awards

Certificate of Merit - Overall Design
Elizabeth Shepley, Jessica Walsh, Cindy West, "Legacy Scholarly Journal – Sojourners"
Certificate of Merit - Illustrations (Portfolio)
Marcos Carrion, "Black History et al"

Legacy III 2004, The Cycle of Discovery

Columbia Scholastic Press Association - Gold Medalist

CSPA Individual Awards

Third Place - Poetry, Open (Free) Form
Eric Magruder, "Scowl: For Allen Ginsberg"
Certificate of Merit - Fiction, Experimental
Adrienne Reed, "Interlude"