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"