A graphic honors the iliad Literary-Art Magazine’s achievements in the Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM) contest. Iliad Literary-Art Magazine advisor David Ragsdale believes the work on the previous edition of the iliad was outstanding. “Last year’s edition ranks as one of my favorite among the 20+ magazines I’ve advised students in producing since refounding the iliad in 2001 with a cadre of talented students. The care in planning and executing the vision behind Volume 47 “astraeus” was breathtaking,” Ragsdale said. Graphic courtesy of REALM
The iliad Literary-Art Magazine won the highest honors for the Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM) contest on Jan. 24.
January, 24 (Athens, Georgia)—The iliad Literary-Art Magazine from Clarke Central High School, has been recognized as a REALM First Class magazine by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
This year, schools in 42 states and five countries nominated 262 student magazines. Magazines from middle school, high school, and higher education were welcomed for the 2022 contest. Only 38 magazines were awarded the contest’s highest distinction, REALM First Class.
“Last year’s edition ranks as one of my favorite among the 20+ magazines I’ve advised students in producing since refounding the iliad in 2001 with a cadre of talented students. The care in planning and executing the vision behind Volume 47 “astraeus” was breathtaking,” David Ragasdale, iliad adviser, said.
“Last year’s edition ranks as one of my favorite among the 20+ magazines I’ve advised students in producing since refounding the iliad in 2001 with a cadre of talented students. The care in planning and executing the vision behind Volume 47 “astraeus” was breathtaking.”
— David Ragsdale,
iliad adviser
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.
Editor-in-Chief Kaija Gilbertson Hall, who served as Co-Editor-in-Chief in 2022, was proud of the recognition.
“It’s such an honor to be recognized by REALM, their mission is so aligned with the iliad’s and it feels amazing to have our hard work recognized by their organization,” Gilbertson Hall said.
For more information about the REALM Program, please visit this link.
The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education. As the nation’s oldest organization of pre-K through graduate school literacy educators, NCTE has a rich history of deriving expertise and advocacy from its members’ professional research, practice, and knowledge. NCTE is the home of the Intellectual Freedom Center, the National Day on Writing®, ReadWriteThink.org, the Build Your Stack® initiative, and NCTE Verse. NCTE supports nearly 20,000 teachers across the preK–college spectrum, with a mailing list of over 500,000, more than 100,000 followers on Facebook and Twitter, and regularly sees more than 100,000 visitors in web traffic monthly.
For more information, please visit www.ncte.org.
