{"id":22653,"date":"2025-11-10T16:34:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T21:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2025\/11\/10\/student-literary-magazine-parnassus-wins-back-to-back-national-awards\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T13:35:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:35:19","slug":"student-literary-magazine-parnassus-wins-back-to-back-national-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/11\/10\/student-literary-magazine-parnassus-wins-back-to-back-national-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Literary Magazine Parnassus Wins Back-to-Back National Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the second year in a row, The Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) is recognizing Northern Essex Community College\u2019s student literary magazine, <a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/student-life\/the-arts\/parnassus\/\"><em>Parnassus<\/em><\/a>, with a national <a href=\"https:\/\/studentpress.org\/acp\/2025\/10\/18\/2025-magazine-pacemakers\/\">Pacemaker Award<\/a>. This makes <em>Parnassus<\/em> one of the top student collegiate magazines in the country, as this marks the sixth time overall the ACP has recognized the magazine with the distinction. <a href=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/NorthernEssexCommunityCollege_M1_Page_01-791x1024-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-29550 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/NorthernEssexCommunityCollege_M1_Page_01-791x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"cover image of parnasuss magazine features rainbow-like swirl with the magazine title written sideways in green\" width=\"300\" height=\"388\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Parnassus<\/em> is a truly amazing opportunity for students and other members of the NECC community to showcase their artistic works, both at the college and in these national competitions, and winning the Pacemaker two years in a row (and our sixth time overall) is a strong testament to how fantastic our college\u2019s creativity is and continues to be alongside the amazing work of the <em>Parnassus<\/em> staff in their selection and design of the magazine as well,&#8221; said NECC Writing Program Coordinator\/ Faculty Advisor for <em>Parnassus<\/em> Patrick Lochelt. &#8220;We will continue to build on the great foundation we\u2019ve established, and we look forward to receiving more amazing submissions from our NECC artists and writers for the 2026 issue!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The prestigious Pacemaker recognizes overall excellence and distinguishes the top student media produced during a particular school year. The award started shortly after the association was founded in 1921 and is often regarded as the most competitive, most honored award in collegiate journalism.<\/p>\n<p>Other winners of the Pacemaker Award this year include Auburn University, Southwestern College, University of New Mexico, Valencia College, University of Oregon, Western Kentucky University, and Black Hills State University.<\/p>\n<p>Gary Lundgren, ACP associate director and coordinator of the Pacemaker competition, noted the quality of the winning student magazines rivals those produced by professionals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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,\u201d Lundgren said.<\/p>\n<p>Other national associations, including the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, the Community College Humanities Association, have also recognized past issues of <em>Parnassus<\/em>. It was first produced at Northern Essex in 1965, making it one of the oldest institutions at the college.<\/p>\n<p>The staff creates new and fresh looks to present each year, with submissions from the NECC community in the areas of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, art, and photography. To learn more about\u00a0<em>Parnassus<\/em>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/student-life\/the-arts\/parnassus\/\">click here<\/a>\u00a0or contact Patrick Lochelt at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:plochelt@necc.mass.edu\">plochelt@necc.mass.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the second year in a row, The Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) is recognizing Northern Essex Community College\u2019s student literary magazine, Parnassus, with a national Pacemaker Award. 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