UNM student publication Scribendi awarded Pacemaker Award
November 3, 2022
On Friday, Oct. 28, Scribendi magazine’s 2022 edition was honored as one of 19 winners of the 2022 Pacemaker Award by the Associated Collegiate Press out of 45 finalists. Student magazines nationwide apply for this award, with 45 being named as finalists, according to the ACP.
Scribendi is a literary arts magazine published out of the University of New Mexico’s Honors College. It is designed and created by honors students and accepts submissions from honors programs across the U.S.
Unlike previous years, the staff for the 2022 edition of Scribendi had three collaborative editors rather than one editor-in-chief and either one or two editors below them: Flannery Cowan as digital editor, Sierra Martinez as managing editor and Spenser Willden as communications editor, according to Willden.
This win marks the second time Scribendi has won a Pacemaker Award – the last being back in 2013, according to Scribendi faculty advisor Amaris Ketcham. While thankful for the win, the main objective for Martinez and Willden was to ensure that everyone on Scribendi’s staff had a positive and enjoyable experience while creating with one another.
Even if they themselves don't want to go into a publishing career path, they wanted to encourage their fellow classmates to become future editors.
