Morningside College’s student art and literary magazine is one of six college magazines in the nation to receive a Gold Crown Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.

Morningside College’s student art and literary magazine is one of six college magazines in the nation to receive a Gold Crown Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA).

The 2015 edition of Kiosk received the CSPA’s highest award at the association’s recent convention in New York City. The award is given to a college student magazine that demonstrates outstanding achievement in writing, editing, design and production.

Kiosk includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry and artwork created by students, alumni or members of the Morningside College community.

Morningside students edit and design the publication. The 2015 edition featured Hannah Hecht of Lansing, Kan., as editor-in-chief. Assistant editors were Amanda Girres of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa; Bethany Kluender of Huxley, Iowa; and Ashley Petersen of Hebron, Neb. The visual editor was Brianna Harding of Council Bluffs, Iowa.

The Columbia Scholastic Press Association, owned by Columbia University, is an international student press association that connects student journalists and faculty advisers at schools and colleges through educational conferences, idea exchanges, textbooks, critiques and award programs.