The 2015 edition of Kiosk, the Morningside College art and literary magazine, received a Gold Medal rating from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. This is the highest rating a school can receive.

The 2015 edition of Kiosk, the Morningside College art and literary magazine, received a Gold Medal rating from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. This is the highest rating a school can receive.

It is the seventh time in the last 10 years that Kiosk has received this honor. Kiosk also received a Crown Award, meaning that excerpts of the magazine will be published as examples other magazines may want to emulate.

Kiosk includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry and artwork created by students, alumni or members of the Morningside College community. The magazine was judged on written and visual content, concept and design, and how reader friendly it was.

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.