The Fiction Writing Department of Columbia College Chicago is proud to announce that, in addition to winning a Gold Medal Certificate and a number of Gold Circle Awards for individual student stories and creative nonfiction essays in fall 2010, both Hair Trigger 32 and Fictionary received Silver Crowns on March 12 and 13 at the annual Columbia Scholastic Press Association convention in New York City, making these recent awards the eighteenth Gold or Silver Crown for Hair Trigger since the Fiction Writing Department first entered Hair Trigger into the annual CSPA competitions in 1989 and the first Silver Crown for Fictionary. The CSPA judges entries on writing, editing, design, content, concept, photography, art, and graphics. Over the years, the CSPA has awarded 156 individual awards for Hair Trigger and individual student writers in the Fiction Writing Department. A total of 1558 magazines, newspapers, yearbooks, and digital media sites were eligible to enter in their respective categories this year.
           
Congratulations to Shawn Shiflett and Chris Maul Rice, faculty advisors to Hair Trigger, as well as to the student editors of Hair Trigger 32 and the students whose excellent stories and essays went into creating such a fine edition. Once again, these talented students have, in their diverse voices and commitment to excellence, exhibited the power of Columbia’s unique mission.

Silver Crown to Hair Trigger 32 (published May 2010)
Silver Crown to Fictionary (published fall 2010)
 
Congratulations to the following Fiction Writing students, faculty, staff, and alums for their individual CSPA Gold Circle awards:
 
Hair Trigger 32 Awards:
First Place Certificate in Experimental Fiction to Stephen Tartaglione for his story “The Tongue”
 
First Place Certificate in Traditional Fiction to Mark Byrne for his story “Bow and Arrow”
 
First Place Certificate in Magazine Essay to Maggie Ritchie for her essay “The Pinball Expo”
 
First Place Certificate in Humor to Mark Byrne for his story “Bow and Arrow”
 
Second Place Certificate in Traditional Fiction to Joe Quigley for his story “Heroine”
 
Third Place Certificate in Traditional Fiction to Nicolette Kittinger for his story “Eleventeen”
 
Third Place Certificate in Magazine Essay to Christian Woodruff for her story “In Your Absence”
 
Third Place Certificate in Humor to Joe Quigley for his story “Heroine”
 
Certificate of Merit in Traditional Fiction to Laura Fisher for her story “The Black Bedsheets”
 
Certificate of Merit in Traditional Fiction to Eliza Fogel for her story “Who Brought the Whores?”
 
Certificate of Merit for Photography Portfolio to Dawoud Bey for his portfolio “American Character: A Photographic Journey”
 
Fictionary Awards:
Third Place Certificate in Non-fiction: Article to Jonathan Fullmer for “The Fountain of Youth: Lit Fiction Writers in the YA Genre,” Fictionary, Columbia College Chicago
 
First Place Certificate in Non-fiction: Interview to Karen Schmidt for “Joyce Carol Oates: The Fictionary Interview,” Fictionary, Columbia College Chicago
 
Second Place Certificate in Specialty Interest Magazine: Overall Design to Guido Mendez for Fictionary, Columbia College Chicago
 
Third Place Certificate in Cover Design: Two or More Colors to Guido Mendez for Fictionary, Columbia College Chicago
 
Third Place Certificate in Typography: General Use of Typography throughout Magazine to Guido Mendez for Fictionary, Columbia College Chicago
 
First Place Certificate in Single Illustration that Complements the Content of the Accompanying Copy: Black and White to Kevin Necessary, “To Be or Not to Be (a Young Adult Fiction Author),” Fictionary, Columbia College Chicago
 
Second Place Certificate in Informational Graphics: Color: Mort Castle & Guido Mendez, “Craft Construction: Call it Good Writing,” Fictionary, Columbia College Chicago
 
First Place Certificate in Page Design: Literary Multi-Page Presentation to Guido Mendez & Karen Schmidt, “Joyce Carol Oates: The Fictionary Interview,” Fictionary, Columbia College Chicago
 
Second Place Certificate in Page Design: Literary Multi-Page Presentation to Jonathan Fullmer, Guido Mendez & Stephen Tartaglione, “On the Shelf,” Fictionary, Columbia College Chicago
 
Third Place Certificate in Page Design: Literary Portfolio to Jonathan Fullmer, Guido Mendez, & Stephen Tartaglione, “On the Shelf,” Fictionary, Columbia College Chicago
 
Certificate of Merit in Page Design: Special or General Interest Magazine Single Page Design to Guido Mendez & David Peak, “The Anxiety of Brevity: The Rise of Flash Fiction,” Fictionary, Columbia College Chicago
 
Certificate of Merit in Page Design: Special or General Interest Magazine Single Spread to Stephanie Velasco, “Damn Right, It’s Better than Yours! Chicago’s Lit Scene Fans its Feathers,” Fictionary, Columbia College Chicago
 
Certificate of Merit in Page Design: Special or General Interest Magazine Multi-Page Presentation to Guido Mendez, “Real World: Columbia-When Writers Start Getting Real,” Fictionary, Columbia College Chicago