- The Lighter receives first place for literary magazines by ICPA
Congratulations to The Lighter, Valparaiso University's student magazine for literature and art, for receiving the following awards from the Indiana Collegiate Press Association (ICPA) this past spring:
- 2nd Place Best Photographic Illustration: Dan Lund, "Everyone is Gone," Fall 2009
- 2nd Place Best Single Issue: The Lighter spring 20091st Place Best Rhymed Poem: Ellen Orner, "smells like you," Fall 2009
- 1st Place Best Hand-Drawn Illustration: Caleb Kortokrax, "The Sculpture Room," Fall 2009
- 1st Place Best Overall Design: Amanda Gartman, Jon Krause, and Megan Telligman, The Lighter Spring 2009
- 1st Place Best Cover Design: Amanda Gartman, Spring 2009
- 1st Place Literary Magazine of the Year: The Lighter