Valparaiso University's literary magazine The Lighter has received seven awards by the Indiana Collegiate Press Association this spring, including the best literary magazine of the year, an award that The Lighter received last year as well.

Other awards that The Lighter has received include the following:

1st Place : Literary Magazine of the Year
1st Place : Hand Drawn Illustration - Dillon Carter "Perspective'
3rd Place : Overall Design - Karl Strasen, fall 2010
3rd Place : Cover Design - Amanda Gartman, spring 2010
1st Place : Free Verse Poem - Lauren Nelson, "Scars, Maps"
1st Place : Short Poem - John Linstrom, "Fireside Poem"
2nd Place : Single Issue: Staff, Fall 2010

Congratulations, everyone who has made The Lighter a continuing success!