CNM’s Leonardo is an award winning magazine! The 2025 edition has received multiple awards for its excellence. Many art pieces within the magazine were highlighted and recognized.
Leonardo 2025 was a finalist in the Associate College of Press’ Pacemaker competition. This role can only be held by 15 individual magazines in the literary arts category, with only 6 coming from two-year institutions. Leonardo 2025 has also been ranked as a first class publication by the National Council of Teachers of English.
From the Community College Humanities Association 2025 Literary Magazine Competition, multiple pieces within Leonardo 2025 won awards in the Southwestern Division. These pieces came out on top of a very large pool of competitors. Creative non-fiction piece “This Thing Called Me” by Sheila Bragg-Hopkins, received 2nd place in its category of Creative Non-fiction. Two poems from Leonardo 2025 ranked 2nd and 3rd place in the poetry category; these poems being Taking Flight by Trevor Selbee, and Learning How to Be Black by Nabuli Daud respectively. “Chili Pepper March” by Benjamin Prosper placed 1st as the best song.
Many students are elevated by Leonardo each year. Artists get to win awards for the works they poured feelings and many hours of work and experience into. Student editors’ teamwork and design skills are highlighted as they put together a magazine for the community. Leonardo 2025 left an impact on many people, and contributed to the long history of CNM and its artistic community.
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