The Millburn High School Literary Magazine Word recently won the highest ranking "superior" award in the 2009 National Council of Teachers of English Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazine for last year's edition. A total of 489 schools entered the program, which recognizes excellent literary magazines. It's the third year Word has entered the competition, and it has been recognized each year by the organization for its "exemplary literary magazine."
The student editors for the 2007-2008 edition were Hamsini Sridharan, Mimi Wu, Dinesh Ayyapan, Elliot Mandel, Jacob Solomon, Sophie Soloway, Ethan Spielman, Cynthia Baker, Mariel Lanas, and Linda Gao. English teacher Minaz Jooma is the Faculty Advisor for Word.
Pictured here are student editors for the 2008-09 edition.
On the staff are Olivia Mounet, Julia Gomez, Atid Kimelman, Sophie Soloway, joint editor-in chief; Vadim Fainberg, Julia Matin, Julianna Brunini, Jon Lowenthal, Emma Laperruque, Jooma, Yulia Korovikov, Anna Goldstein, Cyntha Baker, joint editor-in chief; Sarah Cohen, Christina Carazza, Alicia Cuomo, Stephanie Miller, Jane Carpenter. Mika Madgavkar, Rebecca Sweetwood, Amanda Jacir, joint editor-in chief; Ashley Lynette, Julie Chang, Jackie San Fillipo, Taylor Rosenbaum and Melissa Fich.
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