“Seeing Blue,” Queensbury High School’s art and literary magazine, has received the rank of “Superior” in the 2025 NCTE Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines program by the National Council of Teachers of English.
This year, schools in 44 states, Washington, D.C., and six countries nominated 456 student magazines from middle school, high school and higher education.
The REALM program publicly recognizes excellent literary magazines produced by students with the support of their teachers. REALM is designed to encourage all schools to develop literary magazines that celebrate the art and craft of writing. Schools in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, Canada, and American schools abroad are eligible to nominate magazines.
“We are so honored and thankful to have received the Superior ranking,” said student-editor Mia Afsar-Keshmiri. “We are looking forward to creating another magazine this year. Seeing Blue has been such an important part of my high school experience. It has been a creative outlet for me and a great way to collaborate with other writers and artists.”
The National Council of Teachers of English is devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education. It is the nation’s oldest organization of preschool through graduate school literacy educators.
