Awards

The Battering Ram has won awards from the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the American Scholastic Press Association (ASPA). Our awards include the following for each school year:

  • 2013-2014, 2014-2015, and 2015-2016: The rank of Excellent for Excellence in Student Literary Magazines from the NCTE.

  • Fall 2015: The Second Place Award from the ASPA.

  • Fall 2016 and Fall 2017: The First Place Award from the ASPA.

  • 2016-2017: The Highest Award for Excellence in Student Literary Magazines from the NCTE.

  • 2017-2018: The rank of Excellent for the Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines (PRESLM) from the NCTE.

  • 2018-2019: The First Class Award for the Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM) from the NCTE.

  • 2019-2020: The rank of Superior for the Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM) from the NCTE.

  • 2022-2023: The First Class Award for the Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM) from the NCTE