Minneapolis, November 2010 – Minnesota Monthly magazine received 16 awards, including Magazine of the Year, at the 14th annual Minnesota Magazine & Publishing Association Excellence Awards ceremony on November 4, including gold awards for best feature article, best overall design, best regular column, best single-topic issue, special section, or special supplement, best use of visuals/illustration, and overall excellence.
Greenspring Media Group, the publisher of Minnesota Monthly Magazine, was honored with an additional 26 awards for its other special interest and business/trade publications.
The annual Excellence Awards Competition was established by the Minnesota Magazine & Publishing Association to recognize and foster outstanding publishing achievements. Minnesota Monthly was honored with the following awards:
Magazine of the Year: Minnesota Monthly
The award is a cumulative honor, tracking awards results all the way back to the founding of MMPA’s annual awards competition in 1996. Every award that a magazine has won since then will be figured into the total: Gold, 3 points; Silver, 2 points; Bronze, 1 point. The magazine with the most cumulative points wins, and becomes the current—and this year, the first—MMPA Magazine of the Year.
Gold Honors
| Overall Excellence Minnesota Monthly Best Feature Article Best Regular Column Best Single-Topic Issue, Special Section, |
Best Overall Design Best Use of Visuals/Illustration
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Silver Honors
| Best Single Cover Minnesota Monthly, October 2009
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Best Blog Dara & Co., Minnesota Monthly Best Feature Article Best Single-Topic Issue, Special Section, Best Website |
Bronze Honors
| Best Editor’s of Publisher’s Editorial or Letter to the Readers Editor’s Note, Minnesota Monthly Best Single Cover
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Best How-To Article “Chic Summer Soirees,” Minnesota Monthly, June 2010 Best Use of Visuals/Illustration
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Greenspring Media Group, publishes Minnesota Monthly as well as several other magazines, including Midwest Home, Drinks and Real Food and multiple custom publications. In addition to the publishing segment of its business, Greenspring Media Group produces signature special events including the Twin Cities Minnesota Monthly Food and Wine Experience, Midwest Home Luxury Home Tour, and the Midwest Home Show.
