14th Annual Minnesota Publishing Excellence Awards

by | May 3, 2012 | Awards, Press Releases

MMPA
Awarded November 4, 2010 at the Nicollet Island Pavilion

 

Greenspring Media Group, the publisher of Minnesota Monthly Magazine & Midwest Home Magazine, was honored with a total of 42 awards.

The annual Excellence Awards Competition was established by the Minnesota Magazine & Publishing Association to recognize and foster outstanding publishing achievements. Greenspring Media Group 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 Awards

Overall Excellence
(General Interest)
Minnesota Monthly

Best Feature Article
(General Interest, Over 60,000)
“Inside Man,”
Minnesota Monthly, March 2010

Best Overall Design
(General Interest)
Minnesota Monthly

Overall Design
(Special Interest, Over 60,000)
Real Food

Best Single Cover
(Special Interest, Under 60,000)
Midwest Home, June/July 2010

Midwest Home, June-July 2010

Best Regular Column
(General Interest, Over 60,000)
Twin Cities Taste, Minnesota Monthly

Best Use of Visuals/Photography
(Business/Trade, Under 30,000)
“Opening Day,”
Meetings: Minnesota’s Hospitality Journal

Best Single-Topic Issue, Special Section,
or Special Supplement
(Special Interest, Over 60,000)
“The Pizza Personality Indicator,”
Minnesota Monthly, July 2009

 Best Use of Visuals/Illustration
(Special Interest)
“7th Annual Uncommon Loon Awards,”
Minnesota Monthly, January 2010

7th Annual Uncommon Loon Awards

Best Technical Article
(Business/Trade, Under 30,000)
“State of the Industry,”
Meetings: Minnesota’s Hospitality Journal

Best How-To Article
(Business/Trade, Under 30,000)
“Sake and Social Media,”
Meetings: Minnesota’s Hospitality Journal

Best Single Cover
(Special Interest, Over 60,000)
Real Food, Fall 2009

Real Food, Fall 2009

Best Use of Visuals/Photography
(Special Interest, Over 60,000)
“1 lb of Spectacular Seafood,”
Real Food

 

 

Silver Awards

Best Blog
(Over 60,000)
Dara & Co.

Best Feature Article
(General Interest, Over 60,000)
“Man vs. MN,”
Minnesota Monthly, February 2010

Best Feature Article
(Business/Trade, Under 30,000)
“The Medium and the Message,”
Meetings: Minnesota’s Hospitality Journal

Best Single Cover
(General Interest, Over 60,000)
Minnesota Monthly, October 2009

Minnesota Monthly, October 2009

Best Single-Topic Issue, Special Section,
or Special Supplement
(General Interest, Over 60,000)
“Our Ultimate ‘Up North’ Guide,”
Minnesota Monthly, June 2010

Best Website
(Over 60,000)
MinnesotaMonthly.com

Best Website
(Under 60,000)
MidwestHomeMag.com

Best Editor’s of Publisher’s Editorial
or Letter to the Readers
(Special Interest, Under 60,000)
Driftwood Dreams,
Midwest Home, June/July 2010

 Best Use of Visuals/Photography
(Special Interest, Under 60,000)
“Lake Loft,”
Midwest Home, June/July 2010

Loft at the Lake

Overall Excellence
(Special Interest, Under 60,000)
Midwest Home

Best Overall Design
(Business/Trade, Under 30,000)
Meetings: Minnesota’s Hospitality Journal

Best How-To Article
(Special Interest, Under 60,000)
“Stylists’ Secrets,”
Midwest Home, April/May 2010

Best How-To Article
(Business/Trade, Under 30,000)
“The Art of RFP,”
Meetings: Minnesota’s Hospitality Journal

Best Table of Contents
(Special Interest/General Interest)
Real Food, Fall 2009

Best Use of Visuals/Photography
(Special Interest, Over 60,000)
“Greek Feast,”
Real Food

Best Technical Article
(Special Interest, Under 60,000)
“Spotlight on Commercial Real Estate,”
Reserve

 

 

Bronze Awards

Best Editor’s of Publisher’s Editorial
or Letter to the Readers
(General Interest, Over 60,000)
Editor’s Note,
Minnesota Monthly

Best How-To Article
(General Interest, Over 60,000)
“Chic Summer Soirees,”
Minnesota Monthly, June 2010

Best Single Cover
(General Interest, over 60,000)
“Notes from Next Door”
March 2010

Best Use of Visuals/Illustration
(Special Interest, under 60,000)
“The Ultimate Guide to Minnesota Summer Festivals,”
Minnesota Monthly, July 2009

The Ultimate Guide to Minnesota Summer Festivals

Best Feature Article
(Special Interest, Over 60,000)
“Farm Fresh,”
Midwest Home, October 2009

Best Single Cover
(Special Interest, Under 60,000)
Midwest Home, June/July 2010

 Best Use of Visuals/Photography
(Special Interest, Under 60,000)
“Natural Beauty,”
Midwest Home, November/December 2009

Natural Beauty

Best Use of Visuals/Photography
(Business/Trade, Under 30,000)
“The Mentor Influence,”
Meetings: Minnesota’s Hospitality Journal

Overall Excellence
(Business/Trade, Under 30,000)
Meetings: Minnesota’s Hospitality Journal

Overall Excellence
(Special Interest, Over 60,000)
Real Food

Best Technical Article
(Special Interest, Under 60,000)
“Roth the Right Way,”
Reserve

Best Single Cover
(Special Interest, Over 60,000)
Betty Crocker Summer Appetizers, May/June 2010