2010 Azbee Awards of ExcellenceMagazine of the Year winners named. Print Azbee winners in Midwest-South and Northeastern regions announced; winners in other regions to be honored. Call for Entries: Digital Azbee Awards Computerworld and SC Magazine took top honors as the 2010 winners of the annual Magazine of the Year competition. The contest is part of ASBPE’s annual Azbee Awards of Excellence. A panel of judges selects winners in two divisions: one for publications with revenues of $2 million or more and one for publications with revenues of less than $2 million. Computerworld beat out nine other finalists to win in the over $2 million category; SC Magazine won in the under $2 million category. Bloomberg Businessweek and Security Management received Honorable Mentions in the $2 million or more division; Chain Leader and Emergency Management were awarded Honorable Mentions in the less than $2 million division. Learn more about the Magazine of the Year winners and finalists. The national Azbee print award winners are being recognized at banquets around the country, along with winners in the regional competitions. Midwest-South and Northeastern region winners were announced at banquets in Chicago, Boston and New York City. See who the winners in those regions are:
Dates and locations of the remaining banquets are:
If you took pictures at one of the banquets, feel free to share them on ASBPE’s Facebook Page. More information:
Call for Entries: 2010 Digital AzbeesThe second annual Digital Azbee Awards of Excellence is now open to entries. The deadline for entries is Aug. 10, 2010; the online entry system will close at 11:59 p.m. Central time on Aug. 10. Among the 28 categories are Web Feature Article, Blog General Excellence, Web Microsite/Special Section, Web News Section, E-Newsletter—General Excellence, Multiplatform — General Excellence and, of course, Web Site of the Year.
2009 Digital Azbee Award ResultsBusinessWeek took the Web Site of the Year award; see slide show of winners. BusinessWeek was named the Web Site of the Year in the 2009 Digital Azbee Awards; CIO, InfoWorld, and TechRepublic earned honorable mentions. Today's Garden Center won the Multi-Platform Gold Award. This slide show has screen shots of all the winners from the awards banquet. Click a slide to go to the web site shown.
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View more presentations from asbpe. Download the list of 2009 winners in all 28 categories here (64K Word doc.) More about the 2009 Web Site of the Year and Multi-Platform award winners. 2009 Web Site of the Year Case Study: 2009 Print Azbee Award WinnersFortune Small Business and The Scientist took honors as the Magazines of the Year in American Society of Business Publication Editors’ 31st Annual Azbee Awards of Excellence. The national awards banquet took place on July 16 during ASBPE’s two-day National Editorial Conference at the Marriott Washington in Washington, D.C. Two editors, Frank Lessiter and David Silverberg, received individual honor. Lessiter and Silverberg took home, respectively, the Stephen Barr Award for feature writing and the very first Journalism That Matters Award. Dozens of other editorial and design winners were also honored at the banquet. Downloads:
Regional Azbee Finalists and WinnersSee who won regional awards:
Award Logos to DisplayAward winners: Want a logo to display in your publication? Email info@asbpe.org. Indicate in your email what award was won:
Go to the online awards entry system.
About the Azbee AwardsASBPE’s Azbee Awards of Excellence program is one of the most competitive there is for business-to-business, trade, association, and professional publications. The awards recognize outstanding work by magazines, newsletters, and digital media — Web sites, e-newsletters, digital magazines, and blogs. The competition is open to all U.S.-based publications. ASBPE membership is not required for entry, but members will receive a discount on entry fees. Separate Print, Digital AwardsIn 2009, ASBPE began holding separate Print and Digital Azbee Awards programs. The digital awards operate on a later schedule than the print awards: The entry deadline for the Print Azbees is around the beginning of the year; the Digital Azbees entries are due in late summer. The Print Azbee awards are held in midsummer during ASBPE’s National Editorial Conference; the ceremony acknowledges the two Magazine of the Year winners, plus award winners in dozens of other categories. The Digital Azbees honor the Web Site of the Year and the Multi-Platform Presentation of the Year, and other award winners. Learn more about the changes to the competition for 2009. Get a primer on how to win an editorial award (96K PDF). For both the print and digital competitions, the top entries nationwide receive national awards. Print publications also compete against others in their own regions, as follows:
Northeast: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Central-Southeast: Washington, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. Midwest-South: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Frequently Asked QuestionsFor answers to frequently asked questions about entries and the competition, please click here or contact:
About the Judging ProcessExperienced judges with background in business publications read each editorial, design, Web, newsletter, and Magazine of the Year entry. Their introduction to each entry is a required and important one-page cover letter of 250 words or fewer, describing the publication’s mission and readership and discussing both the work that went into the entry and its significance to readers. The following are the general criteria for judging: Editorial (and newsletter) judging — based on quality of writing, reporting and editing; development of the subject; presentation, and value to readers. Design judging — layout and composition; use of typography, graphics and photography; content; originality; relevance to the related story or publication, and how easily the entry communicates useful information to the reader. Web judging — reporting, writing, design, usability, readability, organization, value to readers, interactivity and effective use of online technology. Magazine of the YearTop honors go to the Magazine of the Year in our two revenue divisions: Small Publications and Large Publications. The divisions are based on average revenue among all participating publications. (More on the revenue divisions.) Judging is based on five criteria:
Past winners include
Journalism That Matters AwardFor the first time in 2009, ASBPE presented a new honor: the Journalism That Matters Award. The award was inspired by ASBPE’s book of the same title, which features case studies of B2B journalists whose articles brought about change within their industries. Editors may nominate themselves or a deserving colleague. An entry form for the Journalism That Matters Award is included in the Azbees entry brochure. The first winner of the Journalism That Matters Award was HSToday editor David Silverberg. Silverberg was honored for his criticism in the pages of his homeland-security magazine of the National Football League's unwillingness to run advertisements mentioning terrorism, borders, and immigration. After the HSToday articles, the NFL changed its policy. More about the establishment of the Journalism That Matters Award. B2B Web Site of the YearEntries for the B2B Web Site of the Year category are judged on:
Past winners include
Multi-Platform Presentation of the YearThe Multi-Platform (Print and Digital) category recognizes the coordination of print and digital media packages in the presentation of a single topic. It honors excellence in coordinating print with digital platforms, e.g. Web sites, e-newsletters, blogs, Webinars, or podcasts. Judges examine:
Stephen Barr AwardThis “best in class” prize, which comes with a $500 cash award, goes to the individual writer whose work most reflects inventiveness of approach (and especially use of narrative style), insightfulness, balance in the presentation of a complex subject, depth of investigation, and impact among the community of readers. Those qualities are among the those exemplified by Stephen Barr, a perennial ASBPE excellence-award winner in his role as senior contributing editor of CFO magazine. Stephen died in 2002, at age 43. The award is endowed by his family. Past winners include:
Contest entrants don’t compete directly for the Barr Award. Rather, a panel of judges will select the “best in show” among the top feature-writing categories, identifying the finest example of writing that displays the qualities Barr’s work exemplified:
Lifetime Achievement AwardOur Lifetime Achievement Award was established in 2000 to recognize editors who have made significant and lasting contributions to our editorial profession and to the industries their magazines serve. Recipients have included:
To receive the Lifetime Achievement Award, a candidate must meet four requirements: 1) Significant
involvement (25 years or more) with business
publications. Nominees need not
currently hold editorial positions, and
may be retired, but ideally will have spent
the bulk of their careers in senior editorial
positions or will have served the industry
in some significant way. Nominees need
not be members of ASBPE. Past nominees
not selected in previous years are encouraged
to reapply. 2) A commitment to editorial excellence. This may be demonstrated by general reputation of their publication(s); industry-related awards (e.g., ASBPE Azbees, Neal Awards, Folio:, Tabbies); internal company awards; other forms of recognition or other valid measures of editorial success. 3) A commitment to the business/professional press. Nominees should be or should have been involved in lending their experience and time to benefit others in the business press. For example, this may be participation in local or national business press or related organizations; corporate or university teaching; mentoring programs; or significant research or publication of articles on business press issues. 4) A commitment to the industry(ies) the nominee’s publication(s) serve. Examples might include committee work with trade or professional associations or standards groups; frequent speaking engagements at industry events; significant research or publication of articles on industry issues; or significant advocacy work with government agencies. The Lifetime Achievement Award winner will receive the award on the evening of the awards banquet, where the honoree also will receive a special tribute and will deliver the keynote lecture. The winner’s name will be announced to the public prior to the banquet. A call for nominations goes out around the beginning of each year. The deadline for nominations was March 1, 2010. Young Leaders ScholarshipTo help young editors who are just starting their careers, ASBPE started the annual Young Leaders Scholarship in 2001. The scholarship allows younger editors who might otherwise be unable to attend the ASBPE National Conference. It is open to all business editors, including print and Web. Scholarships pay the conference and hotel room costs for up to five U.S. applicants and two international editors per year. (U.S. applicants or their publishing companies are responsible for transportation to and from the conference, any nonconference meals, and other incurred costs; international winners get a stipend toward travel expenses.) Scholarship recipients also receive a free one-year membership to ASBPE if they are not already members. Qualifications for the scholarship include the following:
Nomination forms go out around the beginning of each year. Tips on Winning AwardsWant to know how some publications manage to consistently take home multiple awards? You can increase your chances of earning awards — either in the Azbees or other competitions — by proper planning and entry selection. Learn how with our Tip Sheet, “Secrets to Winning Azbee Awards.” At a webinar in December 2007, attendees got the inside scoop on how to win an Azbee award from top editors at Hanley Wood and IDG, which have garnered numerous editorial and design awards. The presentation included:
Presenters:
ASBPE members may download presenter Boyce Thompson’s slides:
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