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Awards

In the past decade, American Spirit magazine has been honored with many prestigious awards including the following.

2021 Awards

APEX
  • Magazines, Journals & Tabloids — Grand Award for the entire November/December 2020 issue
  • Award of Excllence for design and illustration for "Symphonies of Stone & Steel" layout from the January/February 2020 issue

2020 Awards

APEX
  •  Magazines, Journals & Tabloids — Custom-Published for the entire March/April 2020 issue (includes “Visions of America: Where Women Made History,” “A Century of Women’s Suffrage,” and “Remembering the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Massacre”

2019 Awards

APEX
  • Magazines, Journals & Tabloids (Print + 32 pages) Award of Excellence, January/February 2019 issue (gold seal cover)
  • Feature Writing Award of Excellence for "A Stage Revival: Restoring the Heart of Constitution Hall" by Courtney Peter

2018 Awards

APEX
  • Magazine Writing Award for the entire January/February 2018 issue (includes America's Passion for Collecting the Past; The Revolution's Western Campaign; Lost Colonies of North America; How American Independence Sparked Global Revolt; Salt-Rising Bread)
  • Feature Writing Award for the "Wreaths Across America" in the November/December 2018 issue

2017 Awards

APEX
  • Grand Award, July/August 2017 American Spirit Feature Writing: "Long May She Wave: The Story of Annin Flagmakers"
  • Award of Exellence, March/April 2017 Cover

2016 Awards

APEX
  • Award of Excellence, May/June2015
  • Grand Award, Feature Writing: ”A Lasting Legacy: DAR Schools,” July/August 2015

2015 Awards

APEX
  • Award of Excellence, Magazine Writing (Entire Issue): November/December 2014
  • Grand Award for Feature Writing, “A Proud Pedigree: Tracing the History of Scottish Ancestors and Their Journey to the New World,” September/October 2014
MARCOM
  • Platinum: “Benson A. Lossing’s Revolutionary Travelogue,” May/June 2015
  • Platinum: Illustration/Graphic Design/Infographic: “Freedom Fighters,” September/October 2015: Feature Article
  • Gold: Magazine “A Lasting Legacy: DAR Schools,” July/August 2015
  • Gold: Feature Article, “Lessons in Preservation: Historic Schoolhouses,” September/October 2014
  • Gold: Feature Article, September/October 2015; Magazine Cover American Spirit, November/December 2014
  • Honorable Mention: “Black Kings and Governors in Early New England,” January/February 2015: Feature Article

2014 Awards

APEX
  • Grand Award, November/December 2013
  • Photography Award for “The Role of Another Lifetime”
MARCOM
  • Platinum: Feature Article: “A Proud Pedigree: Tracing the History of Scottish Ancestors and Their Journey to the New World,” September/October 2014
  • Platinum: Entire Issue: March/April 2014
  • Gold: Magazine Cover: “Early American Women of Distinction,” March/April 2014
  • Honorable Mention: Photography/People/Portrait: “The Role of Another Lifetime: Historical Interpreters Illuminate Colonial Lives,” November/December 2013

2013 Awards

APEX
  • Grand Award, November/December 2012
  • Feature Writing Award for "Let in the Light," July/August 2012

2012 Awards

APEX
  • Grand Award, March/April 2012
  • Feature Writing Award for "The Book of Lives," July/August 2011

2011 Awards

APEX
  • Grand Award, Nonprofit Magazine category

2010 Awards

APEX
  • Publication Excellence in the Custom-Published Magazine Category

2009 Awards

APEX
  • Grand Award, January/February 2009
  • Magazine Writing Award (Entire Issue), July/August 2008
Custom Publishing Council
  • Bronze Pearl Award for Best Overall Editorial

2008 Awards

APEX
  • Grand Award, May/June 2007
  • Design and Layout Award: "A Model Collection," May/June 2007
  • Feature Writing Excellence: "She-Merchants," May/June 2007

2007 Awards

FOLIO Magazine Awards
  • Bronze Ozzie Design for “The Violin: A Living Art,” September/October 2006
APEX
  • Grand Award, May/June 2006
  • Magazine and Journal Writing, March/April 2007
  • Design and Illustration: Cover, March/April 2006
SNAP
  • Bronze Award: General Excellence

2006 Awards

APEX
  • Grand Award, July/August 2005
SNAP
  • Bronze Award: Feature Writing Excellence: “Montpelier Reborn,” May/June 2005

2005 Awards

APEX
  • Grand Award
  • Feature Writing General Excellence: “When Women Lost the Right to Vote,” September/October 2004
  • Design & Layout, General Excellence: “Voyage of the Periauger,” January/February 2005
SNAP
  • Gold Award for General Excellence
ASPC Master Communications Awards
  • Feature Writing, Honorable Mention: “When Women Lost to Right to Vote,” September/October 2004

2004 Awards

APEX
  • Grand Award
  • Feature Writing, Excellence: “Landscape of Power,” September/October 2003
  • Design: Contents and Letters Pages
FOLIO Awards - Eddies
  • Silver: September/October 2003
FOLIO Awards - Ozzies
  • Bronze: Best Use of Black/White or Color Photography: “Pressed Flowers,” May/June 2004
ASPC
  • Feature Writing, Honorable Mention: “Coverup! Hygiene in Colonial America,” September/October 2003
Magnum Opus
  • Best Interview or Profile, Bronze: Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs, September/October 2003
  • Best Column/Department, Gold: Collectibles, March/April 2003
  • Best Regularly Featured Department, Honorable Mention: Historic Homes
  • Best Overall Editorial, Honorable Mention: July/August 2003
  • Best Use of Typography, Honorale Mention: May/June 2003

2003 Awards

APEX
  • Grand Award: Covers General Excellence November/December 2002
  • Design & Layout General Excellence: “Patriotism,” September/October 2002
  • Feature Writing General Excellence: “Thanksgiving Myths and Realities,” November/December 2002
  • Health & Medical Writing General Excellence: “Days of Hope,” March/April 2003
  • Photographs General Excellence: “Treasure Hunt,” January/February 2003

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