Awards

American Society of Business Publication Editors

ASBPE’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.

Recycling Today

• Regular Department, Heartland Region (Revenue Under $3M)
  Silver Award - Brian Taylor
• Company Profile, Long, Heartland Region (Revenue Under $3M)
  Bronze Award - Brian Taylor
• Company Profile, Long, Heartland Region (Revenue Under $3M)
  Silver Award - Kristin Smith
• Company Profile, Long, Heartland Region (Revenue Under $3M)
  Gold Award - DeAnne Toto
• Company Profile, Long, National (Revenue Under $3M)
  Bronze Award - Kristin Smith
• Company Profile, Long, National (Revenue Under $3M)
  Gold Award - DeAnne Toto

Today's Medical Developments

• Front Cover – Computer Generated
  Silver Award - Forward-Thinking Design – Jamie Winebrenner, Graphic Designer

Greenhouse Management

• Regional Bronze Award, front cover photo design, "Beyond the paycheck," - Jamie Winebrenner, graphic designer
• Regional Bronze Award, Inforgraphic design, "Future of the Industry Report," - Jamie Winebrenner, graphic designer

Nursery Management

• Central Region, Company Profile – Long - “Bigger isn’t always better” – Bronze Award – Matt McClellan
• Two-plus page design, editorial - printed magazines - Merit - “Your Next Move – State of the Industry Report” - Stephanie Antal & Jamie Winebrenner
• Regional Bronze Award, Cover story opening spread design, December 2016 issue, Katelyn Boyden, graphic designer

Ornamental Breeder

• Regional Bronze Award, Individual Profile, "Think Outside the (Raised) Box," - Brooke N. Bates, contributing writer

Cannabis Business Times

• Finalist, National Magazine of the Year Award
• Regional Bronze Award, Company Profile, "The House That Dankness Built"
• Regional Gold Award, Magazine Design
• Regional Bronze Award, Regular Column, "Tomorrow in Cannabis"
• Regional Gold Award, Front Cover Photo, "Big Fish"
• Regional Silver Award, Opening Page/Spread Typographic, "The Dark Side"

Garden Center

• Regional Gold Award, Inforgraphics, Stephanie Antal, graphic designer
• Regional Silver Award, Company Profile, Michelle Simakis, editor
• Regional Silver Award, Cover Illustration, staff
• Regional Bronze Award, Feature Design, “Garden art is cool again,” Stephanie Antal, graphic designer
• Regional Bronze Award, Feature Article, General Interest, “Think big, plant small,” - Brooke N. Bates, contributing writer

Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association

Designed to acknowledge the wealth of outstanding communications generated by the Green industry, the TOCA Communications Awards recognize outstanding writing, design, photography, videography and interactive efforts in Publishing and Marketing Communications.

Lawn & Landscape

• DESIGN - FIRST Two-plus page design, editorial - printed magazines “Root Strength” - Justin Armburger
• DESIGN - FIRST Overall magazine design - printed magazines “Lawn & Landscape Oct 2016” - Justin Armburger, Chuck Bowen, Brian Horn, Kate Spirgen, Katie Tuttle

Golf Course Industry

• NEW MEDIA - MERIT Podcasts “Superintendent Radio Network Tartan Talks” - Guy Cipriano
• WRITING - MERIT Editorial/Opinion Piece - commercial publications “Quit trying” - Mike Zawacki
• WRITING - MERIT Column - commercial publications “If a cicada could talk” - Pat Jones

Greenhouse Management

• WRITING - FIRST Writing a feature article “Beyond the Paycheck, Greenhouse Management Magazine” - Leslie Halleck

Garden Center

• Gardener Award - Writing – Marketing Communications “Beyond the Paycheck, Greenhouse Management Magazine” - Leslie Halleck, Halleck Horticultural, LLC