CITY AND REGIONAL MAGAZINE ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 19th ANNUAL CITY AND REGIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS

LOS ANGELES - Twenty-three magazines took home awards at the 19th annual City and Regional Magazine Awards competition in Chicago at City and Regional Magazine Association’s Annual Conference. Judges from the University of Missouri-Columbia and journalism professionals from around the country selected 63 winning entries in 21 categories from the 844 submissions.

Three magazines were this year’s big winners: Los Angeles magazine took home nine awards. Boston and Texas Monthly magazines each took home eight. Atlanta, Cincinnati, Milwaukee and Philadelphia each took home four awards.

In the prestigious General Excellence category for magazines with a circulation of 60,000 or more, Texas Monthly won the gold award; Boston took home the silver; and San Francisco received the bronze.

For magazines with a circulation of 30,000 to 60,000, Milwaukee grabbed the gold for general excellence, HOUR Detroit received the silver; and Virginia Living took the bronze award. For magazines with a circulation of less than 30,000, Aspen won the gold award; Cincinnati took home the silver; and At Home in Arkansas received the bronze. The general excellence awards are kept secret from magazines until the awards ceremony.

Texas Monthly also captured gold awards in Reporting, Feature Story, and Excellence in Writing and Design. Los Angeles took gold in Criticism, Personality Profile, Feature Design and Designer of the Year, while Chicago won the top prize for Food/Dining Criticism and Richmond for Civic Journalism.

The contest is a 19-year-old national competition coordinated by the University of Missouri School of Journalism and CRMA. Winners were announced in Chicago on June 7, 2004 at the awards banquet, which was the climax of CRMA’s 28th Annual Conference. The competition is open to the approximately 100 members of CRMA and other city and regional magazines that qualify.

For more information, contact Contest Coordinator Kimberly Townlain, University of Missouri, 320 Lee Hills Hall, Columbia, MO 65211 (573/884-1869) or CRMA Executive Director C. James Dowden. 4929 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 428, Los Angeles, CA 90010 (323/937-5514).