Suffolk Arts+Sciences mag

Today at Folio:Show in Chicago, the 2008 FOLIO Awards were announced, “the top awards for editorial and design excellence in the largest competition for magazines.”

The 2007 issue of Suffolk Arts+Sciences received the Gold EDDIE Award for Supplemental Annual/One-Shot, Full Issue, recognizing editorial excellence for an entire issue.

The magazine also took home the Bronze OZZIE Award for Best Design, New Magazine, Association/Non-Profit. Seth Sirbaugh, art director/graphic designer for Suffolk Arts+Sciences and creative director at Bates Creative Group, took the Gold in that same category with another of his designs, Insight magazine.

Folio Awards are prestigious honors within the magazine publishing industry, and both achievements are significant recognition of the College’s alumni magazine, which has received five national design and editorial awards since its launch in July 2007.

The 2007 premier issue of Suffolk Arts+Sciences has recently been nominated for two more magazine awards: the Folio: Eddie and Ozzie awards. A “highlight of FOLIO is the magazine’s recognition of the industry’s best editorial and design achievements. The Eddie Awards honor the quality of magazine content while the Ozzie Awards recognize excellence in magazine design.”

FOLIO named Suffolk Arts+Sciences as a finalist in the following two categories:

OZZIE Awards Nomination (design)–Best Design, New Magazine,  Association/Non-Profit
EDDIE Awards Nomination (editorial)–Supplemental Annual/One-Shot,  Full Issue

Winners will be announced September 22, 2008 from the Folio: Show in Chicago.

On July 8, 2008, the premier issue of Suffolk Arts+Sciences received a 2008 APEX Award for Publication Excellence.

The 20^th annual APEX Awards program recognizes excellence in publications work by professional communicators. APEX Awards are based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content and the ability to achieve overall communications excellence.

In the 2008 awards competition, 4,479 entries were evaluated, with 837 entries in the Magazines & Journals category. Suffolk Arts+Sciences magazine was one of 11 recipients of the APEX Award of Excellence in the New Magazines & Journals category.

Additional winners in this category include Time Inc. Content Solutions in NYC, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in San Francisco, and the Pohly Company in Boston.

“Each year, the quality of entries increases,” the judges wrote. “Overall, this year’s entries displayed an extraordinary level of quality. The APEX judges saw only the most promising publications that professional communicators could enter. Many of the award-winning entries in this and earlier APEX competitions are classic examples of good ideas, imaginatively executed, despite limitations due to tight budgets, limited resources and small staff.”

For more information, visit http://www.apexawards.com.

The premier issue of Suffolk Arts+Sciences magazine received two national awards at the 28th Annual EXCEL Awards held June 10, 2008 at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C.

The magazine received the Gold EXCEL Award for the Most Improved Newsletter to Magazine category. “The Suffolk Arts & Sciences newsletter made quite a transformation. Its content, photos and inclusion of a range of alumni, students and faculty were simply beautiful,” noted contest judges.

The magazine was also selected as one of four overall winners to receive the EXTRA! Award for pioneering, cutting edge, publishing excellence. EXTRA! award winners are chosen from among the EXCEL winners for pushing the edge of the envelope further and taking bold chances to innovate in an ever-changing publishing environment.

“Anybody should aspire to create a magazine like this, much less go from a fairly ordinary newsletter to a publication of this quality,” said the EXTRA! award judges. “They show that they care about the reader. The photography is beautiful, and the perspective in the photos is notable. We appreciate the imagery and the message they are conveying. Looking at this magazine makes you want to visit the campus. It is compelling and inviting. It makes you want to go there.” Continue Reading »

The 2007 premier issue of Suffolk Arts+Sciences has recently been named a finalist for the esteemed EXCEL Award in the Most Improved Newsletter to Magazine category. This award is presented by SNAP–the Society of National Association Publications.

“In a year with a record-breaking number of entries, it was more difficult than ever to win an award, but you did. Your submission displayed superior quality and truly is The Best and the Brightest in the association community.”

The award will be recognized at the 28th EXCEL Awards Gala on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C., and will be announced as either a Gold, Silver or Bronze EXCEL Award at that time.