Southwest Florida Parent & Child magazine is honored to announce its staff has received three awards from the PMA Design and Editorial Awards, announced February 29 at the organization’s annual conference in St. Pete Beach.
The June, July and August 2019 issues of SW FL Parent & Child magazine. Cover photography is by Amanda Inscore and cover designs are by Lindi Daywalt-Feazel.
The Parenting Media Association is as a national trade association of regional parenting media companies that produce magazines, companion websites, e-newsletters and local live parenting events targeted to growing families who are looking for ways to improve their lives. The PMA has members throughout the United States, Canada and Australia, and the global reach extends to over 6 million readers per month.
For this year's awards, the PMA received 566 entries.
SW FL Parent & Child is among the organization’s overall General Excellence winners with a Gold Award in the category of 25,000 or fewer copies printed monthly. The other winners in that category are Nashville Parent (Bronze) and Little Rock Family (Silver). General Excellence winners of other categories are Baltimore’s Child (Bronze), Raising Arizona Kids (Silver) and New York Family (Gold) in the 25,001-44,999 category, and Colorado Parent (Bronze), Metro Parent (Silver) and Dallas Child (Gold) in the 45,000 or more category.
P&C also won the Silver Award for Q&A Interview and the Gold Award for its website.
Here’s what the judges said:
Silver Award, Q&A Interview
25,000 and fewer
“Tough Mothers”
Judge comments: Interviews with roller derby dames, a cross-fit veteran and an Ironman competitor reveal how motherhood doesn’t have to exclude an athletic lifestyle. These inspiring stories are likely to resonate with moms looking for new ways to become active.
Gold Award, Website General Excellence
25,000 and fewer
Judge comments: This entry does an excellent job connecting parents with the issues and opportunities that Southwest Florida offers. There was an excellent diversity of stories and features on the home page that engage a wide variety of parents with the site. The strong calendar, the reader-submitted photos and strong offering of useable information, such as “How to protect your child from a red tide” to “How to make your home the teen hangout,” combine to make this a site that serves its readers well.
Gold Award, General Excellence
25,000 and fewer
Judge comments: These issues showed creative content along with clear and consistent design. There were a great variety of articles, including serious stuff, such as kids raising money for a mental health place, Everglades City two years after the hurricane, and top problems in college ed. Lovely covers feature elegant typography around the page. The front of book is well designed. The Last Look feature in the back of the book is humorous and features real people.
To see past issues of SW FL Parent & Child, go to our home page and scroll the bottom. Click on the cover image of the issue you want to see or on the last image for older issues.