BEACON Senior News (Colorado) wins BIG with national awards

The staff at BEACON Senior News (Colorado) brought home more than a dozen national awards from the 2023 North American Mature Publishers Association (NAMPA) national convention. 

In addition to learning from other senior publications across the country, one highlight of this annual convention is the awards banquet, where senior publications big and small vie for top honors. Publications are independently judged on the quality of their written content, editing, design, photography and advertising copy by the prestigious Missouri School of Journalism. The best are then commended for their efforts,

Here are the awards we brought home from this year’s competition:

General Excellence
3rd Place, BEACON Senior News

Column Review
1st Place - Talking Digital by Adam Cochran

Editorial/Opinion
1st Place - "Dreaming of a senior center" by Rhonda Wray

Profile
1st Place - “Abacadabra” by Jan Weeks & Cloie Sandlin

Annual Senior Resource Guide
1st Place (Editorial) - The BEACON Guide (Mesa County edition, Montrose-Delta edition)
1st Place (Design) - The BEACON Guide (Mesa County edition, Montrose-Delta edition)

How-To Feature
2nd Place - “Give your garden a boost with compost tea” by Bryan Reed

Feature Writing
1st Place - "Death Doulas" by Diana Barnett

Topical Issue
1st Place - “Calling all backyard gardeners to Grow & Give” by Colleen Story

Front Cover Photo
1st Place - Front Cover Photo: Ice Agers (Photo by Cloie Sandlin; design by ML Madsen)

Feature Layout
1st Place - "MVP memories" by B. Bigler, “Hobby Sweet as Honey” by ML Madsen

Overall Design
3rd Place - BEACON Senior News

Best Single Ad (Color)
1st Place - Compass Medical Center: “How Bill got his groove back” (design by ML Madsen)

Website General Excellence
2nd Place - BeaconSeniorNews.com