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EXCELLENCE
AWARDS
M I N N E S O T A M A G A Z I N E & P U B L I S H I N G A S S O C I AT I O N
17 T H A N N U A L
2013 WINNERS
WELCOME TO THE 2013 EXCELLENCE AWARDS!
Thank you for attending the Minnesota Magazine
& Publishing Association’s 17th Annual Excellence
Awards Gala!
The Excellence Awards competition was created
to recognize and foster outstanding publishing
achievement. The gala also serves as an
opportunity to be inspired and visit with
colleagues from across the state.
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
The judges who determined the winners were
selected and assigned to categories based on their
expertise, experience and ability to judge entries
fairly.
The MMPA Board of Directors and the Excellence
Awards Committee would like to offer sincere thanks
to those who volunteered their time to serve as
judges and make this year’s contest possible.
Congratulations to the 2013 winners!
2013 PLANNING COMMITTEE
Kathryn Benson*
10 Missions Media
Magazine of the Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Overall Excellence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Blog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Cover Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Editor’s or Publisher’s Editorial or
Letter to the Readers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Feature Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
E-Newsletter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Feature Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Galynn Nordstrom
Industrial Fabrics Association International
How-To Article. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Media Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Jean Blackmer
Catersource & Event Solutions
Overall Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Overall Event: Business to Business. . . . . . . 14
Krista Trempe
MSP Communications
Overall Event: Business to Consumer. . . . . . 14
Profile Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Laura Michaels
Franchise Times Corp.
Regular Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Single Page or Spread Design . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Linda Rost
CSC Publishing, Inc.
Single-Topic Issue, Special Section or
Special Supplement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Liz Keener
EPG Media LLC
Typography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Nan Hildebrandt
Catersource & Event Solutions
Website. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
*Excellence Awards Committee Chair
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Technical Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Congratulations!
2013
MAGAZINE
OF THE YEAR
Lake Superior Magazine
2013 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Kevin Dunn
President
MSP Communications
Aileen Hough
Director
CSC Publishing, Inc.
Sherry Shifflet
President-Elect
Swirlwind Media, Inc.
Kathryn Knudson
Director
EPG Media LLC
Susan Niemi
Treasurer
Industrial Fabrics Association
International
Chris Lee
Director
Freelance
Greg DeMarco
Director
Franchise Times Corp.
Cindy Hayden
Director
Lake Superior Port Cities, Inc.
Ellington Miller
Director
Wagazine
Jared Pfeifer
Director
Grand View Media Group
MINNESOTA MAGAZINE & PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION
James Tarbox
Director
Industrial Fabrics Association
International
2013
Excellence
Awards
Design Contest
Winner
Nan
Hildebrandt
Catersource Magazine
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OVERALL EXCELLENCE
Association Over 30,000
Business/Trade Under 30,000
General Interest Under 60,000
GOLD V
SILVER
BRONZE
GOLD V
SILVER
GOLD V
SILVER
BRONZE
Minnesota
Minnesota Golfer
Virginia Golfer
BRONZE
Minnesota Business
IBM Systems Magazine,
Mainframe Edition
Archery Business
Association Under 30,000
Lake Superior Magazine
Edina Magazine
Architecture Minnesota
Special Interest Over 60,000
Education Over 30,000
GOLD V
SILVER
BRONZE
American Craft
Specialty Fabrics Review
Minnesota Medicine
GOLD V
SILVER
BRONZE
St. Olaf Magaazine
Bethel Magazine
SCAN St. Catherine Alumnae News
Business/Trade Over 30,000
GOLD V
SILVER
BRONZE
Gardening How-To
Minnesota Conservation Volunteer
Woodworker’s Journal
Special Interest Under 60,000
General Interest Over 60,000
GOLD V
SILVER
BRONZE
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EXHIBITOR Magazine
Corn & Soybean Digest
Farm Industry News
GOLD V
SILVER
BRONZE
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Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
Minnesota Monthly
Experience Life
GOLD V
SILVER
BRONZE
Midwest Home
MVP Magazine
Northern Gardener
BLOG
Business/Trade
THANK
YOU
SPONSORS
Platinum Sponsors
GOLD V
RSVP MN
SILVER
Restaurant Finance Monitor
RSVP Insights
Restaurant Finance Across
America
BRONZE
Teradata
Teradata Magazine Blog
General Interest
Gold Sponsors
GOLD V
SILVER
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
Dara: Food & Life Freshly
Harvested
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
Andrew Zimmern:
Chow and Again
BRONZE
Copper Sponsors
Minnesota Monthly
MN Journeys
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COVER DESIGN
Association Over 30,000
Business/Trade Under 30,000
General Interest Under 60,000
GOLD V
Minnesota Golfer
GOLD V
Archery Business
GOLD V
White Bear Lake Magazine
SILVER
Viking
SILVER
RSVP MN
SILVER
Rochester Magazine
BRONZE
Lake Superior Magazine
Directory 2013
December 2012
BRONZE
Minnesota Golfer
January/February 2013
Spring 2013
BRONZE
Summer 2013
IBM Systems Magazine,
Mainframe Edition
February 2013
July 2012
July 2013
July/August 2012
Association Under 30,000
Special Interest Over 60,000
Education Over 30,000
GOLD V
SILVER
American Craft,
August/September 2012
American Craft
GOLD V
SILVER
February/March 2013
BRONZE
Minnesota Medicine
Winter 2013
BRONZE
Bowhunting World
SILVER
Cooking Club Magazine
BRONZE
Cooking Club Magazine
April 2013
Fall 2012
Bethel Magazine
Winter/Spring 2013
March 2013
GOLD V
St. Olaf Magazine,
Spring 2013
SCAN, St. Catherine Alumnae News
February 2013
Special Interest Under 60,000
Business/Trade Over 30,000
General Interest Over 60,000
GOLD V
GOLD V
SILVER
Twin Cities Business
April 2013
Farm Industry News
SILVER
April 2013
BRONZE
Ratchet+Wrench
June 2013
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December 2012
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Rat Rod Magazine
SILVER
Lavender Magazine
Delta Sky Magazine
June 2013
June/July 2013
Spring 2013
Experience Life
March 2013
BRONZE
GOLD V
Minnesota Monthly
BRONZE
Midwest Home
June/July 2013
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DIRECTORY
All Publications Over 60,000
All Publications Under 60,000
EDITOR’S OR PUBLISHER’S
EDITORIAL OR LETTER TO
THE READERS
Association
GOLD
American Craft
The Force of Nature
SILVER
American Craft
In Defense of the
Art History Major
BRONZE
Minnesota Golfer
Cracking the Grass Ceiling
GOLD V
Shops, a supplement to
GOLD V
EXHIBITOR Magazine
SILVER
BRONZE
Minnesota Golfer
Minneapolis Saint Paul:
SILVER
Twin Cities Living
Official Visitors Guide to the
Twin Cities Area
BRONZE
IFAI EXPO 2012 Guide
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
The 2013 Find It - Marketplace
Business/Trade
GOLD
IBM Systems Magazine,
Twin Cities Living 2014
Power Systems Edition
Booting Up the Perfect Pair
SILVER
Corn & Soybean Digest
BRONZE
Twin Cities Business
Why the Brown Revolution?
Hold the Mayo
General Interest
GOLD
Experience Life
Balance Schmalance
SILVER
Experience Life
BRONZE
Experience Life
From Tibet, With Love
The Case of the Lost Laptop
Special Interest
GOLD
Lavender Magazine
From the Editor: Of Empathy
and Our Future
SILVER
Thunder Press
Change in the Weather
BRONZE
Minnesota Conservation Volunteer
Private Island, Public Waters
FEATURE ARTICLE
Association Over 30,000
GOLD
Minnesota
Gut Reaction
SILVER
Viking
BRONZE
Minnesota Golfer
Cathedrals of Wood
After the Flood
Association Under 30,000
GOLD
Minnesota Medicine
The Cough that Won’t Quit
SILVER
American Craft
The Craft of Design
BRONZE
American Craft
Masters
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2013 EXCELLENCE AWARDS
“My staff and I have found great value in
MMPA’s annual Summit, which gives us the
opportunity to pause, learn what others are
doing, and hear about best practices. We’re
also pleased to be part of the Excellence
awards and see all the great work being
done in Minnesota magazines.”
Monica Moses
Editor in Chief
American Craft magazine
We
are excited to attend
the MMPA Excellence
Awards again this year. We
value the information that we receive
throughout
h h the
h year. The
Th MMPA group makes
k us
feel welcome and we appreciate that greatly.
Diane Raaum, Publisher, Coulee Region Communications
“Membership is a fantastic way for freelancers to meet editors and build stronger
connections with those who are already clients.
The annual Magazine Mingle serves as a great
window into the many diverse, high-quality
publications that are produced in Minnesota
each year. MMPA helps me stay connected,
engaged—and employed.”
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Freelance Writer & Editor
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FEATURE DESIGN
Business/Trade Over 30,000
GOLD
Twin Cities Business
Special Interest Over 60,000
GOLD
Bowhunting World
The Little Railroad That Won’t
SILVER
EXHIBITOR Magazine
“Reader’s Choice Awards”
SILVER
EXHIBITOR Magazine’s Expo
BRONZE
2012 Awards
Twin Cities Business
Association Over 30,000
Gardening How-To
Sunset Flowers
BRONZE
Minnesota Conservation Volunteer
Small Pleasures on the Big Fork
Capitalist Tools
Business/Trade Under 30,000
GOLD
Minnesota Business
Change in progress
SILVER
The Exuberant Garden
SILVER
BRONZE
Franchising in Paris
Education Over 30,000
GOLD
St. Olaf Magazine
Going to Extremes
SILVER
Bethel Magazine
BRONZE
SCAN St. Catherine Alumnae News,
For Such a Time as This
TRUE to FORM
Minnesota Golfer
SILVER
Virginia Golfer
BRONZE
USA Hockey Magazine
E-NEWSLETTER
Get Away & Golf
A Celebration of Tradition
Lavender Magazine
Senior Living: Aging with Dignity,
Aging with Care
Franchise Times
GOLD V
Midwest Home
The Great Estate
RSVP MN
New Nostalgia
BRONZE
Special Interest Under 60,000
GOLD
Northern Gardener
Saving the Best for Last
Association Under 30,000
Association/Business Trade
Over 30,000
GOLD
Farm Industry News
Farm Industry News Now
SILVER
Twin Cities Business
BRONZE
Minnesota Hockey
Twin Cities Business’ Briefcase
Education Under 30,000
GOLD
Murphy Reporter
15 Ways To Enjoy Summer …
Even More!
The Importance of Mentoring
SILVER
Murphy Reporter
Students in the Newsroom
BRONZE
Metropolitan State University
Buzz magazine
Four Things about Four
Things: Expertise in a Nutshell
Business/Trade Under 30,000
GOLD
Catersource
SILVER
The Twin Cities Best Pizza
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
BRONZE
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
SILVER
American Craft
Equipment Matters
The Nature of Invention
BRONZE
American Craft
A Portrait of the Artist as a Very
Young Octogenarian
Powder and Bulk Engineering
PBE-News
RSVP MN
RSVP Itinerary
SILVER
Specialty Fabrics Review
Get Fresh
BRONZE
General Interest Over 60,000
GOLD
Minnesota Monthly
GOLD V
Business/Trade Over 30,000
General Interest/Special Interest
GOLD
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
Bizarre Twin Cities
Juice Box
SILVER
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
BRONZE
Cooking Club Magazine
Insider Eats
Foodie
Food Now!
General Interest Under 60,000
GOLD
Lake Superior Magazine
Hail! Tall Ships Ahead!
SILVER
GOLD V
Rest Easy No Matter
the Weather
Lake Superior Magazine
Dogging the Beargrease
BRONZE
Lake Superior Magazine
IBM Systems Magazine,
Power Systems Edition
SILVER
Twin Cities Business
BRONZE
Ratchet+Wrench
7 Great Fall Drives
Sweet Land
It’s Easy Being Green
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2013 EXCELLENCE AWARDS
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HOW-TO ARTICLE
Business/Trade Under 30,000
General Interest Under 60,000
Association
GOLD
Virginia Golfer
Your Game: Stacy’s Secrets
SILVER
Minnesota Medicine
Break Out of Your Box: 15 Ways
to Promote Collegiality Among
Physicians
BRONZE
Compliance & Ethics Professional
You Can’t Cure Symptoms
GOLD V
SILVER
BRONZE
GOLD V
Plymouth Magazine
IBM Systems Magazine,
Mainframe Edition
SILVER
Lake Superior Magazine
Internal Transformation
BRONZE
Minnesota Business
Change in Progress
The Ist List
Hail! Tall Ships Ahead!
International Exhibiting Guide
SILVER
RSVP MN
BRONZE
EXHIBITOR Magazine
Be Strategically Green
Rochester Women
Let’s Do Brunch
RSVP MN
Business/Trade
GOLD
EXHIBITOR Magazine
New Nostalgia
Floor Plan Fundamentals
Special Interest Over 60,000
Education Over 30,000
General Interest
GOLD
Duluth~Superior Magazine
Roasting Your Own Coffee
SILVER
Experience Life
You, Inc.
BRONZE
Coulee Region Women
A Woman’s Guide To
Car Shopping
GOLD V
SILVER
GOLD V
Drinks
SILVER
Real Food
SCAN St. Catherine Alumnae News
A Week to Remember
BRONZE
Special Interest
GOLD
Woodworker’s Journal
A French Thanksgiving
SCAN St. Catherine Alumnae News
A Source of Strength
Cool Companions
BRONZE
Real Food
Civil War Officer’s Chair
SILVER
The Flip Side
SCAN St. Catherine Alumnae News
Reed Valves: How to Inspect
and Service a Key Part of
the Intake
The Womanly Arts
Special Interest Under 60,000
General Interest Over 60,000
Snow Goer
BRONZE
Northern Gardener
10 Tips for Better Garden Photos
MEDIA KIT
All Publications
GOLD
Lavender Magazine
SILVER
IBM Systems Magazine,
GOLD V
Minnesota Monthly
SILVER
Minnesota Monthly
BRONZE
Experience Life
Twin Cities’ Best Bars
The New Traditionalists
The Emotional Toll of Clutter
GOLD V
Midwest Home
Color Pattern Texture - Design
Trends
SILVER
Lavender Magazine
BRONZE
Midwest Home
Spring Arts & Food Preview
Spanish Immersion
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Power Systems Edition
Rat Rod Magazine
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OVERALL DESIGN
Association/Education
General Interest Over 60,000
Special Interest Under 60,000
GOLD V
SILVER
BRONZE
GOLD V
SILVER
BRONZE
GOLD V
SILVER
BRONZE
Specialty Fabrics Review
American Craft
Viking
Business/Trade Over 30,000
Experience Life
Cambria Style
Minnesota Monthly
General Interest Under 60,000
Midwest Home
WHERE - Twin Cities
MVP Magazine
OVERALL EVENT:
BUSINESS TO BUSINESS
All Publications
GOLD
Catersource
Catersource Conference &
Tradeshow
SILVER
EXHIBITOR Magazine
EXHIBITOR 2013
BRONZE
GOLD V
SILVER
BRONZE
Farm Industry News
Corn & Soybean Digest
EXHIBITOR Magazine
Business/Trade Under 30,000
GOLD V
SILVER
BRONZE
Minnesota Business
The Real Power 50
Architecture Minnesota
Lake Superior Magazine
Duluth~Superior Magazine
Special Interest Over 60,000
OVERALL EVENT:
BUSINESS TO CONSUMER
All Publications
GOLD
Rat Rod Magazine
2012 Rat Rod Tour
SILVER
Ensia
Ensia Live
BRONZE
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
Taste
GOLD V
SILVER
BRONZE
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IBM Systems Magazine,
Mainframe Edition
Minnesota Business
GOLD V
SILVER
BRONZE
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Real Food
Drinks
Minnesota Conservation Volunteer
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PROFILE ARTICLE
Assocation
GOLD
American Craft
A Portrait of the Artist as
a Very Young Octogenarian
SILVER
General Interest Over 60,000
GOLD
Minnesota Monthly
Wellstone
SILVER
Minnesota
BRONZE
Crossing Borders
Business/Trade Over 30,000
GOLD
EXHIBITOR Magazine
Twin Cities Business
Super Lawyers Business Edition
Shadow Boxing
SILVER
BRONZE
IBM Systems Magazine,
Mainframe Edition
SILVER
Bringing His “A” Game
BRONZE
Saint John’s Magazine
Elephant Man
Head of the Class
BRONZE
Minnesota Monthly
Ali Talks
DeRusha Eats
General Interest Under 60,000
GOLD
Duluth~Superior Magazine
Beauty & Soul
SILVER
Coulee Region Women
BRONZE
Rochester Magazine
BRONZE
Home
Random Rochesterite
Rat Rod Magazine
Special Interest Over 60,000
GOLD
Cooking Club Magazine
Cook’s Notebook
SILVER
Cooking Club Magazine
BRONZE
Cooking Club Magazine
REGULAR COLUMN
Association/Business/Trade
Under 30,000
GOLD
Franchise Times
Continental Franchise Review
Education Under 30,000
GOLD
Metropolitan State University
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
Lavender Magazine
2012 Organization of the Year:
Education Over 30,000
GOLD
Saint John’s Magazine
St. Olaf Magazine
Nutrients
SILVER
Contextual Modernism
Courtney Hansen & John Moss
Double-Feature
SILVER
General Interest Over 60,000
GOLD
Experience Life
Minnesotans United for
All Families
Minnesota Super Lawyers
The Advocate
Favorite Places
St. Louis Park Magazine
Special Interest
GOLD
Midwest Home
Rooms and a View
BRONZE
SILVER
Tablets & Capsules
BRONZE
Specialty Fabrics Review
Favorite Ingredient
Good Spirits
Special Interest Under 60,000
GOLD
Lavender Magazine
Eye on Excipients
Perspective
Buzz magazine
Skirting the Issues by
Ellen Krug
SILVER
Mohammud Noor (‘09) Takes
Path of Political Action
SILVER
Metropolitan State University
Buzz magazine
BRONZE
Murphy Reporter
Plan B
SILVER
Reporting the World
EXHIBITOR Magazine
Exhibiting 101
BRONZE
IBM Systems Magazine
Power Systems Edition
Next: What’s New in R&D
2013 EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Minnesota Parent
Tween Scene: Challenging the
culture of birthday treats;
Overindulgence: the new
normal; Solving problems
with science
Business/Trade Over 30,000
GOLD
EXHIBITOR Magazine
What are you studying?
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SCAN St. Catherine Alumnae News
Reaching for the Summit
A Deal to Envy
SILVER
BRONZE
Rochester Magazine
The Gritty Diva
Friending Ted Ullyot
Business/Trade Under 30,000
GOLD
Franchise Times
SCAN St. Catherine Alumnae News
Faculty Speak
Minnesota Monthly
General Interest Under 60,000
GOLD
White Bear Lake Magazine
The Business Behind Bizarre
BRONZE
Almanac
SILVER
The Geeks Get Loud
Spread the Dead
SILVER
Delta Sky Magazine
The Sweet, Charmed Life of
Taylor Swift
American Craft
American Made
BRONZE
Education Over 30,000
GOLD
St. Olaf Magazine
BRONZE
Lavender Magazine
Slice by Joy Summers
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SINGLE PAGE OR
SPREAD DESIGN
Association Over 30,000
GOLD V
SILVER
Minnesota
Unthinkable. . .Until Now
Business/Trade Under 30,000
GOLD V
Minnesota Business Magazine
SILVER
Franchise Times
Viking
Explore Oslo
BRONZE
Minnesota Medi-Maze
2012 Franchise Times Top
200 Franchise Systems
Minnesota
Gut Reaction
BRONZE
General Interest Under 60,000
GOLD V
Lake Superior Magazine
SILVER
Rochester Magazine
BRONZE
Rochester Magazine
Walleye & Whitefish
Positively Inspiring
Flying Into History
RSVP MN
Rules of Engagement
Association Under 30,000
Special Interest Over 60,000
Education
GOLD V
American Craft
SILVER
American Craft
Quiet Language
Structurally Sound
BRONZE
GOLD V
Geosynthetics
Geosynthetics Solutions for
Northumberlandia
SILVER
GOLD V
Real Food
SILVER
Real Food
Sensational Sandwiches
Murphy Reporter
Elliston Fund Hits $1 Million
In Giving
Pass the Beans
BRONZE
Drinks
Affordable Burgundies
Murphy Reporter
Grieving Online
BRONZE
Business/Trade Over 30,000
SCAN St. Catherine Alumnae News
Special Interest Under 60,000
SHOUT OUT, in Style!
General Interest Over 60,000
GOLD V
IBM Systems Magazine,
Power Systems Edition
Keeping the Lights on for Less
SILVER
Twin Cities Business
A Date with Density
BRONZE
Twin Cities Business
Minnesota Monthly
SILVER
Cambria Style
BRONZE
Cambria Style
The Geeks Get Loud
Summer Burgers
Crowning Jewels
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Ensia
SILVER
Rat Rod Magazine
BRONZE
Twins
Ensia: Notable
Flying A
GOLD V
Out With a Bang!
GOLD V
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Assocation/Education
Business/Trade
General Interest
GOLD V
Minnesota Medicine
GOLD V
EXHIBITOR Magazine 2286
GOLDV
Mpls.St.Paul Weddings Magazine
SILVER
Saint John’s University
SILVER
Minnesota Business
SILVER
Maple Grove Magazine
BRONZE
Lake Superior Magazine
March 2013/The Opioid Crisis
John Gagliardi Unrivaled
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