2009
International Regional Magazine Association (IRMA)
• Magazine of the Year, Up to 40,000 Circulation, category
Magazine of the Year
Entries: March/April, May, September 2008 issues

• Overall Art Direction, Up to 40,000 Circulation, category
First Place
Entries: March/April, May, September 2008 issues

• Most Improved category
First Place
Entries: May 2007 & May 2008 issues (Based on our redesign in 2008)

• Single Photo category
Honorable Mention
Entry: “Snow Storm” lead photo of Snow Geese story (March/April 2008 issue)
Photographer: Kevin Fleming

Newsstand Resource Cover Contest
Regional and State category
First Place
Entry: October 2008 cover

The National Federation of Press Women Communications Contest
Overall Editing of Entire Publication category
Second Place
Entry: September and November/December 2008 issues

Delaware Press Association Communications Contest
• Pages regularly edited by Terry Plowman, Lifestyle/Entertainment category
First Place
Entry: Beach Briefs pages, March/April and October 2008 issues

• Overall Editing of Entire Publication category
First Place
Entry: September and November/December 2008 issues

• Feature Story category
First Place
Entry: “Family Ties” a story about same-sex parents (June 2008 issue)
Writer: Patricia V. Rivera

• Special Articles — Agriculture, Agribusiness, Aquaculture category
First Place
Entry: “Staying Rooted” a story about local farmers (June 2008 issue)
Writer: Patricia V. Rivera

• Special Articles — Science category
First Place
Entry: “The Collector” a story about mosquito control (August 2008 issue)
Writer: Mary Ann Benyo

• Special Articles — History category
First Place
Entry: “Sports Helped Schools Bond” a Look Back story about the forming of the Indian River School District (March/April 2008 issue)
Writer: James Diehl

• Special Articles — Home category
First Place
Entry: “Saving the Light” a Cottage Tour story about a house remodel with the Mispillion Lighthouse (September 2008 issue)
Writer: Lynn R. Parks

• Special Articles — Sports category
First Place
Entry: “Tiny Town is a Big Hit” a story about the Softball World Series coverage in Roxana (July 2008 issue)
Writer: James Diehl

• Feature Photo in Printed Publication Other Than Newspaper category
First Place
Entry: Visual Vacation “Down the Hatch” (May 2008 issue)
Photographer: Kevin Fleming

• Photo Essay in Printed Publication Other Than Newspaper category
First Place
Entry: “Wild Delaware” (May 2008 issue)
Photographer: Kevin Fleming


2008
Newsstand Resource Cover Contest
Regional and State category
Third Place
Entry: August 2007 cover

IRMA
Environmental Feature category
Honorable Mention
Entry: “A New Sense of Power” a story about the Citizens for Clean Power working for cleaner air with the Indian River power plant (September 2007 issue)
Writer: Larry Nagengast

The National Federation of Press Women Communications Contest
Second Place
Entry: “Coming Soon … to a Theater Near Us” a story about the Rehoboth Beach Film Festival (October 2007 issue)
Writer: Michael Pollock

Delaware Press Association Communications Contest
First Place
Entry: “Coming Soon … to a Theater Near Us” a story about the Rehoboth Beach Film Festival (October 2007 issue)
Writer: Michael Pollock


2007
IRMA
• Public Issues category
Third Place
Entry: “The Power of Prayer” a story about school prayer controversy in the Indian River School District (July 2006 issue)
Writer: Lynn R. Parks

• Photographic Series category
Second Place
Entry: “Ethereal Alchemy” a series of sepia-tone photos of water scenes (October 2006 issue)
Photographer: Lisa Tyson Ennis

Newsstand Resource Cover Contest
Regional and State category
First Place
Entry: November/December 2006 cover

Newsstand Resource Readers Choice Cover Contest
Among the Top Ten Readers Choices
Entry: November/December 2006 cover


2006
IRMA
Public Issues category
Third Place
Entry: “The Tides of Change” a story on West Rehoboth and how it is being affected by development (Fall 2005 issue)
Writer: Patricia V. Rivera

Newsstand Resource Cover Contest
Regional and State category
Honorable Mention
Entry: June 2005 cover


2005
IRMA
• Nature category
Second Place
Entry: “Great Marsh in Lewes” (August 2004 issue)
Writer: Jennifer Ackerman

• Historical Feature category
Third Place
Entry: “Secrets of the DeBraak” a story about a shipwreck and its tales (October 2004 issue)
Writer: Pam George

National Press Photographer’s Association
• Mid-Atlantic monthly competition
First Place
Entry: photographic essay of sepia-tone wildlife images (July 2005 issue)
Photographer: Kevin Fleming

Third Place
Entry: aerial photo essay of a biplane over coastal Delaware (Fall 2005 issue)
Photographer: Kevin Fleming


2004
Publications Management, a trade magazine
• Best Editorial Content in a New Publication category
Second Place

• Best Design in a New Publication category
Third Place