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Curious Parents recognized with multiple design and editorial awards

Curious Parents was recognized in 2005 with multiple design and editorial awards by the Parenting Publications of America:

D15 - Infographics 55,000 or more Silver: Curious Parents; “Fall Education Resource Chart,” Jenifer Cooper, graphic designer; Allyn Luciano, graphic designer The image of the school bus along the left, as well as the bright yellow colors, reflect the content of this table and make it visually appealing. The type is easy to read and well organized.
D16 - Special Section 55,000 or more Silver:  Curious Parents, “Summer Fun Guide,” Allyn Luciano and Jennifer Cooper, graphic designers The designers creatively packed lots of information in this summer fun issue. They helped by departmentalizing the information, making it enticing and ordered for readers.
E10 - Column: Humor 55,000 or more Bronze: Curious Parents; Carey Potash, writer; Pat Jenei, managing editor Potash offers a witty view of the things we do for our children and how parents try to measure up. His leads pull the reader into his world, and we understand his panic when “pink baby” disappears and when the videotape runs out.

February 26, 2005
For Immediate Release
Contact: James Dowden, PPA Executive Director
(323/937-5514)

PPA ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2004 EDITORIAL AND DESIGN AWARDS FOR LEADING PARENTING PUBLICATIONS

LOS ANGELES (Feb. 26, 2005)—Parenting Publications of America (PPA) gave out 331 Editorial and Design Competition awards to parenting newspapers and magazines at an awards banquet on Feb. 26, 2005, the climax of the three-day PPA Annual Convention in St. Petersburg, FL.

PPA’s Editorial and Design Awards Competition recognizes excellence in journalism, photography and design achieved by publishers, editors, writers and designers at member publications. Prof. Daryl Moen of the University of Missouri School of Journalism coordinated the annual contest. A panel of 33 judges poured over 979 entries this year (up from 774 last year) to choose the winners in each category. All judges have had significant professional experience.

The number of entries jumped dramatically. Over all, they were up 26%. Editorial, the largest category, was up 22%, and Design was up 28%. General Excellence, the smallest category, was up 63% (from 49-80). Entries came from 66 companies representing 91 publications.

“The purpose of the PPA awards competition is to encourage a high level of journalistic performance and service to communities by recognizing editorial excellence and outstanding visual presentation in parenting publications,” said PPA Executive Director James Dowden.

Open to all member publications, the competition was broken into circulation divisions: 30,000 or fewer, 30,001 to 54,999, and 55,000 or more. Members competed for gold, silver and bronze in 22 editorial categories, 19 design categories, four General Excellence categories (Most Improved, Rookie of the Year, Ancillary Publication and General Excellence), reflecting editorial and design.

Because more people entered, the competition was stiffer. That was particularly evident in Publisher’s/Editor’s Commentary, Family Fun Column, Personal Essay and Overall Design. Each of those categories increased by at least 52%. The quality of the competition improved noticeably

While the number of entries in the General Excellence GE3 category did not increase dramatically, the judge was struck by how much better the publications were than last year when she judged the category. “It was amazing,” she said. “Especially in the small and medium circulation categories, the publications have improved a lot. Last year, the competition was stiffest in the large circulation category, but this year, it was competitive across the board.”

Established in 1988, PPA is a national trade association of regional parenting publications that reaches from Seattle to Boston and from Minneapolis to Miami, and to Canada and Australia. Some of the publications are tabloid newspapers; others are magazines, with 4-color, glossy covers.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, PPA is a nonprofit national organization representing more than 110 parenting magazines and newspapers in the United States, Canada and Australia