Greenspring Media Group Wins 38 Awards at the Annual Minnesota Publishing Excellence Awards

Minneapolis, November 8, 2005 – Greenspring Media Group received 38 awards at the Ninth Annual Minnesota Publishing Excellence Awards ceremony on Thursday, November 3, making the company the highest recipient of the evening with 18 gold awards, 13 silver and 7 bronze awards.

The Annual Minnesota Publishing Excellence Awards Competition was established by the Minnesota Magazine Publishing Association to recognize and foster outstanding publishing achievements. Greenspring Media Group was honored with the following awards:

Gold Honors

Best Feature Article (“2004 Minnesotan of the Year,” Minnesota Monthly, January 2005)

Best Single Cover (“The Food Issue,” Minnesota Monthly, May 2005)

Best Single Cover (A Toast to the Holidays, Drinks magazine, Winter 2004)

Best Regular Column (“The Arts,” Minnesota Monthly, August 2004, December 2004, March 2005)

Best Regular Column (“The Juice,” Drinks, Fall 2004, Winter 2004, Spring 2005)

Best Media Kit (Minnesota Monthly)

Best Use of Visuals/Art (“The Enemy Within,” Minnesota Monthly, September 2004)

Best Use of Visuals/Art (“Expanding China,” Where Twin Cities, January 2005)

Best Technical Article (“Meetings’ State of the Industry Report,” Meetings: Minnesota’s Hospitality Journal, Winter 2005)

Best Directory (Minneapolis & Saint Paul Official Visitors Guide to the Twin Cities Area, Spring/Summer 2005)

Best Single Topic (“The Food Issue,” Minnesota Monthly, May 2005

Best Single Topic (“Garden Issue,” Midwest Home, April 2005)

Best Use of Visuals/Photography (“Generation XXXL,” Minnesota Monthly, January 2005)

Best Use of Visuals/Photography (“Fruit Cocktails,” Drinks, Summer 2005)

Best How-To Article (“Meeting Accomplished: Ice Fishing Extravaganza,” Meetings: Minnesota’s Hospitality Journal, Spring 2005)

Best Overall Design (“Drinks,” Winter 2004, Spring 2005, Summer 2005)

Best Overall Design (Meetings: Minnesota’s Hospitality Journal, Winter 2005, Spring 2005, Summer 2005)

Overall Excellence (Meetings: Minnesota’s Hospitality Journal, Winter 2005, Spring 2005, Summer 2005)

Silver Honors

Best Feature Article (“A Place to Call Home,” Midwest Home & Garden, June/July 2005)

Best Feature Article (“The Bionic Planner, Part 1,” Meetings: Minnesota’s Hospitality Journal, Spring 2005)

Best Single Cover (“The Best of the Worst,” Minnesota Monthly, December 2004)

Best Single Cover (“Hurrah for Syrah,” Drinks, Fall 2004)

Best Regular Column (“Checking In,” Where Twin Cities, February 2005, May 2005, June 2005)

Best Regular Column (“Editor In-Sites,” Meetings: Minnesota’s Hospitality Journal, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Summer 2005)

Best Use of Visuals/Art (“Real Men Get Snipped,” Minnesota Monthly, September 2004)

Best Directory (Minneapolis Meeting Planners Guide 2005-2006)

Best Use of Visuals/Photography (“In Focus,” Minnesota Monthly, February 2005)

Best Overall Design (Minnesota Monthly, December 2004, March 2005, May 2005)

Best Overall Design (Midwest Home, September 2004, December/January 2005, April 2005)

Overall Excellence (Minnesota Monthly, November 2004, December 2004, June 2005)

Bronze Honors

Best Feature Article (“Empty Spaces,” Minnesota Monthly, November 2004)

Best Single Cover (“The Puck Stops Here,” Minnesota Monthly, March 2005)

Best Regular Column (“Dinner With,” Minnesota Monthly, August 2004, October 2004, January 2005)

Best Use of Visuals/Art (“Elders,” Minnesota Monthly, January 2005)

Best Directory (“Relocation Guide,” Twin Cities Living, 2005)

Best Single Topic (“The Pet Issue,” Minnesota Monthly, October 2004)

Best Use of Visuals/Photography (“Hell Boy,” Minnesota Monthly, November 2004)

Special Interest (“Breaking Out of the Barrel,” Drinks, Summer 2005)

Greenspring Media Group publishes Minnesota Monthly magazine, Midwest Home, Drinks, Where Twin Cities, Meetings: Minnesota’s Hospitality Journal, Minneapolis & St Paul Official Twin Cities Visitors Guide and multiple custom publications. In addition to the publishing segment of its business, Greenspring Media Group produces signature special events including the Twin Cities Food and Wine Experience, the Luxury Home Tour and the Loft and Condo Living Tour.

Return to Newsroom