Orlando Magazine Wins 11 Awards for Excellence
Recognition from Florida Magazine Association includes honors for design, writing, photography, online video.
Orlando magazine has won 11 awards from the Florida Magazine Association in the group’s annual Charlie Awards competition.
The honors included two first-place Charlie Awards for illustration and cover design for the March 2017 Community Angels cover and the May 2017 Dining Awards front, with the magazine sweeping the category for Best Traditional Illustration. Writing awards went to Michael McLeod for “The Healing,’’ a look at the Orlando community one year after the Pulse tragedy, and to dining critic Joseph Hayes for his stories and reviews in the Dine section. Photo editor Roberto Gonzalez won a Silver Award for his photo of a local butcher, while designer Denis Vargas garnered a top award for his design of a Burger Battle advertising promotion. An online video of poet Billy Collins also received a Bronze Award.
Recognizing achievements by Florida magazines since 1957, FMA's annual Charlie Awards competition honors publishers, writers, editors, artists, photographers, printers, marketers and others as the best among their peers in scores of categories. Juried by recognized out-of-state magazine and newspaper professionals, and college journalism professors, hundreds of entries vie for first, second and third place awards—Charlie, Silver and Bronze.
The awards were presented Friday night at the FMA’s annual Charlie Awards banquet, held at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek.
Here are Orlando magazine’s winners:
Best Traditional Illustration, Consumer Magazines, 20K+ Circulation
Charlie Award
Community Angels
Jennifer Maravillas
Silver Award
Cover and Package
Mary Kate McDevitt
Bronze Award
Dining Awards
Kim Panella
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Writing Excellence
Best Feature, Consumer Magazines, 20K+ Circulation
Silver Award
Michael McLeod
Writing Excellence
Best Department, All Consumer Magazines
Bronze Award
Dine: Tale of the Taco; A Baker's Dozen; Third Time, Another Charm
Joseph Hayes
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Best Design: Cover, Consumer Magazines, 20K+ Circulation
Charlie Award
Dining Awards
Kim Panella
Silver Award
Food Adventures
Mary Kate McDevitt
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Best Design: Typography, All Consumer Magazines
Silver Award
Dining Awards
Kim Panella
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Best Photography: Department Image, Consumer Magazines, 20K+ Circulation
Silver Award
Story of a Butcher
Roberto Gonzalez
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Best Advertisement: Self-Promotional, All Consumer Magazines
Charlie Award
Countdown to Burger Battle
Denis Vargas
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Best Digital: Online Video, All Consumer Magazines
Bronze Award
Michael McLeod, Joseph Hannah
