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Mark your Calendars! The 2012 Annual Publishing Conference & Exposition – “The Power of Publishing” will be held August 16 – 17, 2012 at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resorts located in beautiful Lake Buena Vista, FL.
Sponsored annually by the Florida Magazine Association (FMA), the Charlie Awards honor publishing excellence in the state of Florida. This year’s awards will be presented at the FMA’s Annual Conference & Exposition – “The Power of Publishing”.
The 2012 awards competition includes over 80 categories in the areas of Printing Excellence, Writing Excellence, Design Excellence, and Best Overall Awards. We are excited to announce that this year we have some new categories as well; Best Self-Promotional Ad, Best In-House Ad for an Outside Client, and Best Advertorial Section. In addition, the major Best Overall categories (for Digital Presence, Design, Writing and Magazine) have been separated and will be announced at the end of this year’s Charlie Awards ceremony.
Judges for this year’s competition include leading writers, editors, photographers and designers from outside Florida. Individual awards are the decision of the independent panel of judges and are based solely on that panel’s evaluation of each entry. Judges will critique this year’s winning entries, and their comments will be made available at the FMA conference awards gala. Winners also will be featured on FMA’s website, www.floridamagazine.org.
2012 Magazine of the Year
Florida Magazine Association is proud to announce the presentation of a “Magazine of the Year” honor at the end of its Charlie Awards ceremony. The winners of the Best Overall Magazine awards in their respective categories (Association; Trade/Technical; Consumer, less than 20,000; Consumer, between 20,000-50,000; Consumer-50,000-plus circulation) automatically will be entered in this final award. Judges will select the FMA’s “Magazine of the Year” from those five honorees based on the publication thatbest fulfilled its mission statement in the past year.
The coveted Charlie Awards represent the pinnacle of achievement in Florida magazine publishing. Showcase your publication’s accomplishments and receive the recognition you deserve by entering today. Then, plan on joining us this summer at our annual conference, where Florida’s finest magazine professionals come to learn and share ideas that willshape the future of their publications. Visit FMA’s website for details about this exciting event.
Let’s shake things up this year! Join us at the evening celebration following the coveted Charlie Awards, join us for some wine, dessert, music and dancing. Let the party and celebration continue!
To set the 2012 FMA Publishing Conference & Exposition on your personal calendar or PDA, click here.
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