Woo Hoo! baystateparent

Readers, The team at bsp (pictured here: Carrie Wattu, editor; Paula Monette Ethier, creative director; Stephanie Pearl, sales and business development manager) is really pumped for our spring and summer issues because we went to our annual conference (Parenting Publications of America) in North Carolina last weekend.

bsp got a BIG pat on the back from the judges of the editorial and design competition for some of the things that we are doing right in our magazine. Plus, we attended conferences and critiques to learn how we can push ourselves to do better.

Please join us in thanking bsp's writers, designers, photographers, sales team, advertisers, and many more contributors for their hard work.

Our awards are detailed below. This makes 24 for 2009 from PPA,Suburban Newspapers of America, and New England Newspaper and Press Association,
Carrie

baystateparent: Winner of 7 Editorial Awards and 7 Design Awards
> > In our circulation category, only Maryland Family won more awards than baystateparent in editorial.
> > No one won more than baystateparent in design!
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> > Bronze Winner for Headlines
> > Bronze: Bay State Parent; Carrie Wattu, editor
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> > Silver Winner for Humor
> > Silver: Bay State Parent; “Under My Roof,” Jim Keogh, writer; Carrie
> > Wattu, editor
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> > Silver Winner for News Feature
> > Silver: Bay State Parent; Carrie Wattu, editor; Julia Quinn-Szcesuil,
> > writer
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> > Silver and Gold Winner for Special Series
> > Silver: Bay State Parent; “Finally Forever,” Robyn Silverman, writer;
> > Carrie Wattu, editor
> > Gold: Bay State Parent; “Moms Who Rock,” Carrie Wattu, editor
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> > Silver Winner for Special Section within a Publication
> > Silver: Bay State Parent; “Think Pink: Annual Breast Cancer Issue,”
> > Carrie Wattu, editor; Paula Monette Ethier, creative director; Trish
> > Reskie; Julia Quinn-Szcesuil; Laura Richards; Amy Cooper Rodriguez,
> > writers
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> > Bronze for Overall Writing
> > Bronze: Bay State Parent; Carrie Wattu, editor
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> > Design
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> > Silver and Gold Winner for Front Cover/Newsprint/ Original Photo
> > Silver: Bay State Parent; “August 2009 front cover,” Paula Monette
> > Ethier, creative director;
> > Allison Cottrill, photographer
> > Gold: Bay State Parent; “December 2009 cover,” Paula Monette Ethier,
> > creative director;
> > Portrait Simple Studio
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> > Gold Winner for Interior Illustration
> > Gold: Bay State Parent; Paula Monette Ethier, creative director;
> > Santos Vega, illustrator
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> > Gold Winner for Interior Photography (Original)
> > Gold: Bay State Parent; Robea Patrowicz, photographer
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> > Bronze Winner for Table of Contents
> > Bronze: Bay State Parent; Paula Monette Ethier, creative director
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> > Gold Winner for Feature Layout Black & White
> > No bronze or silver awards
> > Gold: Bay State Parent; Paula Monette Ethier, creative director;
> > Cassie Heart, illustrator
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> > Bronze Winner for Special Section
> > Bronze: Bay State Parent, “Adoption Guide,” Paula Monette Ethier,
> > creative director;
> > Lizzeth Huerta Priego, illustrator
> >