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28-April-1997 
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             "Presbyterians Today" Judged Best Church Magazine; 
              Synod of Lakes And Prairies Also Wins Top Honors 
 
                      by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
CHICAGO--"Presbyterians Today" has been honored as the best denominational 
magazine in North America by the Associated Church Press (ACP), a 
consortium of nearly 200 religious publishers in the United States and 
Canada. 
 
     At a banquet here April 22 announcing its 1996 journalism prizes, ACP 
also awarded a "Best of Class" in the newsletter category to "Presbyterian 
Life & Times," the newsletter of the Synod of Lakes and Prairies. 
 
     Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)-related publications won a spate of 
awards at the annual competition -- judged this year by faculty from 
Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism  and by several 
nationally known reporters, such as Laurie Goodstein of the "Washington 
Post" -- with "Church & Society" magazine leading the way with eight 
awards.  Other PC(USA) winners included "HORIZONS" magazine, the 
Presbyterian News Service and "Monday Morning" magazine. 
 
     "Presbyterians Today," the judges said, "stands up well against any 
magazine anywhere."  The magazine also won an award of excellence (first 
place) for the "Spotlight" section of the magazine, an award of merit 
(second place) for associate editor Eva Stimson's interview with "Dakota" 
author Kathleen Norris in the September 1996 issue, an honorable mention 
(third place) for its in-depth coverage of "The Homosexuality Dialogue" in 
its May 1996 issue and an honorable mention for its preview of the 1996 
General Assembly in the June 1996 issue. 
 
     In addition to its "Best of Class" award -- the judges said, "Here's 
another publication that says  Read me!'" -- "Presbyterian Life & Times" 
won second place for the graphic design of "Lessons from Mill Stream" in 
the December 1996 issue. 
 
     "Church & Society" magazine won first place awards for its coverage of 
the Beijing women's conference (May/June 1996), for its theme issue "For 
the Beauty of the Earth: Restoring Creation for Ecology and Justice" 
(July/August 1996), for the poem "Humpback" by Murielle Minard in the 
July/August 1996 issue and for Elsa Tamez' biblical reflection on 
Ecclesiastes in the March/April 1996 issue; second place awards for "Best 
of Class" in the special-interest magazine category and for Eileen 
Lindner's theological reflection "Jubilee: Theological Reflections on the 
Theme"; and third place awards for its statement of purpose and for Belle 
Miller McMaster's book review section in the March/April 1996 issue. 
 
     "HORIZONS" magazine won first place in the Bible study category for 
Sara Covin Juengst's study of Matthew -- the 1996 "HORIZONS" Bible study -- 
and third place for K.M. Adam's biblical interpretation "Follow the 
Shepherd Home" in the November/December 1996 issue. 
 
     The Presbyterian News Service won first place for the 1996 wrap-up 
edition of "The General Assembly News," edited by Jane Mead, and third 
place for "Assembly in Brief," the General Assembly bulletin-insert summary 
edited by Vicki Fogel Mykles. 
 
     "Monday Morning" won second place for its redesign of the magazine. 
"`Monday Morning' doesn't look bleak anymore," the judges said.    

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