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Baha'i magazine wins 'grand award'
NEW YORK, 27 October 2005 (BWNS) -- "One Country," the newsletter of the
Baha'i International Community, has won a prestigious "Grand Award" this
year in the APEX 2005 Awards for Publication Excellence.

The periodical reports mainly on activities of the worldwide Baha'i
community in relation to issues of sustainable development, peace and
world order, human rights, and the advancement of women.

"One Country" won the Grand Award in the "nonprofit, small office"
category.

Just 100 Grand Awards were handed out, in 16 categories, from among
5,000 entries, according to APEX organizers.

"We're honored to have won a Grand Award from APEX this year," said
Douglas Moore, the director of the Office of Public Information of the
Baha'i International Community, the publisher of "One Country."

"In the world of non-profit and organizational publications, it is a
sign of considerable recognition," Mr. Moore said.

The annual APEX awards are sponsored by Communications Concepts of
Springfield, Virginia, USA. They aim at recognizing excellence in
publications, including websites, by professional communicators.

The awards are based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content,
and the ability to achieve overall communications excellence. Now in
their 17th year, the APEX Awards have gradually grown in prestige. This
year, for example, the editors of "Foreign Policy Magazine" won three
Awards of Excellence, a fact that they have noted on their website.

In addition to the Grand Awards, APEX issues Awards of Excellence in 11
major categories, divided into some 109 subcategories.

This year "One Country," whose editor is Brad Pokorny, also won an Award
of Excellence in the "Columns and Editorials" subcategory for its
Perspective Editorial titled "Literacy and Development," which was
published in the April-June 2004 issue (Volume 16, Issue 1).

"One Country" has won a number of APEX awards in previous years for its
news and feature stories, including a 1991 "Grand Award" in the
Newsletters category.

"One Country" is issued quarterly. In addition to an English edition, it
is published in French, Spanish, Chinese, German, and Russian. The
English edition goes to more than 38,000 people in 180 countries.

To see "One Country" on the Internet, go to http://onecountry.org