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27-April-1999 
99170 
 
    PC(USA) Publications Win 
    Numerous Press Association Awards 
 
    by Jerry L. Van Marter 
 
PORTLAND, Ore.-Led by "Presbyterians Today" magazine with five honors, 
Presbyterian publications won a number of prestigious awards at the annual 
competition of the Associated Church Press here April 20. 
 
    The Presbyterian News Service and "HORIZONS" each won four awards, 
"Church and Society" magazine won three, and  "Presbyterian Life and 
Times," the newsletter of the Synod of Lakes and Prairies, won one. 
 
    The Associated Church Press, now in its 83rd year, includes more than 
220 religious periodicals throughout the United States and Canada.  The 
awards competition this year drew almost 1,000 entries. 
 
    Three Presbyterian publications received plaques in the "Best of Class" 
category: "Presbyterian Life and Times," second in the newsletter 
competition; the Presbyterian News Service, second in the news service 
competition; and "Church and Society," third in the special interest 
magazine competition. 
 
    Perhaps the most popular award in the entire competition was a first 
place certificate to Eva Stimson, editor of "Presbyterians Today," for her 
March 1998 interview of the Rev. Fred Rogers of "Mr. Rogers Neighborhood" 
fame.  Stimson was wildly applauded at the awards banquet when Rogers' face 
from the magazine's cover was flashed on the screen as her first place 
prize was announced in the "interview" category. 
 
    "Presbyterians Today" also won a first place certificate in the 
"convention or meeting coverage" category for magazines for Stimson's 
coverage of the 1998 General Assembly.  Jerry Van Marter won a second place 
prize in the "convention or meeting coverage" category for news services 
for the 1998  "Assembly in Brief." 
 
    "Presbyterians Today" won a first place certificate in the "letters to 
the editor" category for the April 1998 letters column edited by managing 
editor Catherine Cottingham; a second place certificate in the "magazine 
photography" category for Nancy Anne Dawe's photograph illustrating 
"Children of Divorce" in the December 1998 issue; and a third place 
certificate in the "theological reflection" category for Susan Nelson's 
"The Freeing Grace of Forgiveness" in the March 1998 issue. 
 
    The two other awards won by the Presbyterian News Service went to Evan 
Silverstein, a second place certificate in the "news story" category for 
his Dec. 18, 1998 story in "NEWS BRIEFS" entitled "Presbyterians Cross Line 
to Protest Against Army's School of the Americas"; and a third place 
certificate in the "feature story" category to Alexa Smith for her Nov. 6, 
1998 story in "NEWS BRIEFS" entitled "Brazilian Presbyterians Seek to Help 
Children with AIDS." 
 
    "HORIZONS" four awards included a first place certificate in the "Bible 
study" category for the 1998 HORIZONS Bible study, "Resistance and 
Restoration: The Message of the Prophet Jeremiah," by Alice Ogden Bellis; a 
first place certificate in the "department" category for magazines for 
Charlotte Johnstone's recurring column, "Dispatch from Forbearance 
Presbyterian Church"; a second place certificate in the "humor: written" 
category for "The Education of Geneva" by Charlotte Johnstone in the 
September-October 1998 issue; and a third place certificate in the 
"biblical interpretation" category for Janice Catron's "Like Mighty 
Waters." 
 
    In addition to its Best in Class award, "Church and Society," edited by 
Kathy Lancaster, won a second place certificate in the "professional 
resource" category for "A Strategy of Shamelessness' by Virstan Choy in the 
July 1998 issue; and a third place certificate in the "topic of the year: 
violence" category for "Horror and Hope" by actor/social activist Mike 
Farrell in the September-October 1998 issue. 

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