Longleaf Style wins awards from MAGS

ATLANTA, GA — Longleaf Style magazine received four medals and two honorable mentions at the 21st annual GAMMA Awards banquet, April 29, 2010, presented by the Magazine Association of the Southeast (MAGS).

In recognition for work in 2009, Longleaf Style won:

SUMMER 2009

• SILVER, Best Profile for “Dale Lewis: Against the Grain” by Brett Buckner.
• Honorable Mention, Best Single Cover, “Roots” issue. Illustration by Lauren Castor.

FALL 2009

• SILVER, Best Essay for “Birth: A Myth” by Daniel Wallace. (Daniel is the author of the "The Big Fish." )
• BRONZE, Best Profile for “Kathryn Stockett” by Lisa Berryhill. Kathryn Stockett is author of “The Help,” soon to be a major motion picture from Dreamworks. 

WINTER 2008/2009

• BRONZE, Best Photography for “Journey to the End of the World” by David and Lisa Cummings. The photography featured penguins in Antarctica.
• Honorable Mention, Best Essay for “1968-2008: Journey to a World Remade” by H. Brandt Ayers

About Longleaf Style:

Longleaf Style is published four times annually by Consolidated Publishing and is distributed in Northeast Alabama. Longleaf Style began publication with the Summer 2006 issue. The full-color magazine covers a wide range of topics related to curiosity and life in the South.

About MAGS:

The Magazine Association of the Southeast is one of the largest magazine organizations in the U.S., with more that 100 titles among its membership. The GAMMA Awards recognizes editorial and design excellence in magazine publishing. 

Rick Bragg to speak on Dec. 4 in Atlanta

Contrary to popular belief, I'm not Rick Bragg's scheduler or fashion consultant, but I do like to let readers know when he is in the area. On Thursday, Dec. 4 Rick will speak at the MAGS luncheon.

Time:
11:30am - 12:00pm - Registration and Networking
12:00pm - 1:30pm - Lunch and Guest Speaker

Location:
Villa Christina
Address:
4400 Summit Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30319

Register Now: Click Here!

MAGS December Holiday Luncheon: Guest speaker, Rick Bragg.
Rick is the author of two best-selling books, Ava's Man and All Over but the Shoutin', and recently released his latest, The Prince of Frogtown. In 1996, Rick won the Pulitzer for his stories published in The New York Times.

Cost:
Pre-Registered Members - $30; Members Door - $35
Pre-Registered Non-Members - $40; Non-Members Door - $45

Longleaf Style wins Gold and Silver GAMMA Award

ANNISTON, AL, May 9, 2008 — Longleaf Style magazine and Consolidated Publishing, Co. received two awards at the 19th annual GAMMA Awards banquet, May 6, 2007, presented by the Magazine Association of the Southeast (MAGS).

In recognition of work in 2007, Longleaf Style won a Gold Medal in the Best Essay category and a Silver medal for Single Best Cover.

• The Best Essay, You Have to Go Home Again by H. Brandt Ayers, a memoir about Willie Morris, was in the Summer 2007 issue. The GAMMA judge said, “In a short amount of space, H. Brandt Ayers is able to relate not only the life and work of a great editor and writer-Willie Morris-but he also evokes a place, a region (the American South), and the friendship he shared with Willie. One of the hallmarks of a great essay is its ability to convey so much information and mood in a limited number of words. Even if a reader were to know nothing about Willie Morris beforehand, he or she would come away understanding and admiring this person.”

• The Best Single Cover, a pink Gerbera photograph taken by David Walters of Avalon Studio in Anniston, Ala., was the Spring 2007 cover.

The Magazine Association of the Southeast is one of the largest magazine organizations in the U.S., with more that 100 titles among its membership. The GAMMA Awards recognizes editorial and design excellence in magazine publishing.

Longleaf Style is published four times annually by Consolidated Publishing and is distributed in Northeast Alabama. Longleaf Style began publication with the Summer 2006 issue. The full-color magazine covers a wide range of topics related to life in Alabama and the South. Profiles and features in 2007 included Kathryn Tucker Windham, Cal Breed, Hal Holbrook, Alabama folk art, and the first original short story by Pulitzer Prizewinning author, Rick Bragg.

Longleaf Style editor-in-chief, Josephine Ayers, said, “There we were among the leading magazines of the Southeast region and we could see that our sales effort, design, and editorial content stands up well to our peers. Winning these awards is not only an honor but also an incentive to be even more creative and successful with future issues.”

MAGS

Josephine Ayers, Jennifer Williams, Patrick Stokesberry and I are at the MAGS conference in Atlanta. Tomorrow will be a full day of workshops. There are editorial, management, sales and design sessions and each one addresses a variety of elements of magazines. Longleaf Style is two-years-old this summer and we really want to continue producing a magazine people are reading, and talking about. I'll post information about the workshops I attend later this week.

I'm not sure if this is showing my age, but I am actually also looking forward to hearing the keynote speaker at the conference, Steven Slon, who is the editor of AARP magazine. While I am still some years away from membership in AARP, the magazine seems to have revolutionized itself and is somewhat trendy. Plus, they must be doing something right if they have over four million readers ages 18-48 and 32 million over 50.

The MAGS banquet is tomorrow night and we will find out what GAMMA award Longleaf Style won...we are hoping for anything other than "Best Typo".