MSP Communications 2014 Awards Round-Up
By Staff | January 9, 2015

Full list of all 2014 awards:
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
Best use of Twitter
GOLD: Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
Honorable Mention: Single Article (Consumer, Regional)
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, “Con Artistry”
Best Feature Design (Consumer, 6+ Issues)
GOLD: Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, “Mix & Mingle”
DeltaMagazine
Best Cover Design (Custom, 6+ Issues)
GOLD: Delta Sky Magazine, March 2014
Honorable Mention: Cover Design (Custom, 6+ Issues)
Delta Sky, May 2014
Honorable Mention: Feature Design (Custom, 6+ Issues)
Delta Sky, “Going for Gold in Sochi”
Honorable Mention: Overall Design (Custom, 6+ Issues)
Delta Sky, May 2014
Honorable Mention: Redesign (Custom, 6+ Issues)
Delta Sky, April 2014
Honorable Mention: Full Issue Editorial (Custom, 6+ Issues)
Delta Sky, May 2014
MMPA Excellence Awards
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
Overall Excellence (General Interest Over 60,000)
GOLD: Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
Overall Design (General Interest Over 60,000)
SILVER: Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
Cover Design (General Interest Over 60,000)
BRONZE: Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, October 2013
Website (General Interest/Special Interest)
GOLD: Mpls.St.Paul Magazine/mspmag.com
Single Page Or Spread Design (General Interest Over 60,000)
GOLD: Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, “Con Artistry”
SILVER: Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, “Oh, Vinnie!”
Profile Article (General Interest Over 60,000)
GOLD: Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, “Wings of Desire”
SILVER: Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, “What Would Jesus Grill?”
BRONZE: Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, “What’s Unique About It … Is That It Exists”
Feature Design: (General Interest Over 60,000)
GOLD: Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, “The Big Beer Bang”
Blog (All Publications)
GOLD: Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Dara, Food & Life, Freshly Harvested
Regular Column (General Interest Over 60,000)
SILVER: Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Dara in the City
BRONZE: Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Ali Talks
Editorial Feature Article (General Interest Over 60,000)
SILVER: Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Con Artistry, April 2014
E-Newsletter (General Interest Over 60,000)
SILVER: Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Foodie e-newsletter
Single-Topic Issue, Special Section, Or Special Supplement (General Interest Over 60,000)
GOLD: Mpls.St.Paul Home & Design Magazine, “Design 100”
BRONZE: Mpls.St.Paul Weddings Magazine, Weddings
Typography (General Interest Over 60,000)
SILVER: Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Best of the Year
DeltaMagazine
Cover Design (General Interest Over 60,000)
GOLD: Delta Sky, March 2014
Overall Excellence (General Interest Over 60,000)
BRONZE: Delta Sky
Minnesota Golfer
Overall Excellence (Association Over 30,000)
GOLD: Minnesota Golfer
Cover Design (Association / Education Over 30,000)
SILVER: Minnesota Golfer, Directory 2014
Editorial Feature Article (Association Over 30,000)
SILVER: Minnesota Golfer, “Turning Pro and Back Again”
Editor’s Or Publisher’s Editorial Or Letter To The Readers (Association / Education)
BRONZE: Minnesota Golfer, “What the New TV Deal Means”
Directory (All publications Over 60,000)
BRONZE: Minnesota Golfer, Minnesota Golfer
IBM Systems
Cover Design (Business / Trade Over 30,000)
GOLD: IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems edition, August 2013
Overall Excellence (Business / Trade Under 30,000)
BRONZE: IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe edition
Media Kit (All Publications Under 60,000)
SILVER: IBM Systems Magazine, Power Systems Edition and IBM Systems Magazine, Mainframe edition
Teradata
Digital Publication (All Publications)
GOLD: Teradata
Viking
Cover Design (Association / Education Over 30,000)
GOLD: Viking, July 2013
Editorial Feature Article (Association Over 30,000)
GOLD: Viking, “Destination Svalbard”
BRONZE: Viking, “Island Escapes”
Feature Design (Association Over 30,000)
SILVER: Viking, “God Påske!”
BRONZE: Viking, “Tying the Knot Nordic Style”
Twin Cities Business
Cover Design (Business / Trade Over 30,000)
SILVER: Twin Cities Business, March 2014
BRONZE: Twin Cities Business, February 2014
Overall Design (Business / Trade Over 30,000)
BRONZE: Twin Cities Business
Website (Business / Trade)
SILVER: Twin Cities Business, TCBmag.com
Feature Design (Business / Trade Over 30,000)
BRONZE: Twin Cities Business, “Whose Legacy Is It?”
Single Page Or Spread Design (Business / Trade Over 30,000)
SILVER: Twin Cities Business, “Kieran’s Next Round”
Editorial Feature Article (Business / Trade Over 30,000)
SILVER: Twin Cities Business, “The Business of Barnard”
BRONZE: Twin Cities Business, “Take Two”
E-Newsletter (Association / Business / Trade Under 30,000)
BRONZE: Twin Cities Business, Twin Cities Business’ Briefcase
Independent Banker
Single Page Or Spread Design (Association / Education Over 60,000)
GOLD: ICBA Independent Banker, On The Buy Side
BRONZE: ICBA Independent Banker, By The Numbers: Payments Products
Renew
Feature Design(Association Over 30,000)
GOLD: Renew, Food For Thought
Pearl Awards
IBM Systems
Best Use of Community/Social Media
SILVER: IBM Systems Magazine
NATJA Awards
Best In-Flight Magazine
SILVER: Delta Sky, April 2014
Byline Travel Column – Greater than 250,000 Circulation
GOLD: Delta Sky, “Fork & The Road,” Andrew Zimmern
Travel Series – Magazine
SILVER: Delta Sky, “1 City 5 Ways”
Destination Travel Article – International Magazine
BRONZE: Delta Sky, “Where To Go Now”
Special Focus Travel Article – Cruises
BRONZE: Delta Sky, “15 Chefs Walk into a Cruise…”
Culinary Travel Article
BRONZE: Delta Sky, “A Foodie’s Guide to Asia”
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
Best Niche eNewsletter
GOLD: Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Juice Box
Best Niche Website with More than 50 Monthly Unique Viewers
GOLD: Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
Minnesota Chapter of Society of Professional Journalists’ Page One Awards
Twin Cities Business
Best Issue, Magazine
GOLD: Twin Cities Business, April 2013
SILVER: Twin Cities Business, November 2013
Best Column, Magazine
SILVER: Twin Cities Business, “Open Letter”
Best Page Design, Magazine
SILVER: Twin Cities Business, “Zimmern,” February 2013
Best Feature Story, Magazine
BRONZE: Twin Cities Business, “Battle-tested: Untapped talent”
Best Profile Story, Magazine
BRONZE: Twin Cities Business, “Zimmern Incorporated: The business behind bizarre”
Alliance of Area Business Publishers Awards’ Page One Awards
Twin Cities Business
Best Feature Layout, Magazine
SILVER: Twin Cities Business, “The Little Railroad That Won’t”
Best Body of Work, Single Writer
SILVER: Twin Cities Business, Adam Platt
Best Overall Design, Magazine
BRONZE: Twin Cities Business
Best Magazine
BRONZE: Twin Cities Business
Best Cover, Magazine
BRONZE: Twin Cities Business, “Collision Course”
Society of American Business Editors and Writers Awards
Twin Cities Business
Best in Business Magazine, Commentary
GOLD: Dale Kurschner, Editor’s Note, “What About the Partners?”