For Immediate Release
For editorial information contact:
Bob Sipchen at (415) 977-5542 or
Email: bob.sipchen@sierraclub.org
San Francisco, CA, March 18, 2009 - SIERRA, the national magazine of the Sierra Club, has been nominated again this year as a finalist in three categories by the Western Publications Association’s Maggie Awards. This year SIERRA is nominated in the following categories:
- Politics & Social Issues/Consumer: September/October 2008 (whole issue)
- Best Single Editorial Illustration/Consumer: Sex and the City Bird, Illustration by Jack Unruh March/April 2008
- Vice Presidential Matchmaking, Illustration by Victor Juhasz July/August 2008
Recognition of SIERRA’s excellence continues, building on more than 20 Maggies awarded and many more nominations received over the years. Bob Sipchen, Editor-in-chief feels particularly gratified by the nomination of the entire September/October issue, SIERRA’s Annual Green College Guide. “Faculty and students at our colleges and universities are focusing their efforts on solving the global climate crisis and SIERRA will be reporting on and giving recognition to the leaders in this critical movement.”
Since the early 50s, the WPA has honored publishers located west of the Mississippi for outstanding achievement and editorial and design excellence with the prestigious Maggie Awards. The Western Publishing Association will hold it’s 58thAnnual Maggie Awards Banquet Friday evening, April 24th, in the Grand Ballroom of the Westin Hotel at Los Angeles Airport.
Read entire article..