Utne Independent Press Award Winners Announced
Minneapolis, MN — Utne magazine, the nation's leading magazine of alternative ideas, announces the winners of the 14th annual Utne Independent Press Awards in the January/February 2003 issue, on sale now.
"From the more than 1,500 publications and many Web sites we watch, these winners stand out as important voices helping keep our culture vital and our democracy intact," says Jay Walljasper, Utne ’s editorial director. "The independent press as a whole serves an important role in the world today, which is why we feel compelled to honor its best work with our Utne Independent Press Awards."
The winners of the 2002 Utne Independent Press Awards:
General Excellence — Magazines: The Nation
General Excellence — Newsletters: The Hightower Lowdown
General Excellence — Zines: King Cat Comics
Cultural/Social Coverage: Punk Planet
Political Coverage: The Progressive
Ethnic Issues Coverage: ColorLines
Arts/Literature Coverage (a tie): Art Journal and The Comics Journal
Spiritual Coverage: Mountain Record
International Coverage: New Internationalist
Personal Life Coverage: Natural Home
Local/Regional Coverage: The Brooklyn Rail
New Paradigm/Culture Coverage: Fourth Door Review
Science and Environmental Coverage: E Magazine
Student/Youth Coverage: Silicon Valley De-Bug
Reporting Excellence: Mother Jones
Writing Excellence: The American Scholar
Design Excellence: Yoga Journal
New Titles: ReadyMade
Online Political Coverage: AlterNet
Online Cultural Coverage: Killing the Buddha
Since 1989, winners of the Utne Independent Press Awards (www.utne.com/uipa) have been chosen exclusively by the editors of Utne through extensive reading and careful examination, rather than by entry forms and fees. This year, Utne will co-host an awards banquet with the Independent Press Association (IPA) on January 18, 2003 in coordination with the first annual IPA convention in San Francisco. For more information about the convention, visit www.indypress.org.
With a paid circulation of 225,000, Utne magazine brings the best of the independent press to an international audience. Since 1984, Utne (www.utne.com) has delivered compelling, thought-provoking perspectives on a range of issues, from politics to social change to the arts and more, always inspiring its readers to action.
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