I am pleased to announce, on behalf of our editors and staff, the following awards given to Touchstone and Salvo. (Subscribe to either or both today right here!) Comments below within quotation marks were made by judges, and the listings are taken from the official ACP site.
Associated Church Press
Best of the Christian Press Awards, Presented May 8, 2010, Arlington, Virginia
Best in Class: JournalAward of Excellence:
Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity, James M. Kushiner, editor.
“A journal packed with articles, sidebars, illustrations, and pullquotes. Interior design is classic, hard-working, and readable. Content is timely, sometimes scholarly, and appropriate to its defined audience.”
Best in Class: General Interest Magazine Honorable Mention: Salvo, James M. Kushiner, editor. “Design is sophisticated, contemporary, and hip. Headlines and decks are witty and engaging. Images are strong and layouts are consistently readable and intriguing.
Editorial or Opinion Piece: MagazineAward of Excellence: Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity for “Married with Reservations” by Anthony Esolen, September-October. “A smart piece that challenges conventional wisdom about marriage and divorce. The writer has a passion of conviction and builds his argument well.”
Editorial Courage
Award of Merit: Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity for “Love, Sex, and Mammon” by Russell D. Moore, March. “No doubt about the point of view here! The writer challenges the reader with passionate conviction and an in-your-face message that dares dispute popular opinion.”
Biographical Profile
Award of Merit: Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity for “Pure Visionary” by Allan Carlson, June. “In a few pages the author does an excellent job of telling Anthony Comstock's rather surprising story. It persuaded me that Comstock is at least a more interesting and complicated figure than his cartoonish reputation.”
Column
Award of Merit: Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity for Contours of Culture by Ken Myers. “Excellent writing on important topics, marked by erudition and insight. I want to read more of Ken Myers.”
Critical Review
Award of Excellence: Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity for “Russia's Gospel Writer” by Ralph C. Wood, July-August. “A circumspect consideration of complicated issues raised by exegetes of perhaps our most profound Christian novelist, Dostoevsky.”
Personally Useful Article
Award of Excellence: Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity for “Bad Books for Kids” by David Mills, July-August. “A much needed honest commentary, clear, explicit in its compelling thesis. A superb tool for forming the character, life-outlook, and perhaps even the faith of children.”
Biblical Interpretation
Honorable Mention: Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity for “When Gentile Meets Jew” by Peter J. Leithart, May.
Magazine Design, Spread or Story
Honorable Mention: Salvo for “Rest in Pieces,” James M. Kushiner, editor, Jerry Janquart, designer.
Congratulations and well-deserved!!
Posted by: Ken | May 15, 2010 at 02:41 PM