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Your spokesperson]
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| Utne
Kristin Sawyer Lyman, Marketing Manager
kristin@utne.com
612.338.5040 ext. 335 |
[Your Publication] Winner of 2002 Utne Independent Press Award
[Your city, Your state. Month day, year] ? Utne magazine, the nation?s leading magazine of alternative ideas, announces [your publication] as the winner of the 14th annual Utne Independent Press Award for [UIPA category you won]. Since 1989 these awards have showcased the best from the independent press in categories ranging from reporting excellence to personal life, cultural and international coverage. All winners are listed in the January/February 2003 issue of Utne magazine, on sale now.
?From the more than 1,500 publications and many Web sites we watch, [your publication] stands out as one of the 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 [your publication]?s best work with an Utne Independent Press Award.?
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Since 1989, winners of the Utne Independent Press Awards (www.utne.com/uipa) have been recognized for their excellence in alternative and independent publishing, and chosen exclusively by the editors of Utne through extensive reading and careful examination, rather than by entry forms and fees. In this way, Utne honors the efforts of small, sometimes unnoticed publications that provide innovative, thought-provoking perspectives often ignored or overlooked by mass media. 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 and awards banquet, 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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