UIPA Nominee Resources

Information for Nominees of the Utne Independent Press Awards

Dear Utne Independent Press Award Nominee,

To help spread the word about your nomination, we've also assembled a press release template you might find useful in your own PR efforts. Please feel free to contact me if I can be of assistance and, if possible, copy me on any press materials you send out. The only thing we ask is that when you reference the awards you use the full name: Utne Independent Press Awards.

Please let us know if you have any questions. And good luck!

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Sample press release - nominees

Sample Press Release

The following is a sample press release that you can personalize to spread the good news. Please take note that the name of this award is the "Utne Independent Press Awards." [Print on your publication's letterhead]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
[Date]

Contact:
[Your Publication]
[Your spokesperson]
[Telephone number]
[Email/URL]

Utne Marketing
marketing@utne.com
612.338.5040 ext. 338

[Your city, Your State, Month day, year] -- Utne, a national magazine that celebrates the best of the independent press by reading and reprinting from 1,500 independent magazines, newsletters, blogs and more, announces the nomination of [YourPublication] for an Utne Independent Press Award in the category of [YourCategory].

Since 1989 these prestigious awards have showcased the BEST of the independent press in categories ranging from best new title to political, environmental, cultural, and personal life coverage.