Awards

2011 ADDY Awards
ADDY
Category: Publication Design - Feature
Client: Oklahoma Today
Title: November/December 2010 “Military Issue”
Silver
Category: Publication Design - Cover
Client: Oklahoma Today
Title: November/December 2010 “Military Issue”
Bronze
Category: Publication Design - Cover
Client: Oklahoma Today
Title: January/February 2010 “Main Street Magic”
Bronze
Category: Sales Kits or Product Information Sheets
Client: Oklahoma Today
Title: 2010 Media Kit
Bronze
Category: Consumer Flat
Client: Oklahoma Today
Title: 2010 Direct Mail
2010 International Regional Magazine Association Awards
Magazine of the Year
Winner
Gold
Category: Overall Art Direction
March/April 2009, May/June 2009, September/October 2009
Gold
Category: Historical Feature
May/June 2009, “Raising Cain’s”
Silver
Category: Special Focus Issue
May/June 2009, “State of Rock”
Bronze
Category: Column
“Letter From Chickasha”
Bronze
Category: Culture Feature
“Shades of Clay”
Award of Merit
Category: Art Direction of a Single Story
May/June 2009, “State of Rock”
Award of Merit
Category: Cover
May/June 2009, “State of Rock”
Award of Merit
Category: General Feature
May/June 2009, “State of Rock”
2010 ADDY Awards
ADDY
Category: Publication Design - Entire Magazine
Client: Oklahoma Today
Title: May June 2009 issue, “State of Rock”
ADDY
Category: Publication Design - Editorial Spread
Client: Oklahoma Today
Title: May June 2009 issue, “State of Rock”
Silver
Category: B-to-B or Consumer - Single Flat
Client: Oklahoma Today
Title: May June 2009 issue sales piece, “State of Rock”
Bronze
Category: Publication Design - Cover
Client: Oklahoma Today
Title: May June 2009 issue, “State of Rock”
2010 Society of Professional Journalists Award (contest period, July 2008-June 2009)
Best Magazine - Winner
Oklahoma Today
May/June 2009 “State of Rock ” issue
Gold
Category: Magazine Feature Writing
Entry: “Major League City ”
Written by Steffie Corcoran
Gold
Category: Magazine Profile Writing
Entry: “Thunder Roll”
Written by Steffie Corcoran
Gold
Category: Magazine General Photography
Entry: “Raising Cain’s”
Photographed by Scott Raffe
Gold
Category: Magazine Page Design
Entry: “Hiking Oklahoma: A Field Guide”
Designed by Steven Walker
Gold
Category: Magazine Cover
Entry: May/June 2009 “State of Rock” issue
Gold
Category: Magazine Best Reporting Portfolio
Steffie Corcoran
Silver
Category: Magazine Best Reporting Portfolio
Tom Lindley
Silver
Category: Magazine Column Writing
Entry: “Letter from Chickasha”
Written by Bill Wallace
Silver
Category: Magazine Reader Service
Entry: “Hiking Oklahoma: A Field Guide”
Written by Kent Frates
Silver
Category: Magazine Illustration/Graphic
Entry: “OKC Collage”
By Clint Stone
Bronze
Category: Magazine Best Reporting Portfolio
Brooke Adcox
Honorable Mention
Category: Magazine Feature Photography
Entry: “Wichitas”
By Mark Nault
2009 International Regional Magazine Awards
Profile: Bronze for “Straight Up, No Chasers”
Written by Mary Logan Wolf
Art Direction of a Single Story: Gold for “Major League City”
Department: Merit for “What to Do With $77”
Special Focus Issue: Gold for September/October 2008, the Oklahoma City Issue
2009 Maggie Awards (Western Publishing Association)
Award of Excellence
Category: Regional and State, Consumer
Entry: September/October 2008 Oklahoma City Issue
Award of Excellence
Category: Special Theme Issue, Consumer
Entry: September/October 2008 Oklahoma City Issue
2009 Great Plains Journalism Competition (Tulsa Press Club and Benevolent Association)
First Place
Category: Magazines, Profile Writing
Entry: “Brother Benefit” by Tom Lindley
Judge’s Comments: Excellent storytelling with good use of quotes and anecdotes. Writing has perfect tone for subject matter with clever, but not too trite, “turn of phrase.” Article gives reader insight into many sides of the famous artist.
Finalist
Category: Magazines, Best Magazine Cover
Entry: May/June 2008 - Barbecue
Finalist
Category: Magazines, Feature Writing
Entry: “Major League City ” by Steffie Corcoran
GRAPHEX 40 (Art Directors Club of Tulsa)
Merit Award
Category: Direct Mail
For: Rock & Roll Issue Sales Piece
By: Adam Gault
2009 Oklahoma City ADDY Awards
Gold ADDY
Category: Special Event Campaign
For: Vince Gill: Back in Class
By: Adam Gault, Joan Henderson
Silver
Category: Print, Local Only Best Special Event Material
For: Vince Gill: Back in Class
By: Adam Gault, Joan Henderson
Silver
Category: Specialty Advertising
For: Peace Okie T-shirt
By: Adam Gault, Joan Henderson
Silver
Category: Editorial Spread
For: “Sky Dance”
By: Amber Vanderzee, Steven Walker
Bronze
Category: Poster
For: Oklahoma City Cover Poster
By: Clint Stone, Adam Gault
Bronze
Category: Cover
For: Oklahoma City Cover – Sept/Oct 2008
By: Clint Stone, Steven Walker, Joan Henderson, Louisa McCune-Elmore
2009 Society of Professional Journalists Awards
Gold
Category: News Writing
Entry: “Flying Bootlegger”
Gold
Category: Column Writing
Ami Reeves for “Good Fences”
Gold
Category: Profile
Entry: “Watermelon Slim”
Gold
Category: Reader Service
Entry: “Centennial Parade”
Gold
Category: Photo Story/Essay
Entry: “46 Landscapes”
Gold
Category: General Photography
Entry: “Nault’s Tree Amid Clouds”
Gold
Category: Illustration/Graphic
Entry: “Sky Dance”
Gold
Category: Best Magazine Reporting Portfolio
Tom Lindley
Gold
Category: Best Magazine
Entry: Centennial Issue
Silver
Category: Profile
Entry: “Brother Benefit”
Silver
Category: Feature Photography
Entry: “Prison Blues”
Silver
Category: Photo Story/Essay
Entry: “Prison Blues”
Silver
Category: General Photography
Entry: Nault’s Quanah Parker Lake
Silver
Category: Page Design
Entry: “We the People”
Silver
Category: Best Magazine Reporting Portfolio
Brooke Adcox
Bronze
Category: Profile
Entry: “Beautiful Minds” in the Centennial Issue
Bronze
Category: General Photography
Entry: Hardeman’s Natural Falls
Bronze
Category: Illustration/Graphic
Entry: “BBQ”
Bronze
Category: Best Magazine
Entry: “BBQ”
Honorable Mention
Category: Promotional Material (PR Category)
Adam Gault for Back in Class materials
2008 International Regional Magazine Awards
Magazine of the Year
Finalist
Gold
Category: Single Photograph
Entry: “Tree Amid Clouds”
Issue: November/December 2007
Silver
Category: Overall Art Direction
Bronze
Category: Culture Feature
Entry: “Trail Drive ” by Chad Love
Issue: November/December 2007
Bronze
Category: Column
Entry: “Letter From Chelsea” by Ami Reeves
Award of Merit
Category: Art Direction of a Single Story
Entry: “The Hotel”
2008 Eddies (formerly Editorial Excellence Awards)
Gold
Category: Consumer, Regional, Full Issue
The Editorial Excellence Awards are presented for overall excellence by Folio:, the magazine industry’s most important trade publication. Oklahoma Today’s entry, the November/December 2007 Centennial issue, was the last of eight special issues devoted to Oklahoma’s Centennial.
GRAPHEX 39 (Art Directors Club of Tulsa)
Citation
Category: Magazine or Book Spread
Entry: Oklahoma: A Portrait of America
Contributors: Scott Raffe, Libby Bender, Carl Brune
Issue: September/October 2007
Citation
Category: Illustration
Entry: Early Spring/Storm Approaching
Photographer: Mark W. Nault
Issue: November/December 2007
Citation
Category: Photography
Entry: “Cold Comforts”
Photographer: Evan Taylor
Issue: January/February 2008
2008 Society of Professional Journalists Awards
Best Magazine
January/February 2007
Gold
Category: Magazines — Column Writing
Entry: “Cowboy Hall” by Gordon Grice
Issue: January/February 2007
Gold
Category: Magazines — Photo Story/Essay
Entry: “The Hotel,” photographed by John Jernigan
Issue: May/June 2007
Gold
Category: Magazines — Magazine Illustration/Graphic
Entry: “On the Road” by Tim Jessell
Issue: July/August 2006
Silver
Category: Magazines — Magazine Reporting Portfolio
Writer: Chad Love
Entries: “Watch Out,” January/February 2007; “Mountain High,” March/April 2007
“The Return of the Charismatic Megafauna,” May/June 2007
Silver
Category: Magazines — Column Writing
Entry: “Locust Pocus” by Mary Logan Wolf
Issue: January/February 2007
Silver
Category: Magazines — Photo Story/Essay
Entry: “Salt of the Red Earth,” photographed by M.J. Alexander
Issue: November/December 2006
Silver
Category: Magazines — Magazine Page Design
Entry: “With These Hands”
Issue: January/February 2007
Silver
Category: Magazines — Magazine Illustration/Graphic
Entry: “Pest in Show” by Debby Cotter Kaspari
Issue: September/October 2006
Bronze
Category: Magazines — Magazine Reporting Portfolio
Writer: Steffie Corcoran
Entries:“Truck Stop,” Jan/Feb 2007; “Dome Sweet Home,” September/October 2006;
“The New Centurions,” September/October 2006
Bronze
Category: Magazines — Column Writing
Entry: “Pie Heaven” by Michael Wallis
Issue: January/February 2007
Bronze
Category: Magazines — Magazine Page Design
Entry: “You Picked a Fine Time, Lucille’s”
Issue: March/April 2007
Honorable Mention
Category: Magazines — Column Writing
Entry: “Talk of the Town” by Teresa Miller
Issue: January/February 2007
Honorable Mention
Category: Magazines — Feature Writing
Entry: “The New Centurions”
Issue: September/October 2006
Honorable Mention
Category: Magazines — Magazine Page Design
Entry: “Pest in Show”
Issue: September/October 2006
2007 International Regional Magazine Awards
Nature Feature: Gold for “Pest in Show” (September/October 2006)
Written by Gordon Grice
Overall Art Direction: Gold
Profiles: Silver for “Carrie Me Home” (January/February 2006)
Written by Kathryn Jenson White
Essay: Silver for “Mosey Road,” (July/August 2006)
Written by Mary Logan Wolf
Illustration: Silver for “On the Road” (July/August 2006)
Illustration by Tim Jessell
Column: Bronze for “Letter From Pocola”
Written by Doug Kelley
Single Photograph: Bronze for “Image Makers” (November/December 2006)
Photo by Michael Hardeman
GRAPHEX 38 (Art Directors Club of Tulsa )
Citation
Category: Magazine or Book Spread
Entry: “On the Road” Opener (Tim Jessell illustration)
Issue: July/August 2006
Citation
Category: Miscellaneous
Entry: Power Lunch Event Materials
2007 Oklahoma City ADDY Awards
ADDY
Category: Editorial Spread Publication Design
Client: Oklahoma Today
Title: “Salt of the Red Earth”
ADDY
Category: Poster
Client: Oklahoma Today
Title: Route 66 Signs
Silver Merit
Category: Editorial Spread Publication Design
Client: Oklahoma Today
Title: “Carrie Me Home”
Silver Merit
Category: Four-Color Spread, Multiple Page or Insert
Client: Oklahoma Today, The Oklahoma Centennial Commission
Title: Oklahoma Centennial Kickoff Ad
Bronze Merit
Category: Campaign Special Event Material
Client: Oklahoma Today
Title: Route 66 Invitational Bowling Tournament
2007 Tulsa ADDY Awards
ADDY
Category: Publication Design (Magazine or Book) Editorial Spread
Client: Oklahoma Today
Title: “On the Road” (July/August 2006)
ADDY
Category: Collateral Material - Poster
Client: Oklahoma Today
Title: Route 66 illustrated poster by Tim Jessell
ADDY
Category: Collateral Material – Special Event Material Campaign
Client: Oklahoma Today & the Tulsa Press Club
Title: Power Lunch: The Oklahoma Statehood Day Luncheon
Citation of Excellence
Category: Publication Design (Magazine or Book) Editorial Spread
Client: Oklahoma Today
Title: “Carrie Me Home” (January/February 2006)
2007 Society of Professional Journalists Awards
Gold
Category: Magazines — Feature Writing
Entry: “Lip Service”
Issue: November/December 2005
Gold
Category: Magazines – Page Design
Entry: “Being There” Opener
Issue: July/August 2005
Gold
Category: Magazines – Reporting Portfolio
Entry: Features by Chad Love
Issue: July/August 2005, September/October 2005, May/June 2006
Silver
Category: Magazines – Page Design
Entry: “Winged Glory” Opener
Issue: July/August 2005
Bronze
Category: Magazines – General Photography
Entry: “Winged Glory”
Issue: July/August 2005
Bronze
Category: Magazines – Illustration/Graphic
Entry: “Being There”
Issue: July/August 2005
2006 Newsstand Resource Cover Awards
Category: Regional and State
Silver for Cover: September/October 2006
2006 International Regional Magazine Awards
Environmental Feature:
Silver for “The Cimarron”(January/February 2005)
Written by Chad Love
Overall Art Direction:
Silver
General Feature:
Bronze for “Who Believes in Bigfoot?” (September/October 2005)
Written by Chad Love
Profiles:
Bronze for “Lip Service” (November/December 2005)
Written by Steffie Corcoran
Special Focus Issue:
Merit for the Weather issue (May/June 2005)
2006 Society of Professional Journalists Awards
Gold
Category: Magazine - Photo Story/Essay
Silver
Category: Magazine - Page Design
Bronze
Category: Magazine - Illustration/Graphic
Bronze
Category: Magazine - General Photography
2006 Oklahoma Book Award
Presented to Oklahoma Today for fifty years of outstanding literary service to the State of Oklahoma by the Oklahoma Center for the Book
March 11, 2006
2006 Society of Professional Journalists Awards
Gold
Magazines
Overall Excellence for the Weather Issue (May/June 2005)
Judge’s Comment: “A fresh and outreaching approach to a much-discussed subject - weather - this issue brought a refreshing coherence to what everyone experiences or frets about. From a striking cover to lucid writing and an emphasis on localism, it was a winner.”
Gold
Magazine Photography
“Plains Spoken” by Shane Brown, (September/October 2004)
Silver
Magazine News Writing
“The Better Angel” by Scott Wigton, ( January/February 2005)
Bronze
Magazine Feature Writing
“The Cimarron” by Chad Love, (January/February 2005)
Bronze
Magazine Photography
Weather in Oklahoma, (May/June 2005)
Honorable Mention:
Magazine Page Design
Fifty State Parks, (July/August 2004)
2006 ADDY Awards
ADDY
Category: Publication Design (Magazine or Book) Editorial Spread
Title: “The Better Angel” (January/February 2005)
2006 Maggie Awards (Western Publications Association)
Supplements - Award of Excellence
Title: The Oklahoma Today Guide to Great Finds
Regional & State, Consumer - Award of Excellence
Title: The Weather Issue (May/June 2005)
2005 Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame Distinguished Achievement Award
Winner
Category: Magazine Illustration
Entry: “The Better Angel,” by Steven Walker
2005 Katie Awards
Presented to Oklahoma Today in recognition of its fifty years of eloquence, vision, and inspired service.
November 12, 2005
2005 International Regional Magazine Awards
Magazine of the Year (40,000): Winner
Art Direction of a Single Story: Gold for “Seven Summits”
Overall Art Direction up to 40,000: Gold
Profile: Silver for “Rebel With a Cause”
Feature Photography: Silver for “Plains Spoken”
Reader Service Article: Award of Merit for “Seven Summits”
Photographic Essay: Award of Merit for “Glory Revisited”
2005 Maggie Awards (Western Publications Association)
Best Black & White or Two-Color Editorial Layout/Trade & Consumer
Title: “Glory Revisited,” January/February 2004
2005 San Francisco Honorary Publication Awards
Best Fiction
Title: “Mister Bob,” by Kent Lee Hawkins, September/October 2004
2005 Society of Professional Journalists
Gold
Category: Magazine - Overall Excellence
Gold
Category: Magazine - Photography
Silver
Category: Magazine - News Writing
Bronze
Category: Magazine - Photography
Bronze
Category: Magazine - Feature Writing
Bronze
Category: Magazine - Page Design
Honorable Mention
Category: Magazine - Page Design