NEW ORLEANS — On Might 8, two Renaissance Publishing titles received a complete of 27 awards on the forty third annual Worldwide Regional Journal Affiliation awards presentation in Portland, Oregon. Acadiana Profile Journal received 10 awards and Louisiana Life Journal received 17. The publications, each edited by Melanie Warner Spencer, have been finalists for the Journal of the Yr honor.
Renaissance Publishing additionally produces Biz New Orleans journal and BizNewOrleans.com.
“It’s an honor for us to be awarded these prizes for our work from our friends,” stated Spencer. “The IRMA awards competitors is at all times a good race and we’re lucky to have so many proficient colleagues to compete with 12 months after 12 months.”
Acadiana Profile took house silver within the design class for General Artwork Course by longtime artwork director Sarah George, in addition to silver for its Artwork and Tradition Characteristic “Music Makers,” protecting the wealthy traditions of constructing music and devices in Acadiana. The journal, which emphasizes protection of the area’s meals, earned bronze for its “Better of Eating” story within the Meals Characteristic class and an Award of Benefit within the Meals Characteristic class.
Along with its award as a finalist for Journal of the Yr, Louisiana Life additionally took house the highest prize within the design class for General Artwork Course by George.
The journal was additionally awarded gold within the Cowl class for its “On the Hunt” story about Upland looking, in addition to gold for the Recreation Characteristic class for its “Literary Lovers Journey Information to Louisiana,” and gold within the Nature and Atmosphere class, for its function on conservation efforts within the Atchafalaya Basin.
The journal’s “Louisiana Insider” podcast, hosted by Errol Laborde and produced by digital editor Kelly Massicot, received Bronze within the podcast class and the journal’s web site, louisianalife.com additionally took house a Bronze for Digital: Particular Characteristic or Web site.
IRMA members embrace state, province and regional publications from throughout america, Bermuda and Canada. The awards have been granted for work printed in 2022 and judged by an unbiased panel of business specialists. Renaissance Publishing Government Editor Errol Laborde accepted the awards on behalf of the journal throughout the annual occasion.
Primarily based in New Orleans, Renaissance Publishing publishes eight in-house publications, together with Acadiana Profile, Louisiana Life, New Orleans Journal, Biz New Orleans, New Orleans Bride, New Orleans Houses and St. Charles Avenue, in addition to a number of customized publishing for numerous companies and entities across the higher New Orleans space.
Full Checklist of Acadiana Profile Awards/Magazines with 34,999 or much less circulation
- Finalist Journal of the Yr – Melanie Spencer and Sarah George
- Silver General Artwork Course – Sarah George
- Silver Artwork and Tradition Characteristic – Music Makers, Kevin Rabalais
- Bronze Artwork Course of a Single Story – Better of Eating, Sarah George
- Bronze Reader Service – Low-cost Eats, Eric Cormier
- Bronze House and Backyard – Communal Tables, Marie Elizabeth Oliver, Haylei Smith, Melanie Spencer, Sarah George
- Bronze Photograph Collection – Music Makers, Kevin Rabalais
- Bronze Cowl – Mild Recipes, Eugenia Uhl, Sarah George and Melanie Spencer
- Benefit Meals Characteristic – Low-cost Eats, Eric Cormier, Joseph Vidrine, S. E. George, Sarah George, Melanie Spencer
- Benefit Particular Focus – The Meals Difficulty, Melanie Spencer and Sarah George
Full Checklist of Louisiana Life Awards/Magazines with 34,999 or much less circulation
- Finalist Journal of the Yr – Melanie Spencer and Sarah George
- Gold General Artwork Course – Sarah George
- Gold Cowl – On the Hunt, Kevin Rabalais, Sarah George, Melanie Spencer
- Gold Recreation Characteristic – Literary Lovers Journey Information to Louisiana, Cheré Coen
- Gold Nature and Atmosphere – Atchafalaya Basin, Kevin Rabalais
- Silver Historic Characteristic – Haunted Louisiana Cheré Coen
- Silver Portrait Collection – Louisianians of the Yr, Danley Romero
- Bronze Author of the Yr, Kevin Rabalais
- Bronze Common Characteristic – La Nouvelle Louisiane, Misty Milioto
- Bronze Podcast –Louisiana Insider, Errol Laborde and Kelly Massicot
- Bronze Column – From the Government Editor’s Desk, Errol Laborde
- Bronze Division – Louisiana Made, Jeffrey Roedel, Danley Romero, Sarah George, Melanie Spencer
- Bronze Photograph Collection – On the Hunt, Kevin Rabalais
- Bronze Digital: Particular Characteristic or Web site – LouisianaLife.Com, Kelly Massicot
- Benefit Artwork and Tradition Characteristic – On the Hunt, Kevin Rabalais
- Benefit Hed and Dek – Grape Expectations, Kevin Rabalais
- Benefit Particular Focus – Conservation Difficulty, Melanie Spencer, Sarah George