The Observer Wins Big At Florida Magazine Awards

Allow us to pat ourselves on the back for a moment: We had a great time at the Florida Magazine Association Charlie Awards in St. Petersburg recently, taking home honors for Best Overall Magazine, Best Overall Writing, Best Overall Design and more. We are honored to be Palm Beach County’s most award-winning magazine!

Here are our achievements, all within our category of consumer (circulation 20,000+):

• Charlie Award for Best Writing: Service Feature
• Silver Award for Best Overall Magazine
• Silver Award for Best Overall Writing
• Silver Award for Best Special Theme or Show Issue
• Bronze Award for Best Overall Design
• Bronze Award for Best Writing: Service Feature

In addition, our publisher, Linda Behmoiras, participated in a panel with other industry professionals from around the state to discuss our consistent excellence in writing, which has been recognized by many awards over the years.

The Florida Magazine Association (FMA) is the largest state magazine association in the nation. The organization strives to promote excellence and the standing of magazines in the Florida publishing industry. FMA’s annual Charlie Awards competition crowns publishers, writers, editors, artists, photographers, printers, marketers and others as the best among their peers in scores of categories. Juried by recognized out-of-state magazine and newspaper professionals and college journalism professors, hundreds of entries vie for first, second and third place awards: Charlie, Silver and Bronze.