Major Awards Presented to Alabama Heritage
Alabama Heritage has won numerous regional and national awards, most of which were presented by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), the largest and most prestigious judge of university publications in North America. Included among the competitors in the various magazine categories are 3,000 public and private universities in the United States and Canada. The names of the competition categories change occasionally, and we were not always informed of who the other winners were each year, but the following list of awards suggests the scope of the competition.
2018 - Digital History Award, Alabama Historical Association. The AHA Digital History Award recognizes excellence in projects that contribute to promulgating state and local Alabama history by digital means. Projects are reviewed on their delivery of exceptional and hidden information about Alabama’s past using websites, blogs, social media, and other forms of digital media. This is only the second year that the Digital History Award has been given.
2017 - Nominee, FOLIO: Ozzie Design Award, "Association/Nonprofit Magazines." The issue nominated is our Issue 123, Winter 2017. This competition is awarded by FOLIO:, which is the leading publication serving the entire magazine media industry. Winners will be announced October 11, 2017.
2005 - Bronze Medal Award, CASE National Competition, “Special Interest Magazines." This competition, judged at Dartmouth College, considered more than 40 magazines from colleges and universities across the country including the medical schools at Harvard and Yale.
2004 - The Grand Award, CASE District III Advancement Awards, “Other Magazines.” Selected for this award from a total of 26 other entries, Alabama Heritage was regarded as “a superb publication and an excellent reflection on the state of Alabama.” Magazines were judged on content, writing, editing, design, photography, and printing.
2003 - Award of Excellence, CASE District III Advancement Awards, “Other Magazines.” The Communications Office at the University of Georgia judged the competition among 24 entries.
2002 - The Grand Award, CASE District III Advancement Awards, "Other Magazines." Selected for this award from a total of eighteen other entries, Alabama Heritage was heralded as a "beautiful magazine! The photographs are outstanding and the content is excellent."
2001 - Award of Excellence, CASE District III Advancement Awards, "Other Magazines." This competition, judged by the development office of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, offered comments from the judges: "Great look. It could probably beat 'Smithsonian' in a competition." "I like the writing. It is warm and informative. The editor is doing a good job." "This is an excellent example of cooperation between two major universities."
2000 - Certificate of Commendation from the American Association for State and Local History, a prestigious national organization whose award program extends throughout North America.
1999 - Bronze Medal Award, CASE National Competition, "Special Interest Magazines." This competition, judged at the University of Portland, considered more than 50 magazines from across the country.
1999 - Finalist, Southern Environmental Law Center Reed Environmental Writing Award for Outstanding Writing on the Southern Environment. Todd Keith's article, "Alabama's Heart River: The Cahaba," (Alabama Heritage, Fall 1998) was a top-contender in this regional competition recognizing the South's best writing about the environment.
1998 - Award of Excellence, CASE District III, "Other Magazines." This competition was judged at Auburn University.
1997 - Award of Excellence, CASE District III, "Other Magazines." This competition was judged at Mississippi State University.
1997 - Gold Medal Award, CASE National Competition, "Special Interest Magazines." This competition--sponsored by Newsweek magazine, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Ford Motor Company Fund--was judged at the University of Notre Dame. The judges considered 42 magazines from across the country.
1997 - Southeast Society of Architectural Historians Award for Best Article. Given for Delos D. Hughes's article "Jefferson's 'Academical Village'" which was published in the Spring, 1997 issue of Alabama Heritage.
1996 - Silver Medal Award, CASE National Competition, "Special Interest Magazines." This competition--sponsored by Newsweek magazine, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Ford Motor Company Fund--was judged at the University of Kansas. The judges considered 48 entries.
1995 - Award of Excellence, CASE District III, "Institutional Publications." This competition was judged at The University of Alabama in Birmingham.
1995 - Award of Excellence, CASE District III, "Other Magazines." This competition was judged at Clark Atlanta University.
1995 - Heritage Education Award, Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society "for the magazine's ongoing contributions to publicizing the plight of not only Tuscaloosa County's historic resources, but those scattered throughout Alabama."
1995 - Alabama Humanities Award, presented by the Alabama Humanities Foundation to Suzanne Wolfe, editor of Alabama Heritage, for "exemplary contributions to public understanding and appreciation of the humanities in Alabama."
1994 - Bronze Medal Award, CASE National Competition, "Visual Design in Print." The judges at Marietta College, Ohio, considered 297 entries.
1994 - Award of Excellence, CASE District III, "Special Interest Magazines."
1993 - Award of Excellence, CASE District III, "Other Magazines." This competition was judged at Memphis State University.
1993 - Award of Special Merit, CASE District III, "Institutional Publications." Judged at Auburn University.
1992 - Gold Medal Award, CASE National Competition, "Special Interest Magazines." Sixty-one entries were considered and one Gold Medal was awarded. The competition was judged at Washington State University.
1992 - Grand Award, CASE District III, "Other Magazines." This competition was judged at Duke University.
1992 - Special Merit Award, CASE District III, "Institutional Publications." This competition was judged at the University of Kentucky.
1991 - Award of Excellence, CASE District III, "Institutional Publications."
1991 - Certificate of Commendation, Mobile Historic Development Commission, Mobile, Alabama, for "excellence in publishing a high-quality magazine on the history of the state."
1991 - Gold Medal Award, CASE National Competition, "Special Interest Magazines." This competition was judged at Oregon State University. The judges considered 73 entries and awarded two Gold Medals.
1991 - Gold Medal Award, CASE National Competition, "Top Ten Magazines." This competition was judged by a panel of editors from Newsweek. Other top ten winners included magazines published by Dartmouth College, Duke University, the University of Notre Dame, Johns Hopkins University, Radcliffe College, Tulane University, the University of Pittsburgh, Arizona State University, and Southern Methodist University.
1990 - Honor Award, Alabama Preservation Alliance: "In recognition of outstanding contributions to the people of Alabama in the preservation and conservation of the historical resources of our state."
1990 - Bronze Medal Award, CASE National Competition, "University Magazines."
1990 - Grand Award, CASE District III, "Institutional Publications."
1990 - Grand Award, CASE District III, "University Magazines."
1989 - Bronze Medal Award, CASE National Competition, "University Magazines." This competition was judged at Swarthmore College.
1989 - Grand Award, CASE District III, "Other Magazines." ("Other Magazines" means non-alumni magazines.) This competition was judged at Duke University.
1989 - Bronze Medal Award, CASE National Competition, "University Magazines." The judges at Pomona College, California, considered 125 entries.
1989 - Grand Award, CASE District III, "Institutional Publications." This competition was judged at Georgia Institute of Technology.
1987 - Gold Medal Award, CASE National Competition, "University Magazines." The judges--a panel from Newsweek--evaluated 90 entries in this competition and awarded 10 Gold Medals. "The judges were very impressed with a new magazine, Alabama Heritage. They felt that the content, design, and writing worked beautifully together to effectively meet the magazine's goal--to present the history of the state of Alabama in its diversity." Other gold medal winners: Harvard University, Duke University, Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Portland, Stanford University, George Mason University.
1987 - Best of Category, CASE District III, "University Magazines." (District III includes North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, and Alabama.)
2017 - Nominee, FOLIO: Ozzie Design Award, "Association/Nonprofit Magazines." The issue nominated is our Issue 123, Winter 2017. This competition is awarded by FOLIO:, which is the leading publication serving the entire magazine media industry. Winners will be announced October 11, 2017.
2005 - Bronze Medal Award, CASE National Competition, “Special Interest Magazines." This competition, judged at Dartmouth College, considered more than 40 magazines from colleges and universities across the country including the medical schools at Harvard and Yale.
2004 - The Grand Award, CASE District III Advancement Awards, “Other Magazines.” Selected for this award from a total of 26 other entries, Alabama Heritage was regarded as “a superb publication and an excellent reflection on the state of Alabama.” Magazines were judged on content, writing, editing, design, photography, and printing.
2003 - Award of Excellence, CASE District III Advancement Awards, “Other Magazines.” The Communications Office at the University of Georgia judged the competition among 24 entries.
2002 - The Grand Award, CASE District III Advancement Awards, "Other Magazines." Selected for this award from a total of eighteen other entries, Alabama Heritage was heralded as a "beautiful magazine! The photographs are outstanding and the content is excellent."
2001 - Award of Excellence, CASE District III Advancement Awards, "Other Magazines." This competition, judged by the development office of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, offered comments from the judges: "Great look. It could probably beat 'Smithsonian' in a competition." "I like the writing. It is warm and informative. The editor is doing a good job." "This is an excellent example of cooperation between two major universities."
2000 - Certificate of Commendation from the American Association for State and Local History, a prestigious national organization whose award program extends throughout North America.
1999 - Bronze Medal Award, CASE National Competition, "Special Interest Magazines." This competition, judged at the University of Portland, considered more than 50 magazines from across the country.
1999 - Finalist, Southern Environmental Law Center Reed Environmental Writing Award for Outstanding Writing on the Southern Environment. Todd Keith's article, "Alabama's Heart River: The Cahaba," (Alabama Heritage, Fall 1998) was a top-contender in this regional competition recognizing the South's best writing about the environment.
1998 - Award of Excellence, CASE District III, "Other Magazines." This competition was judged at Auburn University.
1997 - Award of Excellence, CASE District III, "Other Magazines." This competition was judged at Mississippi State University.
1997 - Gold Medal Award, CASE National Competition, "Special Interest Magazines." This competition--sponsored by Newsweek magazine, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Ford Motor Company Fund--was judged at the University of Notre Dame. The judges considered 42 magazines from across the country.
1997 - Southeast Society of Architectural Historians Award for Best Article. Given for Delos D. Hughes's article "Jefferson's 'Academical Village'" which was published in the Spring, 1997 issue of Alabama Heritage.
1996 - Silver Medal Award, CASE National Competition, "Special Interest Magazines." This competition--sponsored by Newsweek magazine, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Ford Motor Company Fund--was judged at the University of Kansas. The judges considered 48 entries.
1995 - Award of Excellence, CASE District III, "Institutional Publications." This competition was judged at The University of Alabama in Birmingham.
1995 - Award of Excellence, CASE District III, "Other Magazines." This competition was judged at Clark Atlanta University.
1995 - Heritage Education Award, Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society "for the magazine's ongoing contributions to publicizing the plight of not only Tuscaloosa County's historic resources, but those scattered throughout Alabama."
1995 - Alabama Humanities Award, presented by the Alabama Humanities Foundation to Suzanne Wolfe, editor of Alabama Heritage, for "exemplary contributions to public understanding and appreciation of the humanities in Alabama."
1994 - Bronze Medal Award, CASE National Competition, "Visual Design in Print." The judges at Marietta College, Ohio, considered 297 entries.
1994 - Award of Excellence, CASE District III, "Special Interest Magazines."
1993 - Award of Excellence, CASE District III, "Other Magazines." This competition was judged at Memphis State University.
1993 - Award of Special Merit, CASE District III, "Institutional Publications." Judged at Auburn University.
1992 - Gold Medal Award, CASE National Competition, "Special Interest Magazines." Sixty-one entries were considered and one Gold Medal was awarded. The competition was judged at Washington State University.
1992 - Grand Award, CASE District III, "Other Magazines." This competition was judged at Duke University.
1992 - Special Merit Award, CASE District III, "Institutional Publications." This competition was judged at the University of Kentucky.
1991 - Award of Excellence, CASE District III, "Institutional Publications."
1991 - Certificate of Commendation, Mobile Historic Development Commission, Mobile, Alabama, for "excellence in publishing a high-quality magazine on the history of the state."
1991 - Gold Medal Award, CASE National Competition, "Special Interest Magazines." This competition was judged at Oregon State University. The judges considered 73 entries and awarded two Gold Medals.
1991 - Gold Medal Award, CASE National Competition, "Top Ten Magazines." This competition was judged by a panel of editors from Newsweek. Other top ten winners included magazines published by Dartmouth College, Duke University, the University of Notre Dame, Johns Hopkins University, Radcliffe College, Tulane University, the University of Pittsburgh, Arizona State University, and Southern Methodist University.
1990 - Honor Award, Alabama Preservation Alliance: "In recognition of outstanding contributions to the people of Alabama in the preservation and conservation of the historical resources of our state."
1990 - Bronze Medal Award, CASE National Competition, "University Magazines."
1990 - Grand Award, CASE District III, "Institutional Publications."
1990 - Grand Award, CASE District III, "University Magazines."
1989 - Bronze Medal Award, CASE National Competition, "University Magazines." This competition was judged at Swarthmore College.
1989 - Grand Award, CASE District III, "Other Magazines." ("Other Magazines" means non-alumni magazines.) This competition was judged at Duke University.
1989 - Bronze Medal Award, CASE National Competition, "University Magazines." The judges at Pomona College, California, considered 125 entries.
1989 - Grand Award, CASE District III, "Institutional Publications." This competition was judged at Georgia Institute of Technology.
1987 - Gold Medal Award, CASE National Competition, "University Magazines." The judges--a panel from Newsweek--evaluated 90 entries in this competition and awarded 10 Gold Medals. "The judges were very impressed with a new magazine, Alabama Heritage. They felt that the content, design, and writing worked beautifully together to effectively meet the magazine's goal--to present the history of the state of Alabama in its diversity." Other gold medal winners: Harvard University, Duke University, Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Portland, Stanford University, George Mason University.
1987 - Best of Category, CASE District III, "University Magazines." (District III includes North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, and Alabama.)