Down East Magazine was awarded the following honors at this year’s International Regional Magazine Association Awards.
2015 Magazine of the Year
In addition to the top honor, Down East Magazine also won the following awards:
Gold
- Historic Feature: Escape from Spencer Lake – by Ron Joseph
- Public Issues: Is This Girl Committing a Crime? – by Rob Sneddon
- Companion website: downeast.com, Jarett Schadlich
- Portrait Series: Lobster Boat Names – by David Yellin
- Magazine Writer of the Year – Brian Kevin
- Magazine Photographer of the Year – Mark Fleming
- Overall Art Direction – Miroslaw Jurek
Silver
- Art and Culture Feature: Community Bands – by Caroline Praderio
- General Feature: The Survivors – by Brian Kevin
- Portrait Photo: Unshaken – by Sean Alonzo Harris
Bronze
- Food Feature: The Best Lobster Roll in Maine
Awards of Merit
- Profile: Unshaken – by Monica Wood
- Special Focus: Why We Hunt
Seated: Virginia M. Wright, Senior Editor; Miroslaw Jurek, Design Director; standing (left to right) Brian Kevin, Associate Editor; Mark Fleming, Visuals Editor; Kathleen Fleury, Editor in Chief; Grace-Yvette Gemmell, Editorial Assistant
Learn more about the International Regional Magazine Association here.