Seven Days, Vermont’s free, independent weekly newspaper, won four national awards at the annual Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) conference in Detroit earlier this month and six awards at the Vermont Press Association ceremony on the last day of May.
The AAN AltWeekly Awards “honor superior journalism and graphic design among alternative publications across the United States and Canada,” notes the AAN website. Seven Days won four awards in the “under 50,000” circulation category, including: Food writing: Second place, Corin Hirsch; Media Reporting: Second place, Megan James and Margot Harrison; Photography: Second place, Matthew Thorsen and Jeb Wallace-Brodeur; Illustration: Honorable mention, Jeff Drew
The Vermont Press Association awards ceremony is an annual competition among the daily and nondaily newspapers in the state of Vermont. Seven Days won six awards including: John D. Donoghue Award for Arts Criticism, including daily and nondaily media: First place: Pamela Polston; Second place: Dan Bolles; Best State Story, nondaily: Second place, Ken Picard; Feature writing, nondaily: Second place, Paula Routly; Outstanding website, nondaily: Second place, Seven Days; Best local story, nondaily: Honorable mention, Ken Picard.
