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Covenant Companion Wins 11 Awards

CHICAGO, IL (May 9, 2003) - The Covenant Companion, consistently named one of the best denominational magazines in North America, won a record eleven awards at the recent 2003 Associated Church Press convention. Nine contributors shared the eleven awards, which included two second place and nine third place finishes.

Deric Gilliard of Stone Mountain, Georgia, won second place in the "First-Person Account" category for "An Unspeakable Kinship," his account of a visit by African American Covenant leaders to the Congo in the June 2002 Companion. "I could feel the writer's excitement, it grew with each sentence," wrote judge Richelle L. Turner, city editor for business, health, science and environment for the Columbia Missourian.

In the editorial categories, staff writer Craig Pinley won second place for "Most Personally Useful" for his article, "A Hidden Danger," in the November 2002 issue. "This story (on the hidden dangers of church vans) could save lives," wrote judge John Schneller, metro editor of the Columbia Missourian.

John E. Phelan Jr., president of North Park Theological Seminary, won third place in the editorial/opinion category for "The Sad, Strange Case of John Walker Lindh" in February 2002. "Lost in Translation" by features editor Bob Smietana won awards in both the feature and in-depth- coverage categories (May 2002). Rowena Coetsee, religion writer for the Antioch Leger Dispatch, who attends Hillside Covenant Church in Walnut Creek, California, won for "A raw-boned Man with a Heart of Gold," a profile of Covenanter Wally Linskoog in May 2002. Contributor Linda Spenser Moore won for "The Miracle of the Long John" in the devotional/inspirational category for her article in the February 2002 issue. Ben Helphand won for "Days of Grace" (magazine news story, October 2002) and managing editor Jane Swanson-Nystrom won a third place award for editing "Our Readers Write" in the February 2002 issue.

In the design categories, designer Steve Luce and Companion editor Don Meyer won third place in the four-color cover category for "The Face of Christ" in March 2002, and art director David Westerfield won in the 1-2 color spread for "Tell Me a Story," May 2002.

The Associated Church Press, believed to be the oldest religious press organization in the United States, has more than 175 members with a combined circulation of 28 million.

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