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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Contact:
[Your Publication]
Your spokesperson]
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| Utne
Kristin Sawyer Lyman, Marketing Manager
kristin@utne.com
612.338.5040 ext. 335 |
[Your Publication] Nominated For 2002 Utne Independent Press Award
[Your city, Your state. Month day, year] – Utne, the nation's leading magazine of alternative ideas, announces the nomination of [your publication] for an Utne Independent Press Award in the category of [your category. Since 1989 these awards have showcased the best from the Independent Press in categories ranging from reporting excellence to personal life, cultural and international coverage.
[Your publication] stands out as an important independent voice in the North American media. We are pleased to honor your accomplishments with an Utne Independent Press Award nomination," said Editor Jay Walljasper.
[A little personal information here is always a good idea, such as a description of your company's latest and/or greatest achievement.]
The Utne Independent Press Awards (http://www.utne.com/uipa), previously known as Utne Reader Alternative Press Awards, recognize excellence in alternative and independent publishing. Utne’s editors select nominee publications through their extensive reading process and careful examination, rather than a competition requiring entry forms and fees. In this way, Utne honors the efforts of small, sometimes unnoticed publications that provide innovative, thought-provoking perspectives often ignored or overlooked by mass media.
Utne magazine, the nation's leading digest of the alternative media, has a paid circulation of 225,000. Since 1984, Utne has published the most innovative thinking on the critical issues of our time, always informing and inspiring its readers to action.
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