<p>Dear Utne Independent Press Award Winner,</p>
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<p>To help spread the word about your award, we’ve assembled a press release template you might find useful in your own PR efforts. Please feel free to contact us if we can be of assistance and, if possible, copy us at <a href=”mailto:marketing@utne.com”>marketing@utne.com</a> on any press materials you send out. The only thing we ask is that when you reference the awards you use the full name: Utne Independent Press Awards.</p>
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<p>Please let us know if you have any questions. And good luck!</p>
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<strong>Promote your Utne Independent Press Award!</strong>
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<p align=”center”>Download an image and link to:<br />
<a href=”https://www.utne.com/uipa.aspx”>https://www.utne.com/uipa</a>
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<p align=”center”>Or copy and paste this code on your web page:</p>
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<strong>Sample Press Release</strong>
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<p>The following is a sample press release that you can personalize to spread the good news.</p>
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<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br />
[Date]</p>
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<p>Contact:<br />
[Your Publication]<br />
[Your spokesperson]<br />
[Telephone number]<br />
[Email/URL]<br />
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<td>Utne<br />
Marketing<br />
<a href=”mailto:marketing@utne.com”>marketing@utne.com</a>
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612.338.5040 ext. 338</td>
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<p>[Your Publication] Wins 2003 Utne Independent Press Award</p>
<p>[Your city, Your State, Month day, year] — Utne, the nation’s leading magazine of alternative ideas, announces the selection 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.</p>
<p>[Your Publication] stands out as an important independent media voice. We are pleased to honor your accomplishments with an Utne Independent Press Award,” said Editor Jay Walljasper.</p>
<p>[A little personal information here is always a good idea, such as a description of your company’s latest and/or greatest achievement.]</p>
<p>The Utne Independent Press Awards (<a href=”https://www.utne.com/uipa.aspx”>https://www.utne.com/uipa/</a>), 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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>[Make sure to include the boilerplate description of your company too.]</p>
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