WSMA Reports Nationally Recognized

WSMA’s flagship publication, WSMA Reports, has received national recognition via the EXCEL Awards, presented by Association Media & Publishing Network. The EXCEL Awards are the largest and most prestigious program recognizing excellence and leadership in association media, publishing, marketing, and communication.

2023

For the fourth year in a row, the WSMA won several EXCEL Awards for its communications efforts. The EXCEL Awards program is a national competition that recognizes excellence and leadership in association media, publishing, marketing, and communication.

This year, the WSMA won three awards including:

• SILVER: Best special report for the 2022 Legislative Report.
• SILVER: Best direct mail/single piece for the 2022 Impact Report.
• BRONE: Best editorial/opinion piece for "Bending the Curve," by Lucinda Grande, MD (WSMA Reports May/June 2022 issue).

We're proud to be included among the 211 awards presented across 74 categories, as the recognition highlights the WSMA's outstanding communications efforts at a national level. The Software & Information Industry Association announced the winners of the 43rd Annual AM&P Network EXCEL Awards at the 2023 AM&P Content & Marketing Summit in Washington D.C. on June 27, 2023.

2022

In addition to 73 gold winners, the AM&P Network named 75 silver and 70 bronze winners. The WSMA was among the companies winning the most awards, along with American Speech Language Hearing Association, American Institute of Physics, American Society of Landscape Architects and GRAPHEK.

• GOLD: Best direct mail/single piece for the 2021 Impact Report.
• GOLD: Best magazine cover illustration for "Telehealth's Time has Come" by Jacob Stead (WSMA Reports Sept/Oct 2021 issue).
• SILVER: Best magazine cover illustration for "Supporting Washington's Safety Net" by Pete Ryan (WSMA Reports May/June 2021 issue).
• SILVER: Best pandemic response campaign for “Talk to Your Doctor About the COVID-19 Vaccine” vaccine confidence campaign with the Washington State Department of Health.
• BRONZE: Best special report for the 2021 Legislative Report.
• BRONZE: Best magazine editorial/opinion for "Be the Voice" by Judith Kimmelman, MD (WSMA Reports Jan/Feb 2021 issue).

Read the press release and see all of the 2022 Excel Award winners.

2021

The magazine received four awards in the “magazines with fewer than 10,000 circulation” category including:

• GOLD: Best editorial/opinion piece for "White Coats for Black Lives" by John Vassall, MD.     
• SILVER: Best feature article for "Equity in Medicine" by John Gallagher (circulation 10k or fewer).
• BRONZE: Design excellence (circulation 10k or fewer).
• BRONZE: Best cover illustration for "Controlling the Cost of Care" illustration by Pete Ryan.

The WSMA’s communications in other areas also received awards, including:

• GOLD: Best pandemic microsite for wsma.org.
• SILVER: Best special report for 2020 Legislative Report.
• SILVER: Best direct mail/single piece for 2020 Impact Report.

As a statewide medical association’s publication, we are in excellent company with other association publications—many of them national and international. Click here to see all of the 2021 Excel Award winners.

2020

In 2020, WSMA Reports won EXCEL Awards in these categories:

• SILVER: Best editorial for “Heartbeat” by Mark Vossler, MD.
• SILVER: Best redesign (circulation 10k or fewer).
• SILVER: Best feature article for "Health at Risk" by Rita Colorito (circulation 10k or fewer).
• BRONZE: General excellence (circulation 10k or fewer).
• BRONZE: Design excellence (circulation 10k or fewer).