Parenting NH Magazine earns 6 national awards for editorial, design

MANCHESTER, NH  – Parenting New Hampshire magazine earned six awards during the April 16 Parenting Media Association annual meeting, held in Indianapolis, IN.

The magazine, edited by Melanie Hitchcock, won six awards, including: four gold awards for Editor’s Note/Publisher’s Note; Profile Story (Pamme Boutselis); Service Feature (Mary Ellen Hettinger); and Humor Column (Bill Burke); a silver award for Interior Photography (Kendal J. Bush); and a bronze award for Special Section Design (Nancy Tichanuk).

The Parenting Media Association (PMA), a non-profit representing the family media market since 1988, received 645 entries for 2015 magazine issues and digital products. Prof. Reuben Stern of the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism coordinated the annual contest.

“Our awards recognize the best work done in our industry,” said PMA President Mary Cox. “Our member publications engage with families throughout the United States, Canada and Australia, be it through print, websites, email, social media or events. Our collective goal is making parenting easier – after all, it’s the most important job in the world – and even more of a fun ride.”

PMA is a nonprofit national organization representing more than 100 parenting magazines and newspapers in the United States, Canada and Australia.

For more information on Parenting New Hampshire, go to www.parentingnh.com.

About Parenting New Hampshire:

Parenting New Hampshire is part of McLean Communications of Manchester, which also publishes New Hampshire Business Review, New Hampshire Magazine, BRIDE and New Hampshire Home. McLean Communications is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yankee Publications of Dublin, N.H.