I am pleased to announce that our chapter won a new award! We were awarded the APEX® Awards 30th Anniversary 2018 Awards for Publication Excellence: one of five winners in the category: Websites – WordPress Sites. The Winner logo is displayed below and in the Awards section of the right sidebar on each part of our site: https://wdcb.stcwdc.org, https://competition.stcwdc.org, https://events.stcwdc.org, and https://jobs.stcwdc.org.

We'd also like to congratulate other STC winners:

Category: Newsletters – Electronic and Email

Elizabeth L. Burke and MaryKay Gruenberg

Byline

STC Chicago

Elk Grove, IL

Category: One-of-a-Kind Publications – Electronic

Elizabeth (Liz) Pholand and James Cameron

2016-2017 Salary Database

Society for Technical Communication

Fairfax, VA

What is APEX®?

The APEX® Awards is an annual competition for publishers, editors, writers and designers who create print, Web, electronic, and social media. In APEX® 2018, awards were given in 100 communications categories, in 12 main categories including: newsletters; magazines, journals & tabloids; annual reports; print media; electronic media; social media; apps; websites; campaigns, programs & plans; writing; design & illustration; and one-of-a-kind publications.

Business, nonprofit, agency and freelance communicators can enter APEX® to win awards for their best writing, publications, campaigns, programs, design and media. Entries are submitted from all over the world such as the U.S., Canada, Singapore, the UK, India, the Netherlands, Germany, Hong Kong, South Africa, and more.

Communications Concepts, Inc. sponsors the APEX® Awards, and advises professionals who write, edit, and manage business communications, on best strategies and practices.

How many entries were there? How many awards were given?

APEX® 2018 awards were based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content and the success of the entry — in the opinion of the judges — in achieving overall communications effectiveness and excellence.

1,408 entries were evaluated, in the following distribution: Newsletters: 102; Magazines, Journals & Tabloids: 287; Annual Reports: 41; Print Media: 97; Electronic Media: 111; Social Media: 54; Apps: 11; Websites: 80; Campaigns, Programs & Plans: 109; Writing: 284; Design & Illustration: 163; One-of-a-Kind Publications: 69.

A total of 100 APEX® Grand Awards were presented in 12 major categories to honor the outstanding works in those categories. 556 APEX® Awards of Excellence recognize excellence in 100 individual categories.

Is there a list of winning entries?

Yes. See APEX 2018 Winners List (pdf).
Grand Award winners are listed by main category. Award of Excellence winners are listed within each subcategory, alphabetically by organization, or by last name for individual entrants.)

For the Future

Follow the APEX® Judges blog at https://apexawards.wordpress.com for APEX® judges comments, as well as writing, editing, publishing, and media topics.

APEX® 2019 will open in November 2018. The entry deadline for APEX® 2019 is February 15, 2019. Some categories may change.