WASHINGTON (ABP) — Baptist communicators garnered several awards from an ecumenical awards competition for religious journalists and public-relations professionals.
Three of the 10 best-in-class prizes at the recent Religion Communicators Council DeRose-Hinkhouse Awards contest went to Baptist professionals.
Scott Camp, senior graphics designer at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala., won best of class in public-relations materials for a worship guide for Beeson Divinity School's year-long “Walking with the Saints” convocation series. Camp also won awards of excellence in poster and booklet and an award of merit for brochure.
Polly House, corporate communication specialist for the Southern Baptist Convention's LifeWay Christian Resources won best of class in writing for the story “Cops, others let down their guard at law enforcement summit.” House also won an award of excellence in the newspaper single story category and an award of merit in magazine single article for “With 2000+ prayers of salvation, Nell Kerley is still going strong.”
Lance Wallace, director of communication for the Atlanta-based Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, won best of class in non-broadcast audio and video for the group's “Embrace the World” fall emphasis. The entry also won an award of excellence in the promotional video category.
Other award winners from CBF were: Lance Wallace, Patricia Heys and Carla Wynn Davis, who won the award of excellence in the national-newsletter category for CBF Fellowship! and an award of merit in the single-issue category for the November/December 2007 issue; Davis, who won the award of excellence in the promotional video category for “Together for Hope: CBF's Rural Poverty Initiative;” and Wallace, who won an award of excellence in the integrated marketing category for the CBF Offering for Global Missions, and an award of merit in the CD-rom category for “Embrace the World.”
Other Samford University winners were Carlie Stamper, graphics designer, Samford University, award of merit for a poster advertising the opera Die Fledermaus; Monica Washington, graphics designer, award of merit for the 2007 homecoming gala program booklet; and Carissa Bradley, web editor, award of merit in web design for department of communication studies home page design.
Winners from American Baptist Churches USA included Susan Gottshall, associate executive director of communications, award of merit in the miscellaneous-writing category for “Deliver us from evil: Baptists, slavery and freedom,” and award of excellence in the promotional-video category for “Rebuilding lives one family at a time;” Danny Ellison, award of merit in the miscellaneous design category for the “Deliver us from evil” exhibit.
Winners from the Dallas-based Baptist charity Buckner International included Jenny Pope, Alan Paul, Russ Dilday, Luis Perez, Analiz Gonzalez and Scott Collins, who received the award of merit in the national-magazine category for Buckner Today and an award of merit in the single-issue category for “The People” issue; Dilday, Collins and Paul, who received an award of excellence in special print materials for Advent Guide; Gonzalez, award of merit in newspaper single-story category for “Buckner Provides Aid to Tornado Survivors” and award of excellence in web writing for “The gift of two moms; Pope, award of merit in web writing for “Miracle home;” Paul, award of merit in design publication cover for “Our stories: missions in first person;” and Dilday, Pope, Perez, Tasasha Kelly, Ronnie Bock, Bradley Vinson and Matt Searcy, an award of excellence in the public-relations campaign category for “It's Your Mission.com.”
Jennifer Davis Rash and Grace Thornton of The Alabama Baptist, received the award of excellence in the local or regional newspaper category.
Kelly Davis Shrout, Katie Shull and Jenny Rice of LifeWay Christian Resources received an award of excellence in the local or regional newsletter category.
Will Hall, executive director, Baptist Press, Nashville, Tenn., won an award of excellence in the miscellaneous periodicals category for Baptist Press and award of merit in web editorial writing for “Choosing life is the right option.”
RCC is a national interfaith association of about 500 professional communicators and is the oldest organization for public-relations professionals in the United States. The awards were given during RCC's recent national convention in Washington.
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