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“Key West Magazine” Wins 7 Awards for Magazine Excellence

After just one year in business, Key West’s locally owned and operated Key West Magazine won seven awards at the 2007 Charlie Awards Ceremony presented by the Florida Magazine Association (FMA) last week. The awards ceremony, which took place in Orlando on August 25, honored the best magazines in Florida.

Key West Magazine took home two First Place Charlie Awards, one for Best Public Service Coverage, for its 2006 Hurricane Special Issue, “The Rescuers,” and another for Best Feature for “Dennis the Menace,” the magazine’s January, 2007 profile of local tabloid publisher and muckraker Dennis Cooper. Key West Magazine also won a silver or second place, Charlie Award for Best In-Depth Reporting for the feature article “The Fabulist,” an in-depth profile of local filmmaker Quincy Perkins. The FMA also awarded Key West Magazine four Bronze, or third place, Charlie Awards for “Best Overall Magazine” in Florida “Best Overall Designed Magazine,” “Best Overall Written Magazine,” and another bronze for “Best In-Depth Reporting” for “Dennis the Menace”. Read more…