Since 1978, Word&Way has won more than 200 awards from Associated Church Press, Baptist Communicators Association, Evangelical Press Association, Religious Communicators Council, and Religion News Association. These awards show our dedication to providing our readers and listeners with quality real news on the Good News.
Here are recent awards:
2021 – Associated Church Press:
- Award of Excellence in magazine photo spread for Brian Kaylor’s photos of people wearing masks in the June issue
- Award of Excellence in online photo spread for Brian Kaylor’s photos of vandalism at Mount Vernon Missionary Baptist Church
- Award of Merit in podcast for “Baptist Without An Adjective”
- Award of Merit in online personal experience (short format) for Beau Underwood’s “What If No One Comes Back to Church After Coronavirus?”
- Award of Merit in magazine feature article (short format) for Brian Kaylor’s “The First Baptist Vice President”
- Honorable Mention in humor for Brian Kaylor’s “Treating Costco Like My Church”
2020 – Associated Church Press:
- Award of Excellence in long-format magazine convention or meeting coverage for Brian Kaylor’s reporting on the Baptist World Alliance meeting in the Bahamas
- Award of Excellence in seasonal article for Pamela Lowe’s piece on “Blue Christmas”
- Award of Excellence in podcast for “Baptist Without An Adjective”
- Award of Excellence in audio news story for episode 67 of “Baptist Without An Adjective”
- Award of Excellence in single photo for Brian Kaylor’s photo of the Berlin Wall section in Fulton, Missouri
- Award of Merit in photo magazine photo spread for Brian Kaylor’s photos of Poland
- Award of Merit in website redesign
- Award of Merit in editorial courage for Brian Kaylor’s editorial “Impeaching Herod”
- Honorable Mention in online editorial/opinion for Kaylor’s editorial “Returning to Our Litigious Vomit”
- Honorable Mention in magazine design to Holly Hyde, Brian Kaylor, and Ken Satterfield for the October issue
- Honorable Mention in electronic newsletter for “Between the Lines” created by Ken Satterfield.
2020 – Baptist Communicators Association:
- First Place in magazine cover design to Holly Hyde for the February issue
- First Place in opinion/editorial for Brian Kaylor’s editorial “Returning to Our Litigious Vomit”
- First Place in long news article for Brian Kaylor’s article “SBC’s Rightward Shift Hits 40 Amid Turmoil”
- First Place in feature series for Brian Kaylor’s “Beyond Redford” articles
- Second Place in news series for Brian Kaylor’s articles on SBU professor firing conflict
- Third Place in overall podcast show for “Baptist Without An Adjective”
2020 – Evangelical Press Association:
- Third place in devotional for Heather Feeler’s column “Grace for a Tree Sniffer”
2020 – Religion Communicators Council:
- Award of Excellence in overall local/regional magazine
- Award of Merit in local/regional magazine single issue for the April issue
- Award of Excellence in photography series for Brian Kaylor’s photos of Poland
- Award of Excellence in individual podcast episode for episode 67 of “Baptist Without An Adjective”
- Award of Merit in podcast series for “Baptist Without An Adjective”
- Award of Merit in editorial for Brian Kaylor’s column “Of Trees & Thornbushes”
- Award of Merit in single news story for Kaylor’s coverage of the Baptist World Alliance meeting in the Bahamas
- Award of Merit in magazine article series for Kaylor’s “Beyond Redford” articles
