Cover 35,000 or less circulation 2023

In the Cover category six judges across writing and design evaluated unity of the image(s) and text, and the use of typography, art, and design in conveying the message to potential readers.

Gold

On The Hunt
Louisiana Life
Contributors: Kevin Rabalais, Sarah George, Melanie Spencer

Great, memorable photograph, filled with intimacy and emotion, so artful it almost looks like a painting! The muted tones, crisp typography, and graphic sensibility of the cover image makes for a moving cover that has its own romanticism without being cliched.
— IRMA Awards Jury

Silver

Let It Snow
Adirondack Life
Contributors: Pamela Underhill, Mark Mahorsky

Bronze

Light Recipes
Acadiana Profile
Contributors: Eugenia Uhl, Sarah George, Melanie Spencer

Bronze

Have you seen it?
Yukon, North of Ordinary
Manu Keggenhoff

Merit

Summer 2022
The Bermudian
Contributors: Jacob Moniz, Linda Weinraub

Merit

Marvel at Comic History in the Making
Mountain Home
Gwen Button