Writer of the Year 35,000 or more circulation 2019

Gold

Texas Highways, Clayton Maxwell

Clayton vividly brings the reader along for the journey.

 Silver

New Mexico Magazine, Kate Nelson

Here is a masterful storyteller! Nelson clearly has a deep interest in and respect for her subjects.

Bronze

Arizona Highways, Kelly Vaughn

A gift for storytelling and flow and an ear for music on the page — make Vaughn’s work stand apart from the average magazine scribe.