National Newspaper Association
General Interest Column - first place - 2001
Humor Column - third place - 2000
Illinois Press Association
General Interest Column - second place - 2001
General Interest Column - third honorable mention - 1998
Feature Story - third place - 1996
Feature Story - second place - 1996
Lifestyle Section Cover Story - third honorable mention - 1995
Northern Illinois Newspaper Association
Science-Technology Story - second place - 1997
Single In-depth News Story - first place - 1995
Feature Story - second place - 1995
Family/Home Section Cover Story - first place - 1995
"This story was so well written that we felt we were on a tour of the antique shops with the writer. Loved the descriptive phrases of what the antique once meant ... art-deco kitchen tables, the kind where you sat munching bologna sandwiches as a kid ...'"
-- The Illinois Press Association
