Virginia Magazine receives multiple honors

“Honor Up Close,” Virginia Magazine’s Fall 2022 cover story about the state of the UVA Honor System, won top prizes in two prestigious journalism competitions.

It won Gold for long-form writing in the CASE Circle of Excellence Awards, the leading contest for educational institution publications. In broader competition, the story took first place for analysis in the magazine industry’s Folio: Eddie & Ozzie Awards within the nonprofit association category.

The story, by Editor Richard Gard, uncovered a cheating wave in the School of Commerce and gave new life to a long-forgotten consultant’s report on the Honor System, highlighting language that student leaders later incorporated into the new Honor constitution.

Virginia Magazine’s special coverage of the Nov. 13, 2022, shootings on Grounds drew four additional Eddie & Ozzie honors. The Spring 2023 issue received honorable mentions for full issue (including the double-foldout of students’ candlelight vigil), news coverage (Gard’s story “The Night Of”), column (his editor’s letter), and cover design (Creative Director Steve Hedberg’s use of type from UVA’s official alerts against a black background).

In Southeast regional competition, Senior Editor Ed Miller’s Winter 2022 cover story “Making a Mountain into an O-Hill” won Best of CASE for long-form feature writing.

The latest recognition brings to 34 the number of journalism honors Virginia Magazine has received in the past six years.