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280 Living wins four first-place awards at APA convention

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280 Living won four first-place at the Alabama Press Association’s 2023 Media Awards competition this year, which culminated with a banquet at the Perdido Beach Resort in Orange Beach on June 24.

Leah Ingram Eagle, editor for 280 Living, won first-place in three categories and columnist Alana Smith brought home the award for her monthly column. 

The publication received first-place awards in the following four categories:

In addition, 280 Living also received six second-place finish in the 2023 competition, which involved work published in 2022. 280 Living competes in the Alabama Press Association’s Division E, which includes associate member newspapers and free circulation products.

Second-place awards: 

Starnes Media publications, which in 2022 included: Hoover Sun, Vestavia Voice, 280 Living, Homewood Star, Iron City Ink, Village Living and Cahaba Sun, won a total of 69 awards in this year’s APA competition.

The Vestavia Voice won the General Excellence Award and Advertising Sweepstakes Award (the two top awards) for Division E. Starnes Media papers came home from Orange Beach with another 29 first-place awards, 21 second-place awards and 17 third-place awards.

Here are first-place awards from other publications by Starnes Media:

HOOVER SUN

First-place awards:

Second-place award:

Third-place awards:

VESTAVIA VOICE

THE HOMEWOOD STAR

IRON CITY INK

VILLAGE LIVING

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