Lawn & Garden Retailer wins publishing award

Lawn & Garden Retailer received top honors at the Eddie and Ozzie Awards Ceremony in the B2B Full Issue category for its March 2017 issue. Presented annually by Folio Magazine, the awards celebrate excellence in magazine editorial and design across all sectors of the industry. For the 2017 awards, a panel of more than 300 judges selected finalists and winners from among 2,800 entries.

“We’re thrilled to take home the top honor in our B2B category and are incredibly proud of the Lawn & Garden Retailer team for their commitment to editorial excellence,” CEO Matt McCallum said. “The entire Great American Media Services family appreciates this recognition and looks forward to future growth and innovation as a publishing industry leader.”

For more than 20 years, the Eddie and Ozzie Awards have celebrated publishing industry success. The Eddie Awards recognize the best in print and digital editorial, while the Ozzie Awards recognize the best in magazine and website design. Winners were revealed in front of more than 200 media professionals on Oct. 11 during the 2017 Folio Show in New York City.

Other Great American Media Services titles recognized as finalists in the 2017 Eddie and Ozzie Awards are GPN Magazine, B2B Full Issue; Fruit Growers News, B2B Full Issue and Series of Articles; Stationery Trends, B2B Media Kit and Use of Typography; and Party & Paper Retailer, B2B Feature Design.