2021
Charlie Awards
September/October • 2021 • GASPARILLA MAGAZINE 57
The Gasparilla Island Magazine staff
traveled to the Sarasota Westin on Friday,
July 16 for the Florida Press Association Better
Weekly Newspaper awards, and the Florida
Magazine Association Charlie Awards. The
Boca Beacon team, garnering 15 in the FPA
contest and eight in the FMA contest.
In the Florida Magazine Association Charlie
Awards the Gasparilla Island Magazine staff
took a silver (second) place award in the “Best
Writing: Service Feature” category for their
story titled “Honoring Those Who Served, and
Who Keep Us Free, on Veteran's Day.”
Art Director Christine Cunningham received
a Charlie (fi rst place) award in the “Best
Advertisement: Self-Promotional” category,
as well as a silver award in the same category.
She also received a silver award in the “Best
Photography: Single Image” category.
Guest photographer H Wetzel received a
Charlie Award in the “Best Photography:
Single Image” category.
The magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, Marcy
Shortuse, received a Charlie award in the
“Best Writing: Editorial/Commentary/
Opinion” category for her work with writers
Olivia Cameron and Dean Laux, as well as a
silver award in the “Best Writing: Department”
category for two stories submitted from three
different issues in 2020. She shares that award
with guest writer Ann Taylor-Roman, who
wrote a third story in that contest entry.
Shortuse also took a silver award in the “Best
Writing: Feature Headlines” feature category.