Carol Michel Receives 2015 Gold Award for Best Talent or Product 09/21/2015
Carol Michel recently received the Garden Writers Association Gold Award for Best Talent for Electronic Writing.
This national award recognizes individuals and companies who achieve the highest levels of talent and professionalism in garden communications. Michel received the Gold Award for Best Talent for her writing on the web, primarily on her garden blog, May Dreams Gardens.
Earlier this year, Michel also received Silver Awards for blog writing and an e-newsletter article.
“The Garden Writers Association Media Awards showcase the writers, photographers, editors, publishers and trade companies that have pursued excellence in gardening communication in print or electronic communications,” says Larry Hodgson, president of GWA. “The Media Award winners have been judged by industry experts and show significant distinction and merits that exemplify exceptional work.”
Since the early 1980s, the GWA Media Awards program has recognized outstanding writing, photography, graphic design and illustration for books, newspaper stories, magazine articles and other works focused on gardening. In recent years, the awards program has expanded to include on-air talent, production and direction for radio, television, video, Internet and other electronic media.
GWA is an international organization of more than 1,400 professional communicators in the lawn and garden industry. “GWA members are the essential bridge between the lawn and garden industry and the gardening public,” says the group’s Executive Director Robert LaGasse. “No other group has as much direct contact with the gardening consumer as GWA.”
According to the National Gardening Association, the lawn and garden industry is estimated to generate more than $60 billion in retail sales annually. To view all the 2015 GWA Media Award recipients, visit the GWA Website. For more information about this award, contact Shelli Crockett at 806.832.1870.