CNEWA’s quarterly magazine, ONE, and website received 33 honors, including first place for Editor of the Year and second place for Graphic Artist/Designer of the Year, at the 2021 Catholic Press Awards yesterday. The awards were conferred as part of the Catholic Media Conference, which was held virtually due to COVID-19.
The panel of judges included academics and media professionals from around the country. A complete list of the awards follows, with links to the winning entries.
First place
Editor of the Year: J. D. Conor Mauro
Best Online Content Not Published in Print, Feature: “Voices from the Pandemic” series
Best Layout or Article Column, Mission Magazine: A Letter From Armenia (or click here to view the layout through Issuu)
Best Coverage, Disaster or Crises: (‘Faith is the Only Thing We Have Now’; ‘We Are So Tired’; Armenians in Flight; India’s Climate of Uncertainty)
Best Feature Article (Mission Magazines): Crafting a New Life by Judith Sudilovsky
Best Multiple Picture Package, Feature: A Letter From Armenia by Nazik Armenakyan
Best Photograph, Feature Photo: “School bus scene in Ethiopia” by Petterik Wiggers
Best Photograph, Sacramental: “View from choir loft in Armenia” by Nazik Armenakyan
Best Photograph, Pandemic: “Doctor at a clinic in Ethiopia” by Petterik Wiggers
Students ride the bus home from Kidane Meheret. (photo: Petterik Wiggers) 
Joined by the church choir, Father Galstian celebrates the Divine Liturgy in Mets Sipasar. (photo: Nazik Armenakyan) 
Medical assistant Dereje Samu has worked at the Medhanialem Clinic in Mendida for 33 years. (photo: Petterik Wiggers)
Second place
Graphic Artist of the Year: Paul Grillo
Best Multimedia Package, Social Justice Issues: Running Out of Options by Dale Gavlak
Best Blog, Social Justice Issues: The CNEWA Blog
Best Web and Print Package: “The Way of the Cross with Pope Francis”
Best Annual Report, Catholic Nonprofit Organization: Annual Report 2018-2019
Best Layout or Article Column, Mission Magazine: Crafting a New Life by Judith Sudilovsky
Best Coverage, Pandemic: (Crafting a New Life; Our Daily Bread; The Palakkad Samaritans; A Letter From India; Ethiopia on the Brink)
Best Reporting of Social Justice Issues, Life and Dignity of the Human Person: Crafting a New Life by Judith Sudilovsky
Best Reporting of Social Justice Issues, Option for the Poor and Vulnerable: ‘We Are So Tired’ by Doreen Abi Raad
Best Story and Photo Package: A Letter From Armenia written by Hovsep Galstian and photographed by Nazik Armenakyan
Best Photograph, General News: “Migrant worker Tessie Andros stand at doorway of her Beirut apartment” by Raghida Skaff
Tessie Andros stands at the doorway of her apartment, made unlivable by the 4 August explosion. (photo: Raghida Skaff) 
Majda Habib Girguis plays with her grandson, Bert. (photo: Nader Daoud) 
The Rev. Hovsep Galstian visits the village of Ghazanchi in Armenia’s Shirak region. (photo: Nazik Armenakyan)
Third place
Best Blog, Topical News: The CNEWA Blog
Best Layout or Article Column (Mission Magazines): “Focus” by John E. Kozar
Best Feature Article (Mission Magazines): Our Daily Bread by Gohar Abrahamyan
Best Story and Photo Package: Lessons in Success written by Maria Gerth-Niculescu and photographed by Petterik Wiggers
Msgr. Kozar chats with locals at the Martha Schmouny Clinic in Erbil, Iraq. (photo: John E. Kozar/CNEWA) 
Primary school students line up to pray according to their religious backgrounds before walking to class. (photo: Petterik Wiggers) 
Students walk the grounds of Kidane Mehret. (photo: Petterik Wiggers)
Honorable mention
Best Web and Print Package: Running Out of Options by Dale Gavlak
Best Feature Article, Pandemic: Crafting a New Life by Judith Sudilovsky
Best Reporting of Social Justice Issues, Life and Dignity of the Human Person: Our Daily Bread by Gohar Abrahamyan
Best Writing, In-Depth: Armenians in Flight by Gohar Abrahamyan
Best Multiple Picture Package, Feature: Crafting a New Life photos by Debbie Hill
Best Story and Photo Package: Crafting a New Life written by Judith Sudilovsky and photographed by Debbie Hill
Best Photograph, Feature Photo: “Ministering to the elderly in Armenia” by Nazik Armenakyan
Best Photograph, Sacramental: “Father Hovsep celebrates Divine Liturgy” by Nazik Armenakyan
Best Photograph, Vocations to the Priesthood, Religious Life or Diaconate: “Father Galstian ministers to elderly” by Nazik Armenakyan
Hiyab Asmerom, 5, and Asima Taklah, 5, hold dolls made by the women of the Tel Aviv collective. (photo: Debbie Hill) 
Tagra Bahata stands outside her apartment in Tel Aviv while wearing a mask of her own design. (photo: Debbie Hill) 
Ms. Gebrihiwet pauses from sewing to sit with her son, Hiyab, 1, and daughter Arsama, 10. (photo: Debbie Hill) 
Father Galstian prays with elderly members of a senior day care center in Gyumri. (photo: Nazik Armenakyan) 
Father Galstian celebrates the Divine Liturgy in Mets Sipasar. (photo: Nazik Armenakyan) 
The Al Hashemi al Shamali district, while in many ways an improvement, remains but a stop along the way to a final home for Mrs. Girguis’s family. (photo: Nader Daoud)
