[caption id="attachment_1707" align="aligncenter" width="495"] Renait Stephens and Sutton Long at the 2013 Maggie Awards ceremony[/caption] The Maggie Awards are presented annually to U.S. consumer and trade magazines by the Western Publishing Association. The 2013 Maggie Awards ceremony was held on Friday, April 26 in Los Angeles, CA. "Considered to be the most prestigious award in the publishing industry, the 2013 MAGGIES drew more than 1,200 entries from 24 states west of the Mississippi River." -Maggie Awards press release This year Study in the USA Magazine was nominated for 3 Maggie Awards in the following categories: Our Study in the USA Northeast Asia Edition was nominated for the Annuals, Semi-Annuals & Three-Time Publications/ Trade award Our Study in the USA Boarding Schools Edition was nominated for the Special Theme Issue (Circulation over 50,000) award And StudyUSA.com was nominated for the Best Web Publication/Trade award Study in the USA was proud to have been a part of this event and to be counted among the country's top publications. Renait Stephens, Study in the USA's Publisher and Creative Director attended the awards ceremony with Sutton Long, our Art Director. Ms. Stephens had this to say about the experience: "Being a Maggie Award nominee was so inspiring. The quality of our competition was so high and it was an honor to be a finalist. We were up there with Nike, Powder, Mother Jones and so many more. I was amazed." Maggie Awards in the above categories went to, respectively: Nike: 40 Years of Inspiration and Innovation IDEA Fitness Journal NailsMag.com Study in the USA, StudyUSA.com and StudyLifeUSA would like to thank all of our readers for your continued support.