STC Honored in APEX 2003 Awards

STC took four awards in this year's APEX 2003 publications competition.

• Russ Bombardieri, STC's webmaster, won a Grand Award for STC's Web site in the "Web and Intranet Sites" category.
• George F. Hayhoe, editor of Technical Communication, earned Awards of Excellence in the subcategories "Magazines and Journals-Online and Electronic" and "Columns and Editorials."
• Intercom received an Award of Excellence in the "Magazines and Journals-Printed Four Color" subcategory.

The APEX awards are based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content, and overall communication effectiveness. APEX 2003 received close to 5,000 total entries in eleven major categories; of these, 100 (about 2 percent) won Grand Awards, and 1,541 (about 31 percent) won Awards of Excellence.

The APEX competition has been conducted annually since 1989 by Communications Concepts, Inc., the Springfield, Virginia, publisher of Writing That Works: The Business Communications Report.