Response, the United Methodist Women's magazine, received UMAC's Award of Excellence for Magazines, winning recognition as the top United Methodist magazine of 1999! This award saluted the work of the entire Response team: Dana Jones, Editor; Yvette Moore, Managing Editor; A. Victoria Hunter, Senior Writer; Tanya Krawciw, Designer; and Nilda Ferrari, Spanish Editor. The Response team also won Blue Ribbons for Best of Division in all four magazine categories judged: General Excellence, Layout and Design, Editorial Content and Writing, and Use of Illustrative Materials/Artwork and Photography.

New World Outlook, the Mission Magazine of The United Methodist Church, won UMAC's Award of Excellence for Special Section or Supplement. This award--which recognized three 1999 issues: "Health and Welfare Ministries," "Mission in the Twenty-First Century," and "Restorative Justice Worldwide"--was presented to the New World Outlook team: Alma Graham, Editor; Christie R. House, Associate Editor; Roger C. Sadler, Art Director; and Emily Grote, Layout/Design. "Excellent publication," the judges' comment said. "Well designed and informative. Each issue fulfilled its purpose well. We suggest they all receive top honors in their category!"

The Donald B. Moyer Award of Excellence for Photography went to Paul Jeffrey, a GBGM missionary and photojournalist in Latin America, for the photographs illustrating his article, "Guatemala Struggles to Find Peace," in the July/August 1999 issue of New World Outlook. This was the sixth time since 1993 that Jeffrey has won the top Photography award!

The GBGM's two magazines also won Best of Division awards in three writing categories. The Blue Ribbon for Editorial Writing went to Yvette Moore of Response for "Restoring Justice" (June 1999). The Blue Ribbon for Feature Articles was won by S. Wesley Ariarajah for his article, "Christian Mission: The End or a New Beginning," in the May-June 1999 New World Outlook. And the Blue Ribbon for a Series went to Peggy Hutchison, the GBGM's Assistant General Secretary for Global Networks and Ecumenical Relations, and to Harmon Wray, Executive Director for Restorative Justice Ministries for The United Methodist Church, honoring their articles on restorative justice in the July/August 1999 New World Outlook.

Between them, New World Outlook and Response and their contributors won a total of 11 Certificates of Merit in addition to the three plaques and seven blue-ribboned certificates cited above. In the Magazine category, the New World Outlook team was awarded Certificates of Merit for General Excellence, Editorial Content and Writing, and Use of Illustrative Materials, along with a certificate for Special Section or Supplement. Response Editor Dana Jones was honored for her Bible study, "Go, Sell, Give, Come Follow," and the February 1999 issue of Response, "When We Hate," won a certificate for Special Section or Supplement. Other merit winners were Charles Cole, a former GBGM executive and New World Outlook columnist, Editorial Writing for "Wireless Worship"; Paul Jeffrey, Photography--Cover Photo, for "Honduran Man and Child," the March/April 1999 cover of New World Outlook; Mike DuBose, Photography--Cover Photo, for "A Palestinian Woman," the July/August 1999 cover of New World Outlook; Paul Jeffrey, Photography--Feature or Spread, for "The Health Challenges of Hurricane Mitch," March-April 1999 New World Outlook; and Ruth Kurtz, Publicity and Advertising, for the New World Outlook foldout brochure, "This magazine will take you places."