Aurora Awards: Category 1 – Community Relations

• First Place – Providence Health Talk Series, for Providence Health & Services Alaska
  Ginger Houghton, Stacy Thurman
  Providence Health & Services Alaska
• Second Place – ASTAC Swoosh Competition, for Arctic Slope Telephone Association Cooperative
  Jodi Forsland, Ingrid Parish, Tara Storter, Michael Stewart
  MSI Communications
• Third Place – Love of the Arts, for Fairbanks Summer Arts Festivals
  Adela Grace Jackson, Sandy Clark & Kimberly Rowley
  Award Design

Aurora Awards: Category 2 – Reputation/Brand Management

• First Place – Carlile & Ice Road Truckers, for Carlile Transportation Systems
  Grant Johnston, Peggy Spittler, Greg Whitworth, Scott Mlynarczyk
  MSI Communications

Aurora Awards: Category 3 – Events & Observances (seven or fewer days)

• First Place – 2010 13th Annual Gathering
  Tammy Ashley, Vera Starbard, Jessica Dorrington, Kim Marcucci
  Southcentral Foundation
• Second Place (tie) – Pioneer Spirit Behind Impossible Ship, for Mat-Su Borough
  Patty Sullivan, Stefan Hinman
  Matanuska-Susitna Borough
• Second Place (tie) – “Live It!” Rally, for United Way of Anchorage
  Sue Brogan, Beth Johnson, Josh Niva, Vicki Halcro, Jonathan Butzke
  United Way of Anchorage, Walsh Sheppard, Talking Circle Media

Aurora Awards: Category 4 –Events & Observances (more than seven days)

• First Place – MS Amsterdam Inaugural Season, for Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau
  Jack Bonney, Jeanette Anderson Moores, Lilly Kelly, Sarah Alvarez
  Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Scond Place – Anchorage Reads, for Anchorage Public Library
  Karen Keller, Toni McPherson, Kathy Day, Jordan Hanson
  KD/PR Visual

Aurora Awards: Category 5 – Public Service

• First Place – “Partners in a Shared Mission” Wetlands Awareness for U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
  Alexis Roskelley, Elias Rojas, Eric Buhrman, David Taylor
  Ice Cap Productions, Solstice Advertising
• Second Place – Winter 2009 H1N1 Public Awareness Campaign, for Department of Health & Human Services, Municipality of Anchorage Department of Health & Human Services
  Michelle McMillian, Mariajose Echeverria, Laurie Fagnani, Grant Johnston
  MSI Communications

Aurora Awards: Category 6 – Public Affairs

• First Place – Permitting the Aqqaluk Deposit, for Teck Alaska
  Lana Johnson, Ingrid Parish, Mariajose Echeverria, Shelly Wozniak, Verna Westlake
  MSI Communications

Aurora Awards: Category 7 – Marketing Consumer Products
There were no awards in this category

Aurora Awards: Category 8 – Marketing Consumer Services

• First Place – Opt-in Campaign, for Denali Alaskan Federal Credit Union
  Keith Fernandez, Ron Gordon, Harland Financial
  Slama Design
• Second Place – 2010 Print & Web Campaign, for Alaska Housing Finance Corporation
  Brenda Glaze, Sherrie Simmonds, Laurie Fagnani, Michelle McMillian, Scott Mlynarczyk
  MSI Communications

Aurora Awards: Category 9 – Marketing Business to Business
There were no awards in this category.

Aurora Awards: Category 10 – Global Communications
There were no awards in this category.

Aurora Awards: Category 11 – Crisis Communications

• First Place – Adjusting the Cruise Ship Head Tax, for Alaska Cruise Association
  John Binkley, Lanie Downs, Mike Tibbles, Lana Johnson, Carly Stuart
  MSI Communications
• Second Place – “You are Not Alone” Suicide Prevention Campaign, for Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
  Eric Buhrman, Alexis Roskelley, Bob Terrazas, Brandy Dixon
  Solstice Advertising

Aurora Awards: Category 12 – Issues Management

• First Place – “Faces of ACES”, for Alaska Support Industry Alliance
  Laurie Fagnani, Paul Laird, Michael Stewart, Scott Mlynarczyk
  MSI Communications

Aurora Awards: Category 13 – Internal Communications

• First Place – Surgical Checklist, for Providence Health & Services Alaska
  Kirsten Schultz, Stacey Thurman
  Providence Health & Services Alaska
• Second Place – Princess Pride, for Princess Tours
  Anita Nelson
  Princess Tours
• Third Place – The University of Alaska Fairbanks Grapevine
  Carla Browning, Jenn Baker, Jackie Stormer, Scott McCrea, Sharon Burke
  University of Alaska Fairbanks

Aurora Awards: Category 14 – Investor Relations

• First Place – Shareholders: The Next Generation, for the Kuskokwim Corporation
  Maver Carey, Ingrid Parish, Michael Stewart, Greg Lytle, Laurie Fagnani
  MSI Communications

Aurora Awards: Category 15 – Multicultural PR

• First Place – Brand Implementation: “People. Partnership. Potential.” For Cook Inlet Tribal Council
  John Grimes, Amy Hastings, Eric Buhrman, Elias Rojas, Scott Correy, Alexis Roskelley
  Solstice Advertising

Aurora Awards: Category 16 – Integrated Communications

• First Place – Pledge to Live, for Alaska Office of Boating Safety
  Carley Lawrence, Karen King, Colleen Cronin, Jeff Johnson, Joe McCullough
  Nerland Agency
• Second Place – Give 5 Tell 5
  Sandy McClintock, Beth Johnson, Jen Derks, John Conn
  United Way of Anchorage, Walsh Sheppard, Stage 2 Studios
• Third Place – Pick. Click. Give. PFD Charitable Contributions Campaign, for Rasmuson Foundation
  Jordan Marshall, Cassandra Stalzer, Karen King, Kathy Day, Aliza Sherman
  Nerland Agency

Awards of Excellence: Category 1 – Annual Report

• First Place – UA Foundation 2009 Annual Report on Giving, for UA Foundation
  Monique Musick, Kate Ripley, Mary Rutherford
  University of Alaska
• Second Place – “Katinik: Connections” 2009 Annual Report, for Kikiktagruk Inupiat Corporation
  Jessica Bowman, Alexis Roskelley, Nicole Stoops
  Solstice Advertising
• Third Place – Koniag, Inc. Annual Report
  Debbie Lukin, Koniag, Inc.; Mariajose Echeverria, Jason Moore, MSI Communications

Awards of Excellence: Category 2 – Internal Publication

• First place – Alaska Newscache
  David Kennedy and Chris Olinger
  Wells Fargo

Awards of Excellence: Category 3 – External Publication

• First Place – UAF Community & Technical College Course Schedule, for UAF Marketing
  Michelle Renfrew, Darcy Harrod, Amy Bristor
  UAF Community Technical College
• Second Place – Healthy Alaska, for Providence Health & Services Alaska
  Kirsten Schultz & Coffey Communications
  Providence Health & Services, Alaska
• Third Place – Anchorage Native News, for Southcentral Foundation
  Vera Starbard, Jessica Dorrington, Ellie Jackson, Tammy Ashley, Kim Marcucci

Awards of Excellence: Category 4 – Speech Writing

• First Place – Chancellors Convocation 2010
  Scott McCrea and Brian Rogers
  University of Alaska Fairbanks

Awards of Excellence: Category 5 – Advocacy Writing
There were no awards in this category.

Awards of Excellence: Category 6 – Writing Portfolio

• First Place – Writing Portfolio
  Lana Johnson, MSI Communications
• Second Place – Writing Portfolio
  Carly Horton Stuart, MSI Communications

Awards of Excellence: Category 7 – Brochure

• First Place – Koniag, Inc. Brochure, for Koniag, Inc.
  Debbie Lukin, Koniag, Inc.; Mariajose Echeverria, Jason Moore, MSI Communications
• Second Place – UAF Community & Technical College General Brochure, for UAF Marketing
  Michelle Renfrew, Darcy Harrod, Amy Bristor
  UAF Community & Technical College

Awards of Excellence: Category 8 – Direct Mail Solicitation
There were no awards in this category.

Awards of Excellence: Category 9 – Special Printed Promotional Material

• First Place – 2010 Official Guide to Anchorage, for ACVB
  Jeanette Anderson Moores, Lilly Kelly, Sarah Alvarez, Shelly Wozniak
  Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Second Place – 25th Annual Wine & Food Festival, for American Cancer Society
  Jessica Bowman, Eric Buhrman, Alexis Roskelley, Sarah Robinson, Nicki Shinners
  Solstice Advertising
• Third Place – UAF Community & Technical College Human Services Invitation, for Human Services Program
  Darcy Harrod, Michelle Renfrew, Barbara Price
  UAF Community & Technical College

Awards of Excellence: Category 10 – News/Feature Story Release

• First Place – Envelope-free ATMs Arrive in Alaska, for Wells Fargo
  David Kennedy
• Second Place – Film Anchorage Office Opens
  Jack Bonney, Jeanette Anderson Moores
  Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau

Awards of Excellence: Category 11 – News/Feature Story Placement

• First Place – Imagination Library, for the Kuskokwim Corporation
  Maver Carey, Ingrid Parish, Russ Weston
  MSI Communications

Awards of Excellence: Category 12 – News Conference

• First Place – Generations
  Kirsten Schultz, Becky Hultberg, Kathleen Lochmann, Stacy Thurman, Ginger Houghton
  Providence Health & Services Alaska
• Second Place – Evergreen Films, Inc. News Conference, for Evergreen Films
  Jason Moore, Kate Tesar, Evergreen Films
  MSI Communications

Awards of Excellence: Category 13 – Publicity Photo Published in Print Media
There were no awards in this category.

Awards of Excellence: Category 14 – Exhibits & Displays

• Second Place – “Choose Your Own Adventure” Intern Recruitment Exhibit, for Alaska Department of Fish & Game
  Lincoln Garrick, Amy Steele, Eric Buhrman
  Solstice Advertising

Awards of Excellence: Category 15 – Video Material

• First Place (tie) – UAF Community & Technical College Human Services Video, for Human Services Program
  Michelle Renfrew, Darcy Harrod, Barbara Price
  UAF Community & Technical College
• First Place (tie) – ExxonMobil Video, for ExxonMobil
  Bill Brackin, Susan Kattelus, Jason Moore
  MSI Communications
• Third Place – The Time is Now: Port MacKenzie Rail Extension, for Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  Patty Sullivan, Stefan Hinman
  Matanuska-Susitna Borough

Awards of Excellence: Category 16 – Radio Material

• First Place – Medication Disposal PSA
  Ellie Jackson, Vera Starbard
  Southcentral Foundation
• Second Place – “Spellbinding Moments in French Opera,” for Anchorage Opera
  Lincoln Garrick, Alexis Roskelley, Elias Rojas, Torrie Allen, Elizabeth Moran
  Solstice Advertising

Awards of Excellence: Category 17 – Web Site

• First Place – Personal Computer Banking, for Denali Alaskan Federal Credit Union
  Ryan Mudd, Keith Fernandez
  Walsh Sheppard, Denali Alaskan Federal Credit Union
• Second Place (tie) – Alaska Energy Efficiency “Solutions for Alaska” Website, for Alaska Energy Authority
  Elias Rojas, Scott Correy, Alexis Roskelley, Katie Conway
  Solstice Advertising
• Second Place(tie) – KEF Scholarship Management, for Koniag Education Foundation
  Greg Whitworth, Laurie Fagnani, Tyan Hayes, Iluhi Schimetka, Chris Fisch, Laura Galliher
  MSI Communications

Awards of Excellence: Category 18 – Special Electronic Promotional Material

• First Place – Pick. Click. Give. 2010 YouTube Video, for Rasmuson Foundation
  Cassandra Stalzer, Jordan Marshall, Karen King, Kathy Day, Aliza Sherman
  Nerland Agency
• Second Place – Public Notices Moving Online Video & Web Ad, for Mayor’s Office, Municipality of Anchorage
  Sarah Erkmann, Michelle McMillian, Michael Stewart, Grant Johnston, Laurie Fagnani
  MSI Communications