Ward’s Nets Four Editorial Awards From ASBPE

Ward’s Automotive Group lands three national awards and one regional award in this year’s American Society of Business Press Editors editorial excellence competition.

WardsAuto.com took a first place national award in the Members-Only/Subscribers-Only Website category, securing the ASBPE’s Gold prize for the second-straight year.

Ward’s Dealer Business magazine won a Gold national award in the Regular Staff-Written Column, as Editor Steve Finlay was cited for a pair of commentaries: “Brand Loyalists Are Rare Breed” that appeared in the July 2007 issue and “The Alan Mulally Book Club” published in the December 2007 issue.

Ward’s Dealer Business also won a Silver regional award for an editorial category for two Finlay columns:”Who Deserves Credit?” (January 2007) and “Ford Dealers a Loyal Bunch” (March 2007).

Ward’s AutoWorld won a national Silver award in the Editorial/Editor’s Letter/editorial category for “The Big Lie,” a commentary from Editor Drew Winter that ran in the July 2007 issue.

Founded in 1964, the ASBPE is a professional association for full-time and freelance editors and writers employed in the business, trade and specialty press. Its annual awards competition attracts more than 1,000 entries.