Paste Magazine Takes Top Honors at 2008 Gamma Awards

Paste Wins Second Consecutive Grand GAMMA Award, 5 Gold Awards, 2 Silver Awards, 2 Bronze Awards 

Decatur, GA (May 8, 2008) - Paste magazine took home top honors for the second consecutive year, “The Grand GAMMA Award,” along with nine other awards, at the 19th Annual GAMMA Awards.  The GAMMA Awards are put on by MAGS, the Magazine Association of the Southeast, to recognize excellence in magazines based in the region.  Paste’s impressive showing at the GAMMA Awards comes on the heels of their 3rd consecutive PLUG Award win for “Magazine of the Year,” their Eddie Award for “Best Entertainment Magazine” and their recent nomination for a National Magazine Award.

“We are both thrilled and humbled that our colleagues at MAGS have bestowed upon us such a broad range of honors,” said Paste Editor-In-Chief Josh Jackson.  “From our content and design to our expanded offerings on the web, we’ve been working hard in many areas to make Paste even better.  To be recognized in all of these areas only fuels our passion to keep going.”

Paste’s honors at the 2008 GAMMAs include:

• Grand GAMMA Award - Magazine of the Year
• Gold - Best Website
• Gold - Best Cover (Modest Mouse)
• Gold - Best Feature (Trumpet Child)
• Gold - Best Single Issue (Can Rock Save the World?)
• Gold - General Excellence
• Silver - Best Series (Can Rock Save the World?)
• Silver - Best Essay (Can Rock Save the World? - Josh Jackson and Tim Regan-Porter)
• Bronze - Best Essay (Bob Dylan - Andy Whitman)
• Bronze - Best Feature (Greg Graffin - Steve Olson)
• Honorary Mention - Best Feature (Lori McKenna - Josh Jackson)