AWARDS


    Larry M Edwards has received numerous awards and peer recognition — including four Best of Show awards and first place in the San Diego Book Awards — for excellence in journalism and literature, as well as contributions to the writing community.

    (When told of the Best-of-Show awards, his mother-in-law inquired, "Was Larry in a dog show?" Yep, that's Larry — won top honors in the Bearded Larrier breed.)

Larry Edwards - Janis Cadwallader
Larry Edwards with his wife, Janis Cadwallader, after taking first place in the San Diego Book Awards for Dare I Call It Murder?: A Memoir of Violent Loss
  • First Place: Best Unpublished Short Story, San Diego Book Awards — for By the Light of the Moon, a story about a moonshiner suspected of murder, 2017
  • Gold Award, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Book Awards — for Murder Survivor's Handbook: Real-Life Stories, Tips & Resources (as editor), 2015
  • Best Published Memoir, San Diego Book Awards — for Dare I Call It Murder?: A Memoir of Violent Loss, 2014
  • The Big Stories: 2000sSan Diego Magazine named "Pop Goes the Bubble" (Sept. 2005) as one of its top 5 stories from the 2000s decade, saying: "Then-business editor Larry M. Edwards saw it coming in 2005, when he called the housing bubble a ticking time bomb in disguise." October 2013
  • First Place: San Diego Book Awards — for unpublished memoir, Dare I Call It Murder?: A Memoir of Violent Loss, 2012
  • Rhoda Ridell Award, San Diego Writers & Editors Guild, 2009
    (for contributions to the organization)
  • Best of Show, Magazines — Series, San Diego Press Club, 2005
    (San Diego Magazine: "Preserving Paradise I, II, III" — team award)
  • First Place, At-Large Reporting — Government Malfeasance, SDPC, 2005
    (San Diego Magazine: "A City in Crisis" — co-author, Rachel Laing)
  • First Place, Magazines — Series, SDPC, 2005
    (San Diego Magazine: "Preserving Paradise I, II, III" — team award)
  • First Place, Business Story or Series, Society of Professional Journalists, 2005
    (San Diego Magazine: "A City in Crisis" — co-author, Rachel Laing)
  • Second Place, At-Large Reporting - Multicultural Coverage, SDPC, 2005
    (San Diego Magazine: "Southeastern Shall Rise Again")
  • Best of Show, Magazine, SDPC, 2004
    (San Diego Magazine: "The City Hall Shell Game")
  • First Place, Public Service/Consumer Advocacy, SDPC, 2004
    (San Diego Magazine: "The City Hall Shell Game")
  • First Place, Investigative Reporting, SDPC, 2004
    (San Diego Magazine: "Bugs in the System")
  • First Place, Science/Tech/Health, SPJ, 2004
    (San Diego Magazine: "The Quest for a Cure")
  • First Place, Business/Real Estate, SPJ, 2004
    (San Diego Magazine: "How Now, Cash Cow?")
  • Headline, Magazine, 2nd place, SPJ, 2004
    (San Diego Magazine: "How Now, Cash Cow?")
  • Business Writing, Magazine, 2nd place, SPJ, 2003
  • Sports Writing, Magazine, 2nd place, SPJ, 2003
  • Sports Writing, Non-Daily Print, 2nd place, SDPC, 2002 Press Club Award Winner
  • Online News Writing, The T Sector, 2nd place, SDPC, 2001
  • Sports Writing, Magazine, 2nd place, SPJ, 2001
  • Group-Produced News Web Site, 3rd place, SPJ, 2001
  • Sports Writing, Magazine, 2nd place, SDPC, 2000
  • Books (Award of Merit), Official Netscape Internet Business Starter Kit, SDPC, 1998
  • Best of Show, Non-Daily Print, SDPC, 1997
  • Best Business/Financial Writing, Non-Daily Print, SDPC, 1997
  • Computer/High Tech, Open Print, 3rd place, SDPC, 1997
  • Best of Show, Non-Daily Newspapers, SDPC, 1994
  • Best Investigative Reporting, Non-Daily Newspapers, SDPC, 1994
  • Best News Story, Non-Daily Newspapers, SDPC, 1994
  • Best Investigative Reporting, Non-Daily Newspapers, SPJ, 1993
  • Best News Story, Single Reporter, Non-Daily Newspapers, SDPC, 1990

Other Awards and Honors

>>>>Marketer of the Month and Marketer of the Year (AMY) awards from the American Marketing Association (San Diego Chapter) for the marketing program established for America's Cup On Line (as a partner in Events On Line) — 1995.

>>>> America's Cup On Line received several honors and peer recognition:

    Best of the Net
  • Finalist in Best of the Net competition sponsored by GNN, 1995
  • Magellan 3-Star Award (Photo section)
  • Cool Site of the Day, January 10, 1995
  • Spider Pick of the Week, 1995
  • Nominated as Best Educational Web Site, 1995

>>>> The Sailing Site — recoginized as one of the top e-zines for 1995/96:

  • Named to Best 1001 Best 1001 Web sites by PC Computing magazine
  • Named to Best 500 Web sites by I-Way magazine




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