“More fun, fewer crowds and for less money? Sounds like everybody wins.”

That line concludes the article by the New York Times about naming Las Vegas the “Frugal Destination of the Year.”

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Nevada Magazine featured an award-winning Burning Man photo gallery in its July/August 2007 issue.Nevada Magazine has earned its third and fourth awards of 2008. The publication was honored with two Gold awards in the 28th annual International Regional Magazine Association contest. Nevada’s official state tourism magazine won the Most Improved Magazine and Photographic Series categories.

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Nevada Magazine’s Web site, NevadaMagazine.com, has won its second prestigious award of 2008. Recently, the Web site was given a Grand Award in the 20th annual APEX Awards for Publication Excellence.

Of the close to 4,500 entries, only 120 received Grand Awards, the highest recognition APEX judges can present.

Here’s a short description of the competition from the APEX Web site:

APEX 2008 awards were based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content and the success of the entry — in the opinion of the judges — in achieving overall communications effectiveness and excellence.

Go here for a complete list of Grand Award winners and judges’ comments about Nevada Magazine.

Earlier this year, NevadaMagazine.com earned first place in the 2008 National Headliner Awards, one of the oldest...

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Nevada Magazine editor Matthew B. Brown holds up the 2008 National Headliner Awards program at the Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel on May 17. Photo by Jarrod LopiccoloI have to admit “award-winning Nevada Magazine” has a nice ring to it — OK, award-winning NevadaMagazine.com to be exact. Recently I had the pleasure of traveling to Atlantic City to accept our company’s first-place prize at the 2008 National Headliner Awards banquet. We took top honors in the Magazine Affiliated Online Journalism category, beating out CNNMoney.com and Newsweek.com, which took second and third, respectively. Jarrod Lopiccolo, business director for Noble Studios in Carson City, accompanied me on the trip. Jarrod and his team (a big compliment to Roy Lindauer) helped us redesign our site last summer, and I figured the...

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Nevada Magazine, who “for more than 70 years has been telling the Silver State’s story” took home first place in the National Headliner Awards, Online Magazine Division. To top it off, they beat CNN Money and Newsweek. Hooah!

We here at Traveling Nevada are big fans of Nevada Magazine. In fact, three of our contributors are Nevada Magazine staffers. Joyce Hollister, Publisher; Matthew B. Brown, Editor; and Charlie Johnston, Associate Editor are all regulars on Traveling Nevada.

We want to be the first to congratulate Nevada Magazine for the work they put in, both here and on their own site. Great job, everyone.

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