The Evangelical Press Association (EPA) is the world’s largest professional organization of Christian print and digital publications. The EPA Awards honor the best work done in specific categories during the 2019 calendar year.

PEER

PEER MAGAZINE, now in its second year, is the Army’s groundbreaking magazine for Gen Z. It received the EPA’s prestigious Award of Excellence in the Youth and Most Improved categories, and Higher Goals awards—1st Place for Publication Design, 4^th place for Website Design, along with 4 more awards. 

Awards of Excellence

• Youth (Print), Peer
• Most Improved (Print), Peer

Higher Goals

• Original Art: Traditional– 5^th Place, Envy by Renaud Vigourt
• Publication Design– 1^st Place, Peer
• Publication Redesign– 2^nd Place, Peer
• Two-Page Spread Design– 3^rd Place, Pretend Happiness–Max-o-matic
• Website Design– 4^th Place, Peer
• Student Writer of the Year– 2^nd Place, Not the Same Old, Same Old by Jaquelle Crowe

WAR CRY

War Cry, in print for 140 consecutive years, was sited in three Higher Goals categories, including its Frontlines department, a feature on its Pathway of Hope program by Michael Smith, and Jeff McDonald’s interview with author Amy Hollingsworth on “The Simple Faith of Mr. Rogers.” 

Higher Goals

• Department– 5^th Place, Frontlines
• Feature Article– 5^th place, Hope Realized by Michael Smith
• Interview Article– 2^nd place, Expert Witness: The Simple Faith of Mr. Rogers by Jeff McDonald

SACONNECTS

The Eastern Territory’s SAConnects received an Award of Merit in the Higher Goals denominational category, 1^st Place in the Front Cover category, and recognition in the Cause of the Year: Biblical Literacy, single theme issue and photo feature categories. 

Awards of Excellence

• Denominational (Print)– Awards of Merit, SAConnects

Higher Goals

• Cause of the Year Article– 3^rd Place, Biblical Literacy
• Cover– 1^st Place, SAConnects
• Evangelism Article– 4^th Place, What is Evangelism Today?
• Photo feature– 5^th place, A New Day
• Single theme section or issue– 5^th place, Out of the Darkness

New Frontier Chronicle

The Western Territory’s New Frontier Chronicle received Higher Goals recognition in the First Person and Reporting categories.

Higher Goals

• First person article– 2^nd place, It’s Time To Go Back In by Erink Wikle
• Reporting– 3^rd place, What Does the Retail Apocalypse Mean for Red Kettles? By Jared McKiernan