The National Association of Government Communicators (NAGC) recognized Amber Waves as the best national magazine published by a Federal, State, or local government entity at an awards banquet in May. NAGC sponsors an annual competition, the Blue Pencil (print) and Gold Screen (electronic) Awards, recognizing excellence in written, filmed, audio/videotaped, published, and photographed government information products.

The competitors come from all over the country and all levels of government. Our primary competition in the national magazine category was Humanities, a magazine published by the National Endowment for the Humanities. In a tough competition judged by experts in the communications field, we at ERS are proud to have received a first place award in our first year of publication.