Advancing the Profession and the Professional

Awards

Practitioner of the Year	Chapter Service Award
Lifetime Achievement Award	PRSA College of Fellows
Outstanding West Virginian	Crystal Award Archive

The East Central District of PRSA is recognizing shining examples of public relations campaigns and tactics through its 31st annual awards competition. The Diamond Awards competition is open to any public relations professional, including members of the 15 chapters in the East Central District or any nonmember whose place of business is within the district boundaries. The 2008 competition is proudly hosted by the West Virginia Chapter of PRSA. Thanks to to our corporate sponsors: Columbia Gas Transmission and BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Company.

You will be receiving a printed copy of the call for entries in mid-August, but if you want to get a head start on making the September 26 deadline (or the September 19 Early Bird deadline), visit www.ecd-prsa.org/events/diamon.html and be sure to click on the pdf version of the call for entries.

2008 Crystal Award Call for Entries - DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 22
PDF Format - Word Format

Awards serve as public recognition by your peers of the high caliber of your work. The PRSA-WV Chapter Crystal Awards showcase the best program components and overall public relations campaigns conducted in West Virginia each year.

The awards themselves are crystal arcs that reflect the long tradition of glass-making in the Mountain State. Etched with the category and winner's name, Crystal Awards reflect your professional achievements for all to see.

To see all case studies and highlights of past Crystal Awards winners, please click on the specific year above for 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.

For more information on entering the East Central District's Diamond Awards, please see the ECD page.

Practitioner of the Year
2008 C. Bryan Brown
2007 Lisa Wharton Turner
2006 Linda Arnold
2005 John Womack, CAE
2004 Joe Stevens
2003 Helen Matheny, APR
2002 Joe Gollehon, APR
2001 Virginia Painter
2000 Karen Mess Frashier, APR
1999 Penney A. Hall, APR
1998 Jeri H. Matheney, APR
1997 Diane Slaughter, APR, CAE
1996 Joe Long, APR
1994 Harry Mitchell
1993 Brent Archer
1992 Communications Staff, Columbia Gas Transmission
1991 Cathryn Gibbs Harris, APR, Fellow PRSA
1990 John W. Wiater, APR, Fellow PRSA
1989 Dan Lacy
1988 Caryn Gresham
1987 Cathryn Gibbs Harris, APR, Fellow PRSA
1986 Ann Green
1985 H. William Chaddock, APR
1984 Roberta Fowlkes, APR
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Chapter Service Award
2008 Bethany Ross and Jennifer Vieweg
2007 Dr. Tee Ford-Ahmed
2006 Brian Peterson
2005 Tammy Harper Wheeler
2004 John Womack, CAE
2003 Jennifer Reynolds
2002 Todd Beane
2001 John Golden, APR
2000 Joe B. Long, APR
1999 Dolores A. Kinder, APR and Virginia R. Painter
1998 Karen Mess Frashier, APR
1997 Chuck Rice
1996 Penney Hall, APR
1995 Ginny Painter and Robin Long
1994 Chuck Rice
1992 Diane Slaughter, APR
1991 Roberta Fowlkes, APR
1990 Cathryn Gibbs Harris, APR, Fellow PRSA
1988 F. David Cotten, APR, Fellow PRSA
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Lifetime Achievement Award
2000 Ann Green
1998 F. David Cotten, APR, Fellow PRSA
1996 Thad Epps
1995 Charles E. Ryan, APR
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PRSA College of Fellows
2006 Diane Slaughter, CAE, APR, Fellow PRSA
1998 John W. Wiater, APR, Fellow PRSA
1997 Cathryn Gibbs Harris, APR, Fellow PRSA
1990 F. David Cotten, APR, Fellow PRSA
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Outstanding West Virginian
2007 Dr. H. Keith Spears
2006 Andy Milovich
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