For Immediate Release

Edutopia Wins Three Maggie Awards

Official magazine of The George Lucas Educational Foundation collects
multiple honors from the prestigious Western Publications Association

New York, NY (May 3, 2006) -- Edutopia, a magazine about progressive education published by The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF), added three Maggie awards to its mantle at the Western Publications Association's annual trade association event. Winners were announced at an awards banquet in Los Angeles in April.

At this year's 55th Annual Maggie Awards, Edutopia won:

  • Best Cover/Consumer for the July 2005 issue, "What Works."
  • Best Special Interest/Consumer for the October 2005 issue, "The iKid."
  • Best Single Editorial Illustration/Consumer for the November 2005 feature "Clowning Around."

Since launching in 2004, Edutopia has already won five Maggies, including last year's awards for Best New Consumer Magazine and Best Consumer Media Kit.

"We are proud to have been singled out from the over 2,000 entries that were received this year," said publisher Kate Rodler. "Education is something that impacts everybody -- from students to parents to businesses. These awards reinforce our goal of bringing the new world of learning to a wider audience."

This year's Maggie competition was flooded with entries from magazines published or distributed solely west of the Mississippi River. The Western Publications Association is a non-profit trade association working to advance the business of print and online magazines in the western United States. For more than a century, it has represented magazine publishers and businesses within the publishing industry.

Designed for educators, policy makers, parents and those determined to transform education, Edutopia profiles the heroes and villains of education reform, features cutting-edge schools, and regularly reports on innovations in science, art and technology. Now in its second year of publication, Edutopia will publish eight issues and reach a readership of 110,000 decision makers in education, ranging from teachers and principals to superintendents, policymakers, and business leaders.

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About Edutopia:

Edutopia, the official magazine of The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF), launched in 2004 as part of a mission to reinvent schools for the twenty-first century. Founded in 1991 by filmmaker George Lucas, GLEF is a non-profit organization that chronicles and advocates innovative practices in education. In addition to publishing Edutopia, it produces documentaries and publishes books, DVDs, and CD-ROMs. To find out more about Edutopia magazine and GLEF's resources, visit us at www.Edutopia.org.