Duluth, Minnesota - November 9, 1999

Lake Superior Magazine tapped into some precious metals at the recent Minnesota Magazine & Publications Association annual excellence awards in Minneapolis.

Lake Superior Magazine,published in Duluth, earned six awards: Gold honors for Best Internet Site, Best Media Kit and Best Feature Article; Silver for Best Use of Visuals and for Best Feature Article and Bronze for Best Regular Column or Department.

The magazine, which entered in the category of general interest magazine with a circulation under 50,000, got the top honor awards for its Internet site at www.lakesuperior.com and for its map of Lake Superior, the only map with highway and road information around the entire lake, including the three U.S. states of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and the Canadian province of Ontario. In the Feature Article category, the magazine won top honors for its light-hearted "20 Conceptions and Misconceptions of Lake Superior" and took a second place for its "State of the Lake" feature focusing on sustainable development along the lakeshore. It earned another second-place award for the use of maps, photos and illustrations in the annual Travel Guide to Lake Superior. A third-place award was given to the magazine's regular news section, called "Around the Circle."

Minnesota Magazine & Publications Association, based in Minneapolis, serves state publications and those who do business with publications. It received 576 total submissions for its Third Annual Excellence Awards.

Lake Superior Magazineis a full-color publication issued six times a year. The magazine, which also publishes the annual Lake Superior Travel Guide,is available by subscription, at newsstands and from the publisher's office at 325 Lake Avenue South, Suite 600, Duluth, Minnesota 55802. For more information, call 888-BIG LAKE (244-5253). On the web, it can be found at www.lakesuperior.com