2015 Award Winners
Congratulations to this year’s CJA Award Winners!
Joshua Anderson, CJA Awards Committee Chairman & Chief Judge, has provided the following list of awards for the 2015 competition for best chess journalism, as announced at the annual CJA meeting on 7 August 2015.
Prize List for 2015 CJA Awards
TOP FIVE:
Chess Journalist of the Year — Winner: Mike Klein , nominated by U. S. Chess Federation
Best Story of the Year — Winner: Reconnecting with Caissa by GM James Tarjan – January 2015 Chess Life, Submitted by Chess Life
Best Chess Column — Winner: The Practical Endgame by GM Daniel Narditsky – Chess Life
(Honorable Mention — Novice Nook by NM Daniel Heisman – ChessCafe.com)
Best State Magazine/Newsletter — Winner: Northwest Chess, editor: Jeffrey Roland, Submitted by Eric Holcomb
Best Book (paper-printed only) — Winner: Liquidation on the Chess Board by GM Joel Benjamin – New In Chess
(Honorable Mention — The Classical Era of Modern Chess by Peter J. Monté – McFarland & Company, Inc.)
VISUAL ARTS:
Best Chess Magazine/Newsletter Layout — Winner: Chess Life, August 2014, edited by Daniel Lucas,
Senior Art Director Frankie Butler, Submitted by USCF
(Honorable Mention — Chess Life, November 2014, edited by Daniel Lucas,
Senior Art Director Frankie Butler, Submitted by USCF)
Best Chess Photojournalism — Winner: November 2014 Cover of Chess Life, photos by Austin Fuller, Submitted by USCF
(Honorable Mention — December 2014 Cover of NorthWest Chess – Adam Porth, photographer & NorthWest Chess)
Best Chess Art — Winner: Square One, December 2014 Cover of Chess Life – Keith Halonen
(Honorable Mention — “Chess and the Blackfeet Nation”, March 2015 Cover of Chess Life – Sue Todd)
NEWSPAPER MEDIA:
Best Regular Newspaper Column — Winner: A Knight’s Tour by Bill Cornwall
Best Regular Newspaper Article of Local Interest — Winner: Gareyev Repeats at American by Bill Cornwall
The following categories are open to journalist and publications both in print and those found online.
NEWS or FEATURES:
Best Tournament Report Article — Winner: Fire and Ice by Mike Klein, November 2014 Chess Life
(Honorable Mention — Stop Me if You’ve Heard This Before by Mike Klein, August 2014 Chess Life)
Best Features Article — Winner: Reconnecting with Caissa by GM James Tarjan – January 2015 Chess Life
(Honorable Mention — How to Catch a Chess Cheater by Howard Goldowsky – June 2014 Chess Life)
Best Instructive Lesson — Winner: The Browne Endgame by IM Danny Kopec and Daniel Kostovetsky – June 2014 Chess Life
Best Review — Winner: Unwrapping the Enigma by John Hartmann – January 2015 Chess Life
Best Humorous Contribution — Winner: He is Virtually Unbeatable as Black by Colin Patterson – March 2015 Chess Life
Best Historical Article — Winner: Our Diamond Anniversary by Al Lawrence – September 2014 Chess Life
(Honorable Mention — The Match That Wasn’t by Neil Brennen- July 2014 Chess Life)
Best Analysis — Winner: July Madness by GM Ilya Smirin – September 2014 Chess Life
The following categories are open only to online journalist and their websites.
ELECTRONIC MEDIA:
Best [USCF] State Chapter Website — Winner: www.chessmaine.net, Submitted by Daniel DeLuca
Best Chess Blog — Winner: Chess Book Reviews by John Hartmann