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Best of the Year
The publications and newsletters that won a GDUSA award in 2020, each with the firm and the designers credited.
90 award-winning projects
A member magazine is the one piece an association ships on a schedule, and for many organizations it is the main reason the dues get paid. The designer builds a grid and a hierarchy that an editorial team will stress every issue, then sets a cover formula that has to stay fresh for years. The winners here are readable on page one and recognizable on issue fifty. The American Bar Association's design group has won 63 times with publications no other team in the category approaches, and the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV took a full page for its summer 2025 magazine. The best publication designers in the awards are on this page. Open any issue to page through it and learn what makes it hold up.
Best Publications & Newsletters firms of 2020, by award wins →

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University of Massachusetts Boston

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Fordham Law School Communications Office

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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society/LLS Creative Services

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Aegis Dental Network

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Best Version Media

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Waltz Creative

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The Japanese Art Society of America (JASA)

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American Bar Association/ABA Creative Group

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Farm Progress

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Tarrant County College District/Graphic Services

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NCTM Creative Services

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Objectively P.B.C.

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American Veterinary Medical Association

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National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA)

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National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA)

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National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA)


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The Heritage Foundation

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AARP Publications

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AARP Publications

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EwingCole

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ACS Publications/CreativeLab

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Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)

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I-CAR

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American Health Law Association

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Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)


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Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

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Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

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American Bar Association/ABA Creative Group

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Campbell Symons Design

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MathWorks

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Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)

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NECA Creative Services

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Bottomline Technologies Creative Team

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Bottomline Technologies Creative Team


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Bottomline Technologies Creative Team

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Joseph Caserto Art Direction + Design

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Joseph Caserto Art Direction + Design

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American Bar Association/ABA Creative Group

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National Association of REALTORS

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Parsons’ Core Creative

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American Pharmacists Association

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Lisa Cain Design, LLC

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Entrepreneur Platform Magazine

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Alison Caron Design

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Babson College

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Outdoor Sportsman Group/Fly Fisherman Magazine
