Washington CEO Magazine received a gold and two silver awards in the 2008 Editorial Excellence Awards competition run by the Alliance of Area Business Publications.

Washington CEO was named the second-best U.S. regional business magazine by a panel of judges from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

Aaron Corvin, Washington CEO senior writer, won the first-place Gold Award in feature writing for his December 2007 story, "Downtown: Everybody Wants One," which covered Washington cities transforming their downtowns to build identity and attract younger workers.

The magazine also won a Silver Award in the category for best use of photography and illustrations.

Judges cited the work of art director Linda Maas and assistant art director Miranda Wumkes. Judges called Washington CEO "a marvelous publication from cover to cover."

"The predictable stories that every business publication must run are refreshingly played with innovative visuals and savvy writing," the judges wrote. "The covers are hard hitting and entice readers inside."