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Magazine Feature Writing: Sun Valley Magazine – “Memories of Minidoka”

Patti — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:00:56 +0000

1st Place Winner, 2009 Idaho Press Club Award of Excellence in the category Magazine Writing – Serious Feature

Winner, Excellence Award, Capital City Communicators 2009 IMPACT Awards in the category Feature Writing

Winner, Top 50 Magazine Feature Articles, 79th Annual Writer’s Digest International Writing Competition.

“Memories Of Minidoka” is the story about Minidoka, Idaho’s WWII Japanese internment camp, and the people who were forced to live there more than six decades ago.

Magazine Feature Writing: Basque Cuisine in Idaho

Patti — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:55:08 +0000

Southwest Idaho has the largest per capita population of Basques, outside of the Basque country and lucky for the rest of us, they brought with them their music, their dance, and their delicious cuisine. This article takes a look at the history of how Basque food arrived in Idaho and how it has thrived over the past century.

http://www.sunvalleymag.com/Sun-Valley-Magazine/Summer-2010/Idaho-rsquos-Basque-Tables/

Magazine Feature Writing: Sun Valley Home & Garden Magazine – “The Elegant Barn”

Patti — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:50:41 +0000

“The Elegant Barn” celebrates the beautiful partnerships – and friendships – formed during the design and construction of an unusual Sun Valley home. (Click photo to go to story).

Magazine Feature Writing: Sun Valley Magazine – “Saving the Birds of Prey”

Patti — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:45:54 +0000

“SAVING THE BIRDS OF PREY” takes a look at the history of the Peregrine Fund headquartered at the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise Idaho and how the organization’s research has saved scores of near extinct bird species throughout the world. (Please click on photo to go to article).

Magazine Feature Writing: Sun Valley Home & Garden Magazine – “Characteristic Lines, Uncharacteristic Results”

Patti — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:40:05 +0000

“Characteristic Lines, Uncharacteristic Results” is about the unusual pairing of materials used to create this lovely home in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Agency News: Patti Murphy wins IMPACT Excellence Award for feature writing

Patti — Mon, 24 May 2010 21:47:58 +0000

My feature article, “Memories of Minidoka,” which I wrote for Sun Valley Magazine (www.sunvalleymag.com/Sun-Valley-Magazine/Winter-2010/Memories-of-Minidoka/), received the Excellence Award from Capital City Communicators in the 2010 IMPACT competition. The article chronicled the weekend that several Japanese Americans returned to the Minidoka Internment Camp, where they had been imprisoned during World War II. It told the story of their feelings and memories at returning to the camp and how old and new friendships were kindled.

The IMPACT (Idaho Marketing, PR and Communications Talent) Awards recognize the top work of Idaho’s communicators in a variety of categories, ranging from public relations and marketing, to websites and video scripts. “Minidoka” received the highest award in the Feature Writing category.

Agency News: Patti Murphy’s writing wins first place award from Idaho Press Club

Patti — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:58:07 +0000

It was an honor to hear my name called out as first place winner in magazine writing, serious feature category at the 2009 Idaho Press Club Awards. One reason I was so pleased was because I received the award for my story, “Memories of Minidoka – Revisiting Idaho’s Japanese Interment Camp,” which I had written for Sun Valley Magazine (you can read it online at www.sunvalleymag.com/Sun-Valley-Magazine/Winter-2010/Memories-of-Minidoka/). For me, writing that story was an amazing experience. I spent a whole weekend with many of the Japanese-Americans who had been interned at the Minidoka Camp during WWI. Many of them were in their 70s and 80s. Together we went on a pilgrimage back to the historical site of the former camp, where they recalled memories of living behind barbed wire and guards with machine guns, how they were forced to live in near squalor, how their families lost everything they owned, and how they had long ago forgiven those who had wrongly imprisoned them. The pilgrimage is organized every summer by the Friends of Minidoka (www.minidoka.org). It was a moving, emotional and important experience and for anyone interested in this part of history, I would encourage you to be a part of this summer’s pilgrimage, June 25-27.

This was the seventh Idaho Press Club Award I have won over the past few years. All of them mean a lot, as they acknowledge the quality of my work. But for me, seeing the story of Minidoka recognized was very special.

Murphy’s writing featured in national award-winning magazine

Patti — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:07:20 +0000

The Summer/Fall 2008 issue of Sun Valley Magazine (which included two of Patti Murphy’s articles on the sport of falconry and on the Peregrine Fund) has won the 2009 Maggie Award for best Semi-Annual Consumer Magazine! The Maggie Awards are the most prestigious national publishing awards in the Western United States (presented by the Western Publications Association), considered the “Oscars of the magazine publishing industry.” Sun Valley Magazine is in good company, as other winners have included Shape, Sunset, Arizona Highways, Western Interiors and Design, Backpacker, Yoga Journal, Sierra, Mother Jones, and San Francisco Bay Guardian.

And this same issue was also the proud recipient of a 2008 Ozzie Award for “Best Use of Photography” and a 2008 Eddie Award for Best Editorial Content (including Murphy’s two feature stories). The incredibly prestigious Ozzie and Eddie awards are open to all nationally-distributed magazines and are given in recognition of excellence in magazine design (the Ozzie) and editorial content (the Eddie). It is the largest national competition for magazines, and we are proud to have been able to contribute to this wonderful honor.

For the love of birds

Patti — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:13:25 +0000

The Summer issue of Sun Valley Magazine focuses on the beauty and mystery of birds of prey. From what the editor tells me, they had been trying to pull this issue together for more than three years, but had not been able to because they had no one to write the anchor stories. Honestly, I have always been fascinated by birds, so this was a perfect assignment for me. Getting a chance to go behind-the-scenes at the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, learning about the international work of the Peregrine Fund and observing and writing about the sport of falconry, was a bird lover’s dream.

Agency News: The Elegant Barn of Sun Valley

Patti — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:02:54 +0000

I’ve been doing a bit of writing for Sun Valley Magazine, a gorgeous, premier publication. Recently, I had the opportunity to visit and write about a stunning home in Sun Valley, Idaho, that is nicknamed “The Elegant Barn,” for its Vermont barn sort of style, which is quite unusual for the area. The architects, Arbonies King Vlock, from Connecticut, are incredibly creative and very client-centered. It was a pleasure working with them on the story as well as their newly revamped website, for which they asked me to do some copywriting. Check out the beautiful photos of their architectural designs.