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On Course Editor Amber Weigand-Buckley with the two Awards of Excellence On Course magazine received from the Evangelical Press Association.

On Course, the Assemblies of God magazine for teens, claimed a rare double at the 2012 Evangelical Press Association (EPA) annual convention, held May 9-11 in Colorado Springs. The magazine won its first-ever - and its second-ever - Award of Excellence, the EPA's highest award, for both its print and digital versions.

According to Amber Weigand-Buckley, editor of On Course, the magazine not only won the Youth print Award of Excellence, but received a rare perfect score from the judge, with a mark of exceptional in every area.

"It is such a tremendous honor and blessing to be a part of touching the lives of more than 160,000 students with each issue, sharing relevant truth that they can process the Word of God through everyday life," Weigand-Buckley says. "Through On Course, students meet a God who is real, cares about them and the hard things they're going through. Moreover, the magazine challenges kids to do the hard things, to take up the call to the campus, to their homes, to their communities and to the world for such a time as this!"

Weigand-Buckley, who has served on the staff of On Course for 15 years, says the magazine has won Awards of Merit (a runner-up to an Award of Excellence) five times in the past, but never the top spot.

Other AG periodicals were also honored with awards during the EPA convention.

The Pentecostal Evangel received an Award of Merit for Denominational category and three Higher Goals Awards, which recognize outstanding achievement in 36 different categories. The Evangel received awards in Evangelism Article, Personality Article and Cover categories.

The Enrichment journal, the magazine for AG ministers, also claimed three Higher Goals Awards, winning awards in the Critical Review, Cartoon and Original Art: Digital/Mixed Media categories

The EPA is a professional association for the Christian periodical publishing industry, providing training, networking, recognition and more for its members. EPA members produce some 300 periodical titles. The 2012 EPA awards are based on publications produced in 2011.

For more information about the EPA as well as the EPA 2012 Awards of Excellence, Awards of Merit and Higher Goals Awards, see its website. For more information about On Course magazine, see oncourse.ag.org.