Congratulations, 2005 IABC Bronze Quill event award winners:

EXCEL (Excellence in Communication Leadership) Award of Merit:

• Tene Wells of WomenVenture

Awards of Excellence:

• Protein Design Labs with Tracy Carlson of Padilla Speer Beardsley (PSB), Vision Takes Form-Protein Design Labs Grand Opening, Special Events: Private

• University of Minnesota Alumni Assoc. with Kristen Heinmets of PSB, U of M Alumni Association's 100th Anniversary, Media Relations: Not-for-profit

• The Saint Paul Festival and Heritage Foundation with Tracy Carlson of PSB, A Legacy in Ice: The 2004 Ice Palace, Media Relations: Not-for-profit

• SUPERVALU with Nissa French of PSB, Generating Excitement: Launching the SVHarbor Web Portal, Multi-Audience Comm: Private

• Barbara Farland, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Behind the Scenes, Employee/Member Comm: Not-for-profit

• Jennifer Cresap, Wells Fargo Retirement Solutions, Fiskars Brands Transition to Wells Fargo, Benefits Communication: Private

• Protein Design Labs with Sandra Swanson, APR of PSB, Vision Takes Form, Media Relations: Private

• Minneapolis Downtown Council with Kristin Heinmets of PSB, The 2003 TCF Holidazzle Parades, Special Events: Not-for-profit

• The Saint Paul Festival and Heritage Foundation with Tracy Carlson of PSB, A Legacy in Ice: The 2004 Ice Palace, Special Events: Not-for-profit

• United Defense and Michael Teegardin of Weber Shandwick, Leaving the "Write" Impression, Electronic and Digital, Comm: One-time program

• Tracy Dann of LaBreche Murray Public Relations and New Horizon Child Care, Let Pawlenty Lead, Writing: Editorials

• HealthPartners & David Aquilina, HealthPartners Pays Physicians for Quality Care, Writing: Interpretive/Expository Articles

• Protein Design Labs with Tracy Carlson of PSB, Vision Takes Form, Writing: News releases

Awards of Merit:

• BASF with Megan Fairchild-Anderson of PSB, Western Wildfire Coalition Formation, Community Relations: Private

• Hedberg Landscape with Sarah Stakston of PSB, 2004 Twin Cities Parade of Ponds, Media Relations: Private

• Sara Cziok of LaBreche Murray Public Relations and Lawn-Boy, Inc., Zen and the Art of Lawn Mowing, Media Relations: Private

• Minneapolis Downtown Council with Kristen Heinmets of PSB, The 2003 TCF Holidazzle Parades, Media Relations: Not-for-profit

• Misty Ladner, Park Nicollet Health Services, Park Nicollet Heart Scan, Multi-Audience Comm: Not-for-profit

• General Mills with Elizabeth Hanlin of PSB, Reduced Sugar Cereals are for Kids, Silly!, Marketing Communication: Public

• Sue Krause and Sheri Grone, Lockheed Martin Internal Communications Team, MS2 2004 Integrated Internal, Communications Plan, Employee/Member Comm: Private

• Samantha Hetzel, Thomson West, "Because We Care" Employee Giving Campaign, Employee/Member Comm: Private

• Jeff Martin, General Mills, Corporate Social Responsibility Report, Electronic and Digital Comm: Electronic annual reports

• Barbara Farland, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Virtual Hall of Fame, Electronic & Digital Comm: Internet Sites

• Samantha Hetzel, Thomson Legal & Regulatory, My THOMSON Site, Electronic and Digital Comm: Intranet sites

• Lisa Stulc, LaBreche Murray Public Relations, 3M Fire Barrier Water Tight Webcast, Electronic and Digital Comm: One-time program

• Samantha Hetzel, Thomson West, A Robot in Your Radio, Audiovisual: Audio-only programs

• Mark Steinke, Wells Fargo Institutional Trust Services, Level 3 Diversification Presentation, Audiovisual: Slide-and-sound programs

• Barbara K. Mednick, BKM Consulting, Star Tribune JOBS articles, Writing: Recurring Features or Columns

• BASF Professional Vegetation Management with Megan Fairchild-Anderson of PSB, Barbarians at the Gate: New Tactics-Ongoing Battle, Writing: Other features

• BASF with Ayme Zemke of PSB and Winnercomm, "Striking a Balance" Arbor Age Byline, Writing: Other features

• Jeff Martin, General Mills, Online Feature Articles, Writing: Writing for online distribution

• BASF Professional Vegetation Management with Megan Fairchild-Anderson of PSB, TimberLines - We're Talking Trees, Publications: Four-color

• BASF with Ayme Zemke of PSB and Winnercomm, Latitude 2004, Publications: Four-color

• Sue Krause and Sheri Grone, Lockheed Martin, MS2 Momentum, Publications: Magapapers/tabloids

• Chris Schermer, Schermer Kuehl, Make History or Be History, Publications: Annual Reports

• Samantha Hetzel, Thomson Legal & Regulatory, Inside Thomson, Publication Design: Magapapers/tabloids

• Sue Krause and Sheri Grone, Lockheed Martin, MS2 Momentum, Publication Design: Magapapers/tabloids