KRNL L+F has been nationally awarded and nominated over the years, for both the magazine as a whole and individual designs, photos, stories and multimedia.
KRNL 2024 AWARDS
Pinnacle Organizational Awards
Third Place: Feature Magazine of the Year
Pinnacle Design Awards
First Place: Best Magazine News Spread
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Third Place: Best Magazine Sports Spread
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Honorable Mention: Best Magazine Cover
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Honorable Mention: Best Magazine Feature Spread
Individual Pinnacle
Awards
First Place: Best Portrait, Lily Foster
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Second Place: Best Sports Feature Photo, Sydney Turner
Organizational Best of Show
Third Place: Best Feature Magazine (Spring 2024 Issue)
Individual Best of Show
Second Place: Best Environmental Portrait, Sydney Turner
Best of the South
First Place: Best Magazine, KRNL Lifestyle + Fashion Spring 2023 Issue
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First Place: Best Feature Writer, Reaghan Chen
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Second Place: Best Magazine Writer, Carlee Hogsten
KRNL 2023 AWARDS
Pinnacle Organizational Awards
First Place: Feature Magazine of the Year
Pinnacle Design Awards
First Place: Best Magazine News Spread
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Third Place: Best Magazine Sports Spread
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Honorable Mention: Best Magazine Cover
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Honorable Mention: Best Magazine Feature Spread
Individual Pinnacle Reporting
Awards
First Place: Best Profile, Rana Alsoufi ("Lonnie Ali's Legacy of Love")
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Second Place: Best Feature, Emma Reilly ("Unexpectedly Cool")
Individual Pacemaker Awards
Honorable Mention: Feature Photo of the Year, Carter Skaggs (Red River Gorge)
ACP Best of Show
Second Place: Feature Magazine
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Second Place: Advertisement, Bree Cox (Inside UK)
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Sixth Place: Magazine Design, (Lonnie Ali's Legacy of Love)
Apple Awards
Second Place: Best Feature Website
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Honorable Mention: Best Magazine
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Second Place: Best Magazine Cover, Fall 2023 Issue
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First Place: Best Newsletter, Kaci McCarthy
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Second Place: Best Single Media Ad, Bree Cox (Inside UK)
Southeast Journalism Conference:
2023 Best of The South
First Place: Best Feature Writer, Rana Alsoufi
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First Place: Best Magazine Writer, Emma Reilly
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First Place: Best Advertising Staff Member, Bree Cox
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First Place: Best Magazine Designer, Hunter Grace Hayes
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First Place: Best Magazine, KRNL Lifestyle + Fashion Spring 2023 Issue
KRNL 2022 AWARDS
Pinnacle Awards-
College Media Association
Third Place: Best Coverage of Faith
Honorable Mention: Best Social Media Main Page
Pacemaker Awards-
Associated Collegiate
Press
Third Place: Blog, Riley Hostutler
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Third Place: Best Magazine Page/Spread, Peyton Fike
Best In Show-2022 Fall National College Media Awards
Second Place: Best Four-Year Campus Feature Magazine
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Fifth Place: Podcast, Jaya Durrah
KRNL 2021 AWARDS
Pacemaker Awards-
Associated Collegiate Press
Honorable Mention: Best Blog, Justin Williams
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Third Place: Magazine Page Spread, Kendall Boron ("Back to Their Roots")
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Honorable Mention: Magazine Page Spread, Kendall Boron ("Rewind to Nostalgia")
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Fifth Place: Environmental Portrait, Isaac Janssen ("Skater Park")
KRNL 2020 AWARDS
Pinnacle Awards-
College Media Association
First Place: Best Magazine Entertainment Page/Spread
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Second Place: Best Online Main Page
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Third Place: Best Magazine Sports Page/Spread
Best of Show-
ACP/CMA National College Media Convention
Second Place: Feature Magazine
CMA Apple Awards-
New York
First Place: Best Magazine Spread
KRNL 2019 AWARDS
Pinnacle Awards-
College Media Association
Eighth Place: Feature Magazine
Best of Show-
Washington, D.C.
Eighth Place: Feature Magazine