KRNL has been nominated and has received many awards over the years, for both the magazine as a whole and individual designs, photos and stories. Some of our staff traveled to Atlanta to attend the College Media Fall Convention where the staff's hard work was again recognized.
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