by Chris Wadsworth | Ashburn Magazine & The Burn

Doing real magazine journalism with a focus on quality writing, photography and design has paid off for our friends at Ashburn Magazine. The publication received two Best-in-Show awards and 16 other prizes in the Virginia Press Association’s annual competition for journalistic and advertising excellence in 2021.

Editor Chris Wadsworth won Best in Show for writing for his story “The Hunt for the Lost Clipper,” which appeared in the November/December 2021 issue.

“This was an excellent and engaging article,” the judge wrote. “I want to know what they find!”

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