LOGAN TWP, NJ (April 27, 2005)--The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP), the nation's leading professional organization for supplemental educational publishers, today announced the finalists for its 2005 Awards Program. For nearly three decades, the AEP Awards have recognized significant and excellent achievement in supplemental educational products and education marketing. Selected by a panel of peers and industry experts, AEP Award winners earn the right to display the Lamp of Learning logo, a mark of outstanding quality and achievement.
The list of this year's honorees is representative of the size and breadth of the industry, including long-time companies like Scholastic and Highlights, newcomers to education like Gibbs-Smith and netTrekker, non-profits such as the JASON Foundation, and technology vendors like WILL Interactive. A complete list of finalists, sorted according to category, can be found on the web at http://www.edpress.org/awards/winners.htm.
"The significance of the AEP Awards has become twofold," said Charlene Gaynor, Executive Director of AEP. "Not only do they reward publishers with the recognition they deserve, more importantly they help parents and teachers identify the best educational products and publications available."
Honors are given in the following categories:
All winners will be announced at the annual Awards Banquet and Gala, held at the conclusion of the AEP Educational Publishing Summit, June 6-8, at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. Beacon Award winners will be honored separately on the morning of June 8, at the Beacon Breakfast.
About AEP AEP, a national, nonprofit organization, represents, supports and promotes the publishers of supplemental educational resources, key tools for reading and learning at school and at home. Its membership includes the giants of the supplemental education industry, and spans the gamut from magazines to television channels, books to interactive computer software and CDs. Please visit www.edpress.org for more information.
