Here’s just a few noteworthy magazine covers and features we’ve published in the last decade.
Bundle of Joy, December 2015 
This cover was the work of photographer Kim Stahnke of Kim Stahnke Photography. The baby, Sawyer Skubak, was four months old at the time.
Stahnke says in a previous story, that her and mom Ashley spent two hours getting this guy to sleep where she got two photo options. Northeast Ohio Parent editorial staff had a vision of a baby sleeping in a Santa’s hat with the word “joy.” The December cover won a “National Gold Award” at the 2017 Parent Media Association Design & Editorial Awards.
Super Moms and Dads Cover 2016
Northeast Ohio Parent magazine won gold in the Parenting Media Association’s (PMA) convention and awards ceremony for our first “Front Cover Illustration” for “Super Moms and Dads” in November 2016. The concept was done by art director Sherry Lundberg. She wanted to give the cover a comic book look featuring the silhouette of a super hero family, fun copy bursts and mom & dad wearing red capes.
Hallow’s Eve Look Book 2018 & “Put Your Best Fright Face Forward” 2019
We’ve won lots of awards for our photos including in 2018 for the Parenting Media Association “Interior Photography” for “Hallow’s Eve Look Book” by Kim Stahnke Photography. Editor Angela Gartner and Stahnke, the photographer, were stationed at Medina County Park District’s Green Leaf Park in Sharon Center for the all day photo shoot. We had a group of kids dressed up as various career professionals or movie-inspired characters. Also, one family came as Star Wars characters. Jaden and his little brother Brycen, who has Down syndrome and autism, wore peanut butter and jelly costumes to help us show easy-to-wear costumes for kids with sensory-needs.
For “Put Your Best Fright Face Forward” editor Angela Gartner did the photography while writer Michelle Bailey interviewed the moms who were the makeup artists. This other Halloween-themed story was set in Shaker Heights. The homemade costumes with a makeup tutorial was a budget-friendly way to celebrate the spooky holiday. The preschoolers were patient while their moms made their easy dress-up creations.
Adoption Stories
Northeast Ohio Parent has continued to win awards for editorial, but nothing more so than our adoption stories. Editors Angela Gartner and Shana O’Malley-Smith, each have won top honors in local and national contests, including in Press Club of Cleveland’s All Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards. Our “Wishes from Home” feature shared stories of different adoptions and, most recently, Shana won for her 2023 “Just Us” feature, about single women who decided to adopt.
Mom Life 2019
It won a gold award for “Design — Front Cover: Original Photo,” from Parent Media Association. Northeast Ohio Parent has been about sharing perspectives of parents from parents. Michelle Dickstein, writer, brought us four moms who were experiencing parenthood through a lens of stay-at-home, working parent, business owner and a foster/adoption mom. In this concept we wanted to showcase all types of moms who are traveling through parenthood in their own way. We wanted to keep it simple with the colors they wore and background. Each mom brought their own personality, which made them all stand out.
Helping Others Get Resources
One of our biggest goals at Northeast Ohio Parent is to provide meaningful resources and information. We are proud to offer “aParently Speaking” with host Miriam Conner who recently won for “Best Podcast” at the Parent Media Association. In 2023 we won awards for our “Happy Self” series at the Parent Media Association, which helps to inspire through resources about body positivity.