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Kiki Magazine Wins Mom's Choice Magazine of the Year, 2009

Posted on: Monday, 6 April 2009, 09:23 CDT

CINCINNATI, April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Kiki magazine is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of the Mom's Choice Awards Magazine of the Year award, 2009. The Magazine of the Year award is the latest addition to Kiki's national recognitions.

Mom's Choice Awards Executive Director Dawn Matheson notified Kiki last week, stating, "The MCA is an internationally recognized, annual awards program that honors excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. Each year, we name a Magazine of the Year. It is my great pleasure to notify you that Kiki has been chosen for the 2009 Magazine of the Year award."

Since its first issue in 2007, Kiki has received eight nationally-acclaimed awards for content and design including Mom's Choice Gold Awards 2008 and 2009; iParenting Media Best Products 2008 and 2009; Parent's Choice Gold Awards 2008 and 2009; and an Ozzie award for Best Table of Contents consumer, 2008. www.kikimag.com/awards.php

Launched in 2007 by Jamie Gleich Bryant-a Cincinnati-based editor and educator- and mother of two tweens--Kiki provides tween and teen girls an intelligent and engaging alternative to the often mature and sexually-influenced content found in many fashion and pop-culture magazines. "You won't find gossip, dating tips, celebrities, sex, or advertising," says Bryant. "And we don't push fashion on girls. Instead, Kiki presents fashion as a lens through which readers can explore their own creativity and develop a sense of self-confidence." In Kiki, creativity and design are front and center.

Each issue features seven departments: From the Studio showcases design, fashion history, designers, textiles, and shoes; Art Bin offers tips for using art tools, sewing techniques and how-to projects; World Beat profiles cultural trends and international destinations with design traditions; Biz Buzz covers the fashion industry, finance, and managing money; Kiki Care addresses grooming, health, and exercise; Your Style focuses on everyday life, such as recommended reading, imagination, confidence, and friends; and Kiki Fun is full of games, puzzles, and quizzes.

Kiki readers encounter fashion as a college design student would and explore how fashion relates to their lives--how they use it, how they make it, how they change it, and how they feel about it. Interactivity is a critical part of the magazine.

Readers can transform each issue into a personal creativity journal by writing and drawing directly on the pages.

"Our goal," says Bryant, "is to inspire girls to engage with the world around them and become creators rather than just viewers." Kiki's editorial mission is to help each reader develop a sense of style that reflects her own personality; and to nurture in her the sense of confidence that comes from being comfortable in her own skin, whatever her style.

Girls across the nation are excited at the prospect of becoming creators. To date, Kiki has subscribers from 48 states, Canada, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and Japan. The magazine's message of being "for girls with style and substance" is resonating with readers outside Kiki's original tween and teen markets: the youngest Kiki subscriber is 6; the oldest, 96.

For a complete description of all of Kiki's awards, or to learn more about Kiki's history and mission, please visit our website: www.kikimag.com.

SOURCE Kiki Magazine/B-books, Ltd.

Source: PR Newswire

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