David vs. Goliath

Yehaa! We won!

I just got back from Association of Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Awards in Washington D.C..

Next Step Magazine was nominated for Periodical of the Year in the young adult category. These awards are known as the "Academy Awards of Educational Publishing,” and helps to recognize the year’s most outstanding material in the field of teaching and learning.

The cool part was being nominated. The outstanding part was winning and beating out the three esteemed finalists - The New York Times Upfront, Scholastic Art and The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition!

Imagine that - Next Step beats out those behemoth companies....

It just goes to show you that having a ton of money doesn't necessarily give you the resources to be the best. Sometimes, all it takes is good ole' fashioned creativity, hard work and a small but awesome team!

Congrats to my awesome team…