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2025
ASJA (American Society of Journalists and Authors) Awards
Food & Drink: “The Sabbath Stew”
Health: “Insatiable: A Life Without Eating”
Wellness, Fitness & Sports: “I Nearly Died Drowning. Here’s What It’s Like to Survive”
Honorable Mention:
First-Person Essay: “Creation of Woman: Evangelical and Transgender in the Bible Belt”
James Beard Awards
Finalist:
Profile: “The Expanding Table”
Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism
Second Place:
Consumer/Feature, Small Division: “Coming to America”
Deadline Club Awards
Finalist:
Magazine Feature Reporting: “The Last Shall Be First”
Sports Reporting: “The Extra Mile”
Inge Feltrinelli Prize
Finalist:
Investigations and Reporting: “Coming to America”
The Molly National Journalism Prize
National Magazine Awards
Profile Writing: “Coming to America”
One World Media Awards
Refugee Reporting: “Coming to America”
Overseas Press Club
Madeline Dane Ross Award: “Coming to America”
Scripps Howard Journalism Awards
Finalist:
Excellence in Narrative Human-Interest Storytelling: “Coming to America”
Taylor Family Award for Fairness in Journalism
Finalist:
“Coming to America”
True Story Award
Shortlist: “Coming to America”
Shortlist: “Two Thousand Miles from Home”
2024
Best Practice Institute Awards
Wellness
Veterans
LGBTQ+
Parents & Caregivers
Volunteering
Women
Forbes
Cloud 100
Newsweek
Newsweek
G2 Best Software Awards
ASJA (American Society of Journalists and Authors) Awards
Technology: “The Strangely Beautiful Experience of Google Reviews”
Travel: “Fast Times on America’s Slowest Train”
Notable Mention: First-Person Essay: “Nathan”
Pushcart Prize
Notable Mention: “Unknown Costs”
Notable Mention: “The Heart Wing”
Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Award for War Correspondents
Written Press Prize: “Two Thousand Miles From Home”
Deadline Club Awards
Magazine Profile: “The Quality of Mercy”
Media for a Just Society Awards
Journalism Prize: “The Quality of Mercy”
NLGJA Excellence in Journalism Awards
Feature Writing: “Who Killed the Fudge King”
National Magazine Awards:
Best Illustrated Story (Finalist): “The Quality of Mercy”
Sigma Delta Chi Awards for Excellence in Journalism
Magazine Writing: “Held Together”
Capterra Shortlist
eCommerce
SoftwareReviews
Emotional Footprint Champion
SoftwareSuggest
Category Leader
SourceForge
Top Performer
Featured Customers’ Customer Success Award
Market Leader, e-commerce Platform
G2 Best Software Awards:
Best Results, Small Business, Spring 2024
Easiest Setup, Enterprise, Spring 2024
Best Est. ROI, Mid-Market, Spring 2024
Fastest Implementation, Enterprise, Spring 2024
2023
Forbes
Cloud 100
Newsweek
Newsweek
iOS App Store
Best Journaling App
G2 Best Software Awards
Leader, Spring 2023
Leader, Small Business, Spring 2023
Momentum Leader, Spring 2023
The Best American Essays 2023
Notable Mention: “Bones, Bones: How to Articulate a Whale”
Notable Mention: “The Sunset”
Best American Food Writing
Notable Mention: “Life in the Slow Lane”
Pushcart Prize
American Society of Journalists and Authors Writing Awards
Profile: “The Caregivers”
Donald Robinson Memorial Award for Investigative Journalism: “A Matter of Honor”
Fitness & Sports (Honorable Mention): “King of the Hill”
Science (Honorable Mention): “True Grit”
Travel (Honorable Mention): “Alone at the Edge of the World”
Best American Sports Writing
“Alone at the Edge of the World”
Notable Selection: “The Shadow and the Ghost”
National Awards for Education Reporting
Small Newsroom (Finalist): “Fault Lines”
Livingston Awards
International Reporting (Finalist): “A Matter of Honor”
One World Media Awards
Popular Features (Special Mention): “A Matter of Honor”
Overseas Press Club Awards
Madeline Dane Ross Award: “A Matter of Honor”
San Francisco Press Club Annual Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards
Magazine, Feature Story/Serious Nature: “A Crime Beyond Belief”
Society of American Travel Writers
Lowell Thomas Award for Adventure Travel Writing: “Alone at the Edge of the World”
Webby Awards
People’s Voice Winner, Social – Comedy
TrustRadius
Top Rated
Woosesh’s Seshies
Developer of the Year, James Kemp
SoftwareReviews
Data Quadrant Gold Medalist
SoftwareSuggest
Best Support, Winter 2023
G2 Best Software Awards
Top 50 Products for Small Business
Top 50 E-Commerce Products
Review Signal
Top Tier, WordPress Performance Benchmarks
2022
Forbes
Cloud 100
Newsweek
G2 Best Software Awards
Leader, Fall, Spring, and Winter 2022
Leader, Small Business, Spring and Winter 2022
James Beard Awards
Innovative Storytelling: “A Feast for Lost Souls”
Media for a Just Society Awards
Journalism Prize (Finalist): “Invisible Kid”
National Magazine Awards
Profile Writing (Finalist): “Invisible Kid”
Video (Finalist): “A Feast for Lost Souls”
Online Journalism Awards
Digital Video Storytelling: “A Feast for Lost Souls”
Overseas Press Club Awards
Madeline Dane Ross Award: “A Feast for Lost Souls”
Society of Professional Journalists of Northern California Annual Awards
Longform Storytelling: “A Crime Beyond Belief”
MarTech Breakthrough Awards
Event Management Innovation Award
TrustRadius
Top Rated
Capterra Shortlist
Shopping Cart
Stripe Partner Awards
Marketing Excellence
G2 Best Software Awards
Easiest Admin
SoftwareReviews
Emotional Footprint Champion
Data Quadrant Gold Medalist
Top Rated, Strategy and Innovation
Review Signal
Top Tier, WordPress Performance Benchmarks
2021
Forbes
Cloud 100
Newsweek
The Best American Essays 2021
Notable Mention: “On Solitude (and Isolation and Loneliness [and Brackets])”
Notable Mention: “How to Learn Everything: The MasterClass Diaries”
Notable Mention: “Through a Glass, Tearfully”
Notable Mention: “(Who Gets to) Just Up and Move”
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2021
The Best American Food Writing 2021
Notable Mention: “Marmalade: A Very British Obsession”
The Year’s Best Sports Writing 2021
“Out There: On Not Finishing” by Devin Kelly
“Shades of Grey” by Ashley Stimpson
Canadian National Magazine Award
Pushcart Prize
Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma
Finalist: “Revive”
Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibition
Webby Awards
Honoree, Websites and Mobile Sites – Community
Shorty Awards
Winner, Brand Redesign
TrustRadius
Top Rated
SaaSworthy
Most Worthy Software, e-commerce
SoftwareReviews
Data Quadrant Gold Medalist
Review Signal
Top Tier, WordPress Performance Benchmarks
2020
Forbes
Cloud 100
Best American Essays
“To Grieve Is to Carry Another Time”
Notable Mention: “Reading Lessons”
Notable Mention: “The End of Poker Night”
Notable Mention: “Whiteness on the Couch”
Notable Mention: “Shared Breath”
Best American Food Writing
“The Man Who’s Going to Save Your Neighborhood Grocery Store”
Notable Mention: “At the Maacher Bazaar, Fish for Life”
Notable Mention: “Shovel, Knife, Story, Ax”
Best American Science and Nature Writing
Notable Mention: “Born to Be Eaten”
Notable Mention: “Shovel, Knife, Story, Ax”
Best American Sports Writing
Notable Mention: “A Walk on the Wild Side”
Notable Mention: “They Call Her La Primera, Jai Alai’s Last Hope”
Notable Mention: “Old Dudes on Skateboards”
Best American Travel Writing
Edward R. Murrow Award
Region 1 Podcast: Bundyville: The Remnant
National Magazine Awards
Best Digital Illustration: “Blaming of the Shrew”
South Asia Journalists Association Awards
Longform Narratives: “The Final Five Percent”
South Asia Journalists Association Awards
Nonfiction Writing: “Following the North Star”
Society of American Travel Writers
2020 Lowell Thomas Award for Adventure Travel Writing: “The Wild Ones”
Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibition
Webby Awards
Honoree, Websites and Mobile Sites
Honoree, Advertising, Media & PR – Best Video Campaign
TrustRadius
Top Rated
G2 Best Software Awards
Customers’ Choice
Executive Leader of the Year of a Community Team: Andrea Middleton
Finalist, Community Professional of the Year: Josepha Haden Chomphosy
CMS Critic Awards
Review Signal
Top Tier, WordPress Performance Benchmarks
2019
Forbes
Cloud 100
National Magazine Awards
Nominee, Podcasting: Bundyville
Nominee, Digital Innovation (w/Marshall Project)
Best American Essays
Notable Mention: “A Beginner’s Guide to Fly Fishing With Your Father”
Notable Mention: “A Trip to Tolstoy Farm”
Notable Mention: “Fat Girl Cries Herself to Sleep at Night”
Notable Mention: “The Man in the Mirror”
Notable Mention: “La Otra”
Best American Food Writing
Notable Mention: “Eating Alone”
Notable Mention: “Eating to America”
Notable Mention: “Forgetting the Madeleine”
Best American Science and Nature Writing
“Welcome to the Center of the Universe”
Notable Mention: “A Toxic Tour Through Underground Ohio”
Notable Mention: “We’re Not Ready for Mars”
Best American Sports Writing
Notable Mention: “A Beginner’s Guide to Fly Fishing With Your Father”
Notable Mention: “West Across the Sea”
Notable Mention: “Home Field Disadvantage”
Notable Mention: “Tennis vs. Tennis”
Best American Travel Writing
Lifehacker
Clarion Awards
Best Feature Article in Online Media: “The Trigger Effect”
Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma
Finalist: “The Trigger Effect”
Livingston Awards
National Reporting: “Murder at the Alcatraz of the Rockies”
One World Media Awards
Popular Features (Longlist): “Things Fall Apart”
Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibition
Webby Awards
People’s Voice Winner, Websites and Mobile Sites – Community
TrustRadius
Most Loved, Top Rated
2018
Forbes
Cloud 100
Online Journalism Awards
Finalist, General Excellence (Small Newsroom)
Finalist, Excellence in Audio Digital Storytelling (Small Newsroom): Bundyville
Peabody Awards
Futures of Media: “Banished”
Best American Essays
Notable Mention: “The Human Cost of the Ghost Economy”
Notable Mention: “Swan, Late”
Notable Mention: “The Word Is ‘Nemesis’: The Fight to Integrate the National Spelling Bee”
Notable Mention: “Writing the Monsignor”
Best American Sports Writing
Notable Mention: “In a Swimming Pool, Learning to Trust”
Notable Mention: “The (Re)Selling of Maria Sharapova”
Notable Mention: “When it Takes Being Thrown to Learn How to Land”
Best American Travel Writing
Notable Mention: “Twinless in Twinsburg”
Tabby Awards
The Verge
Clarion Awards
Best Feature Article in Online Media: “The Devil’s Henchmen”
Livingston Awards
International Reporting (Finalist): “The Devil’s Henchmen”
Webby Awards
Winner, Websites and Mobile Sites – Community
Honoree. Advertising, Media & PR – Public Service & Activism
Alignable
Most Trusted Brand in e-commerce, SMB
2017
Forbes
Cloud 100
Tabby Awards
iOS App Store
Our Favorite Note-Taking Apps
Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism
Features, Small Circulation (Second Place): “Losing Conner’s Mind”
Livingston Awards
International Reporting (Finalist): “Codename: Chilbom”
National Magazine Awards
Public Interest (Finalist): “A Family Matter”
Overseas Press Club Awards
Best Digital Reporting on International Affairs (Citation): “The Mastermind”
Webby Awards
People’s Voice Winner, Websites and Mobile Sites – Corporate Communications
Honoree, Apps & Software – Social
2016
Apple
Best of the AppStore
iOS App Store
Editor’s Choice
Best American Sports Writing
Notable Mention: “Fox and Friends”
Online Journalism Awards
Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award (Finalist): “The Mastermind”
Feature Story (Finalist): “The Doctor”
Webby Awards
Winner, Websites and Mobile Sites – Corporate Social Responsibility
Winner, Websites and Mobile Sites – Social Media
People’s Voice Winner, Websites and Mobile Sites – Community
People’s Voice Winner, Websites and Mobile Sites – Social Media
Honoree, Websites and Mobile Sites – Best Visual Design – Aesthetic
Honoree, Apps & Software – Best Visual Design – Aesthetic
Short Awards
Finalist, Social Good Campaign
2015
Material Design Award
National Magazine Awards
Feature Writing: “Love and Ruin”
Multimedia (Finalist): “Love for My Enemies”
Reporting (Finalist): “The Trials of White Boy Rick”
Webby Awards
People’s Voice Winner, Websites and Mobile Sites – Best Visual Design – Aesthetic
People’s Voice Winner, Apps & Software- Best User Experience
People’s Voice Winner, Apps & Software – Social
Nominee, Websites and Mobile Sites – Community
Nominee, Advertising, Media & PR – Email Marketing
2014
Apple
Apple Design Award Winner
Livingston Awards
National Reporting (Finalist): “The Sinking of the Bounty”
National Magazine Awards
Multimedia (Finalist): “Coronado High”
Reporting (Finalist): “The Sinking of the Bounty”
Video (Finalist): “The Last Clinic”
Webby Awards
Webby Winner. Websites and Mobile Sites – Community
People’s Voice Winner. Websites and Mobile Sites – Community
People’s Voice Winner, Websites and Mobile Sites – Corporate Communications
CLIO Awards
Bronze Winner, Brand Collaborations
Bronze Winner, Music Marketing
InfoWorld Bossie Awards
2013
Webby Awards
Honoree, Websites and Mobile Sites – Social Media
Fast Company
50 Most Innovative Companies
InfoWorld Bossie Awards
The best open source applications
2012
Apple
iPhone App of the Week
iPad App of the Week
Mac App of the Year
National Magazine Awards
Multimedia (Finalist): “Lifted”
Reporting, Digital (Finalist): “The Instigators”
Webby Awards
People’s Voice Winner, Websites and Mobile Sites – Corporate Communications
InfoWorld Bossie Awards
The best open source applications
InfoWorld
Technology of the Year
2011
Apple
Mac App Store \#1 App
Mac App Store Editor’s Choice
InfoWorld Bossie Awards
The best open source applications
2010
Webby Awards
Winner. Websites and Mobile Sites – Web Services & Applications
2009
Apple
App of the Day: October 27
Daring Fireball
2008
TechCrunch Crunchies
Best Startup CEO, Toni Schneider
InfoWorld
Best of Open Source Software Awards: Collaboration
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