Parenting Media Association recognizes Kern County Family Magazine (KCFM) with four awards in its 2022 Design and Editorial Awards Program. Competing with parenting magazines from around the nation, KCFM wins one Gold Award for an Ancillary Cover and three Silver Awards in the Table of Contents, Column: Humor, and Non-Traditional Story Format categories.



For PMA’s Table of Contents category, KCFM’s LJ Radon and Pam Huber win a Gold Award for July 2021’s entry. Judge comments noted,  "A harmonious thematic color palette enables the teaser images to stand out. Images are well cropped to command attention. Placement of firework imagery frames the content without overwhelming and adds good visual dynamics."



In the ancillary publications category, Ancillary Cover, KCFM’s “2021 Holiday Fun & Games Book: Our Gift to You from Kern County Family Magazine,” PMA awards a Silver Award to LJ Radon, Pam Huber, and Andrea Rose. PMA writes, “This illustration of an animated bear and snowman carrying gifts is simple enough to immediately grab attention and complex enough to provide many interesting details.”

KCFM’s Julie Willis, LJ Radon, and Ginger Lynch receive the Silver Award in the Column: Humor category for its “Humor @ Home” article. PMA writes about Willis’ sense of humor, “The writer brings the reader along as she navigates some awkward parenting moments like a secret chocolate binge and the arrival of a new puppy. The self-deprecating reflections show other moms how to find humor amid the uncomfortable."



Another Silver Award for Non-Traditional Story Format goes to KCFM’s LJ Radon and Callie Collins for Collins’ article, “Readers Respond: Conserving Local Resources.” PMA writes, “The list of conservation ideas solicited from the community provides a nice sense of collective problem-solving and enables readers to be seen in the publication.”