Massage & Bodywork and Body Sense Magazines Finalists for 11 MAGGIE Awards

Massage & Bodywork magazine and Body Sense magazine have been recognized by the Western Publishing Association (WPA) and its MAGGIE awards as finalists in 11 categories.

Those categories for Massage & Bodywork include:

• Best Newsletter & Association

• Best Feature Article: “Know This Isn’t Professional”

• Best How-To Article: “Gluteal Drape”

• Best Interview or Profile: “Southern Comfort”

• Best Regularly Featured Department, Section, or Column: Pathology Perspectives

• Best News Story: “Know This Isn’t Professional”

• Best Cover: July/August

• Best Overall Publication Design: July/August

• Best Special Theme Issue: July/August

• Best Digital Edition or Tablet Version of a Print Publication: July/August

Body Sense is a finalist for Best Digital Edition or Tablet Publication: Summer.

ABMP’s sister association Associated Skin Care Professionals and its publication ASCP Skin Deep were nominated for two MAGGIEs: Best Newsletter & Associations and Best Cover Trade, both for its November/December issue.

The WPA is an association for publishing and media west of the Mississippi. Entries to the MAGGIEs are limited to print, web and digital publications, tabloids, and newsletters published west of the Mississippi River, or published for distribution only in the states west of the Mississippi River (Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). For more information, visit www.wpa-online.org

News

Tennessee Increases Minimum Education Hours

On April 16, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed into law House Bill 1610 and Senate Bill 1588, increasing the minimum massage curriculum hours that an applicant for massage licensure must complete at an approved school for massage, bodywork, or somatic therapy to be eligible for licensure under the Massage Licensure Act. Find out the new state minimum requirement.

Alaska Massage Board Remains Independent and Autonomous

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Blog

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Massage therapy students practicing in a classroom.

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Massage therapist Adriane Maxwell stands in front of a palm tree.

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Benefits

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