RotoWire won the most Fantasy Sports Writer Association awards and tied ESPN for most overall awards at last week's Fantasy Sports Trade Association conference.
Here's an article on the event:
RotoWire Dominates FSWA Awards
It's the third year in a row we've won six awards, which is just amazing considering the FSWA had more entries than ever in 2009 (over 1,000). We've won 18 of the 51 awards the FSWA has given out in the past three years (35 percent), which, again, is just amazing. The next highest company has six awards over that period.
In my opinion, the FSWA awards are the most coveted in the fantasy industry because all the organizations and writers enter their best work. It's very competitive, and the results are judged by an independent panel of journalism professionals and academics who are not in the fantasy industry. Plus the FSWA.org tries to promote the concept of fantasy sports writers as credible and important sports analysts and authors.
Here's the breakdown of the awards
Winners
RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Guide - Best Fantasy Baseball Publication [3rd consecutive win]
Derek VanRiper - Best Online Football Article - Moving the Chains: Analyzing the Feature Back
Dave Regan - Best Online Baseball Article - Mound Musings -- FIP and The Lucky 16
Dave Regan - Best Baseball Series - Mound Musings
Andre' Snellings - Basketball Writer of the Year [His 2nd win in three years]
Mark Taylor - Racing Writer of the Year - [His 2nd consecutive win]
Finalists
Derek VanRiper - Fantasy Football Writer of the Year
Derek VanRiper - Fantasy Baseball Writer of the Year
Dave Regan- Fantasy Baseball Writer of the Year
Will Carroll Best Fantasy Baseball Print Article - Watching the Defectives
Dalton Del Don - Best Fantasy Football Online Article - Week 16 NFL Barometer
Jeff Stotts - Best Fantasy Football Online Article - Week 12 Injury Update
Jeff Stotts - Best Fantasy Football On-Going Series - NFL Injury Update
RotoWire Fantasy Football Guide - Best Fantasy Football Publication
John McNamara - Fantasy Golf Writer of the Year
RotoWire didn't dominate the Fantasy Sports Trade Association awards, but still won the award for Best Fantasy Magazine - which was for both the RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Guide and RotoWire Fantasy Baseball Guide
All the awards were announced at this week's FSTA 2010 Winter Business Conference.
Congrats to all the winners at RotoWire. All of them are a byproduct of a strong team effort and it's great we've had 12 different staff members win FSWA awards since 2005 (plus our NFL and MLB magazines have won multiple awards). It hopefully helps prove to everyone we're a site that's worth paying for to get an edge in your fantasy leagues.