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Mark A. Hicks

Awards & Honors
Here are just a few of the major awards and honors that I have been presented with over the years: 

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Two Distinguished Achievement Awards  
from the Association of Educational Publishers   
(formerly EDPRESS -- Educational Press Association of America) For two different magazine features created and illustrated by me. One of the awards I shared with my late wife.

 

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Excellence in Design Award from PRINT Magazine
For an art catalog cover I designed for Flax Art Supply Co.
Which, by the way, was also a winner in a competition sponsored by the company. 
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Parent Council Book Selection Award
(Shared with the author)
I hate goodbyes
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Chartpak International Typeface Design Competition winners.

Crayon -- award-winning typeface  

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 La Fiesta -- award-winning typeface
*(Might be called "Tijuana"  or something else on your system or elsewhere because it was pirated several years ago and unofficially renamed. Read more about the La Fiesta story on my blog.)

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My editorial cartoon was chosen for cover of the 
2014 Union of Concerned Scientists' Calendar.

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Union of Concered Scientits 2014 calendar with cover cartoon by Mark A. hicks
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  The Graceful Envelope Honorabe Mention Award 2014

 
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Artist-in-residence at Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, June 2016 Artist-in-residence at Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, June 2016

Read more about it on my blog at CarefreeArtist.com.

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In late 2017, the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park Junior Ranger Book creative team that I was part of was awarded First Place for Site Publications by the National Association for Interpretation (NAI). I illustrated the interior activities in the book. 

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park's award-winning Junior Ranger Book

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