Although it was announced in Feruary I just found out that the EMB Honors is now a part of the IMPRESSIONS Awards, says Richard Lebovitz, editor-in-chief of Embroidery/Monogram Business, the long-time sponsor of the prestigious embroidery competition.
This is what he had to say.
"The same forces driving the industry today also are driving the direction of our publications, Web sites and contests," he says. "Marcia Derryberry, editor-in-chief of IMPRESSIONS, and I have been discussing this possible merger of contests for the past two years and agreed that the time is right for consolidation.

"We apologize for leaving the followers of the EMB Honors in the dark for so long while this decision was being made, but we now have the opportunity to enhance the embroidery section of the IMPRESSIONS Awards, which has focused on showcasing the work of screen printers, with the award-winning embroidery work we see year after year in the EMB Honors.

"In addition, with diversification such an over-riding theme in today's marketplace, we expect to be able to expand the multimedia category of the competition."

Because the IMPRESSIONS Awards are held at ISS Fort Worth in October, embroiderers will have several more months to prepare their entries for this competition.
IMPRESSIONS will post a revised entry form for the contest, including new the embroidery categories and deadline, next month at its Web site www.IMPRESSIONSmag.com.
So those of you who want to participate in the contest will have until September 14, 2007 to get your entries together.