Florida Trend featured wins in five categories:

Best feature layout — “Florida’s Water Future”; Gary Bernloehr, Jason Morton The water-line visual ties together the pages and creates consistency, and strong photographs anchor each spread. Small sections are arranged to facilitate reading, and headlines break the package into clearly-defined, manageable chunks. There is good use of subtle color.

Best personality profile — “Philosopher President”; Jason Garcia Richly reported and elegantly written, this profile wonderfully captures the personality of a nationally-lauded college president who is a mensch, a musical wizard and an intellectual who advocates that anyone can learn anything if the conditions for learning are right.

Best recurring feature — “Icon”; Art Levy Interesting people and deeper questions make this entry stand out. The questions penetrate and the answers have good insight to them.

Best explanatory journalism — “919 New Floridians Every Day”; Mike Vogel In taking on the hot-button topic of immigration, this package thoroughly explores the issue with a combination of graphics and stories. Columns from industry insiders such as those in construction and agriculture offer perspective, while infographics efficiently communicate a lot of information.

Best magazine staff — From big stories that provide coverage for one of the nation’s most dynamic states to little stories that focus tightly and locally, Florida Trend gives its readers remarkable complexity and depth. Charts, graphs and maps, along with savvy use of photographs tell stories about demographics, health care, transportation or political issues intertwined with business. Off-beat, quirky business stories spice up the magazine’s consistently comprehensive coverage.