For Immediate Release: July 12, 2004

Parthenon Receives Eight APEX Awards

Parthenon Publishing's print and digital work has been honored with eight APEX awards. (APEX is an acronym for Awards for Publication Excellence.)

The APEX awards program, now in its 16th year, recognizes excellence in publication work by professional communicators.

Parthenon received one Grand Award, the competition's highest honor, in the Web and Intranet category, for CEDU.com, the Web site of CEDU Education. CEDU schools and programs foster growth in adolescents who are faced with behavioral, emotional, or motivational problems. Judges published the following comments to describe CEDU.com: "Superbly well-organized, well-thought out, resource-rich site communicates with crisp copy 'chunks', clean design and clear, fast navigation. An excellent example of a clean site that seamlessly integrates massive amounts of information and numerous sub-sites. Well done!"

Parthenon also won seven Awards of Excellence in the following categories:

• Newsletter Design & Layout, for the Fullcircle newsletter, published for Spheris Inc.
• New Newsletter, for the Forum newsletter, published for Iasis Healthcare
• Custom Published Magazines & Journals, for Road King, published for TravelCenters of America
• Magazine and Journal Design & Layout, for Road King, published for TravelCenters of America
• Web Sites, for www.psysolutions.com, created for Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.
• Web & Intranet Site design, for www.rockymtnacademy.com, created for Rocky Mountain Academy
• Media Kit & News Release Writing, for Road King media kit, published for TravelCenters of America

APEX 2004 is the awards program of Communications Concepts Inc. of Springfield, Va. More information about the awards can be found on the Web at: www.apexawards.com.

Nashville-based Parthenon Publishing Inc. provides custom publishing services-the creation of magazines, newsletters and digital media-to help clients foster stronger relationships with their customers and employees.