“Being a Libra myself, it’s particularly gratifying that our Libra 2012 edition of the Living in Harmony newsletter received a prestigious Award of Excellence in this international competition,” Anne said. "And as an artist, this is such wonderful recognition because that newsletter (like all the newsletters in our first year of Living in Harmony) includes my watercolor painting for Libra as well as one of my original paintings and one of my original photographs that harmonize with the Libra energies at that time of year."

Communications Concepts is a journalism and communications think tank based outside Washington, DC, in Springfield, VA. This year’s Apex competition was the 25th annual.

“Apex Awards are based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content, and the ability to achieve overall communications excellence,” said John De Lellis, one of the Apex judges. “With some 2,400 entries, competition was exceptionally intense.”

The recipient of eight journalism awards since 1996, Anne won an Apex Award in 2008 for her astrological column in the Gazette newspaper of Chicago and won another Apex Award in 2012 for her ANB Communications website.

The international Apex 2013 awards competition featured winners from Canada, India, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Awardees came from well known companies and institutions such as American Airlines, the American Bar Association, American University, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Dow Jones, Ernst & Young LLP, Ford Motor Co., and the Walt Disney Co.