Unity Celebrates Recent Awards and Accolades
Honoring creativity, community, and service at Unity
Unity is a global, inclusive, spiritual community, offering practical tools and uplifting resources to help people of all faiths apply positive spiritual principles in their daily lives.
We strive for excellence in all that we do—from our hospitality teams who create relaxing accommodations to our editorial and creative teams who produce publications, meditations, videos, and podcasts designed to enrich your life. We are immensely proud to share some of the recent awards Unity has received.
2023 Award Winners
The Zen Executive
Nautilus Book Awards—Silver Winner
Hermes Awards—Platinum Winner, Print Media/Publications/Book
Independent Press Award—Distinguished Favorite, Business/Motivational
Living Now Book Awards—Silver Winner, Personal Growth/Self-Help
COVR Visionary Awards—Silver Winner, Conscious Business Books
Next Generation Indie Awards—Finalist, Spirituality
A pithy, portable book with commonsense ideas for aligning business practices with ancient spiritual principles. Written by Unity CEO Jim Blake.
Unity and World Religions
Gold Winner
COVR Visionary Awards—Contemporary Religion Books
In this book, longtime Unity minister Paul John Roach connects the dots between Unity teachings and the tenets of the world’s religions.
Healing Affirmation Flags
Gold Winner
COVR Visionary Awards—
Home Decor
With eight positive messages, these multicolor flags are a great reminder that the healing presence of Spirit is always with us.
Spiritual Being Retreat Kit
Gold Winner
COVR Visionary Awards—Transformational Products
Explore the Unity 12 powers and your own divine nature with a DIY retreat kit you can use anytime, anywhere.
Access Abundance Tool Kit
Silver Winner
COVR Visionary Awards—Instructional Products
Discover practices for gratitude, identifying your values, visualizing your best life, and so much more.
Live Your Dreams
Bronze Winner
COVR Visionary Awards—Film
Take a deep breath and connect with your dreams in this meditation.
Unity Holiday Sale Campaign
Platinum Winner
Hermes Awards—
Strategic Campaign, Marketing, Integrated Marketing Campaign
Live Your Dreams Inspirational Video
Platinum Winner
Hermes Awards—
Electronic Media/Social Media/Interactive Media, Video, YouTube Video
Take a deep breath and connect with your dreams in this meditation.
Unity Magazine January/February 2023
Gold Winner
Hermes Awards—Print Media, Publication, Magazine
100 Years and Beyond: Unity Capital Campaign Brochure
Gold Winner
Hermes Awards—Print Media, Publication, Other, Case Statement
To ensure the future of our life-affirming teachings and ministries, and to develop consistent streams of revenue to support the Unity Village campus, we have launched our next capital campaign—100 Years and Beyond: Leave a Legacy for the Future.
Step Out in Faith Inspirational Video
Gold Winner
Hermes Awards—
Electronic Media/Social Media/Interactive Media, Video, Nonprofit
My faith is the anchor that holds me fast, assuring me that good will come to pass.
Unapologetically Inclusive Product Line and Marketing Campaign
Gold Winner
Hermes Awards—
Strategic Campaigns, Marketing, Integrated Marketing Materials
At Unity, we believe in unapologetic inclusivity. Unity proudly supports the LGBTQIA+ community. We believe everyone is divine, and every person shines with the light of God.
Daily Word
July/August 2022
Honorable Mention
Hermes Awards—Print Media, Writing, Publication Overall
Unity Books Presents: Unity and World Religions
Honorable Mention
Hermes Awards—
Strategic Campaigns, Public Relations/Communications, Live or Virtual Event
In Unity and World Religions, longtime Unity minister Paul John Roach connects the dots between Unity teachings and the tenets of the world’s religions.
Legacy of Love Philanthropy Brochure
Honorable Mention
Hermes Awards—Print Media, Publications, Brochure
This brochure explains the benefits of including Unity in your estate plans.
Hummingbird Chateau Airbnb Video
Honorable Mention
Hermes Awards—
Electronic Media/Social Media/Interactive Media, Video Creativity, Videography
Revs. Ken Daigle and Mark Fuss offer a special video tour of the Unity Airbnb property, Hummingbird Chateau.
Access Abundance Tool Kit Promotional Video
Honorable Mention
Hermes Awards—
Electronic Media/Social Media/Interactive Media, Video, Marketing (Product)
Activate more joy and prosperity in your life with the Access Abundance Tool Kit!
2022 Award Winners
Unity World Headquarters Outreach Appeal
Silver Winner
Philly Awards—
Fundraising Campaign
Unity Outreach supports our efforts to spread positive messages of spiritual growth, peace, and hope by distributing resources such as print and digital booklets, a library of braille spiritual resources, audio recordings, and more to communities that need them most.
Still on Fire: Field Notes from a Queer Mystic
Gold Winner
COVR Visionary Awards—
LGBTQ+ Books
A lively memoir by Jan Phillips, who was dismissed from a convent for being gay and went on to pursue world peace and racial justice.
Worthy of Wonder
Silver Winner
COVR Visionary Awards—
Coloring Books
This journal is filled with writing prompts, coloring pages, and creative exercises to guide your self-discovery journey.
Paws of Wisdom Puzzle
Silver Winner
COVR Visionary Awards—
Tabletop Games
A 500-piece jigsaw puzzle celebrating the spiritual lessons we can learn from the animals we love.
The Zen Executive
Silver Winner
Living Now Book Awards—
Personal Growth/Self-Help
A pithy, portable book with commonsense ideas for aligning business practices with ancient spiritual principles.
Unity.org Website Redesign
Platinum Winner
Hermes Awards—Electronic Media, Social Media, Website Overall, Redesign
Still on Fire: Field Notes from a Queer Mystic
Platinum Winner
Hermes Awards—Print Media, Publications, Book
A lively memoir by Jan Phillips, who was dismissed from a convent for being gay and went on to pursue world peace and racial justice.
Unity Magazine, November/December 2021
Platinum Winner
Hermes Awards—Print Media, Publications, Magazine
Gregg Braden shares the science behind affirmative prayer. Fannie Flagg talks about letting Spirit speak through her, and Philip Goldberg corrects common misconceptions about Eastern spiritual teachings.
Back to School Prayer Video
Platinum Winner
Hermes Awards—Electronic Media, Social Media, Video, Nonprofit
Take a moment to lift up children returning to learning with a prayer by Rev. Patricia Bass.
Mystery Inspiration Video
Platinum Winner
Hermes Awards—Electronic Media, Social Media, Video Creativity, Editing
Part of the Unity annual theme for 2020—“Perfect Vision: Seeing Through a Spiritual Lens”
Daily Word Advent Booklet Facebook Campaign
Gold Winner
Hermes Awards—Electronic Media, Social Media, Social Ad
Peaceful Passing Booklet
Honorable Mention
Hermes Awards—Print Media, Publications, Other—Booklet
Peaceful Passing: Practical and Spiritual Reminders for the End of Life offers peace and confidence to those who are preparing for death and those accompanying them on the journey.
Daily Word, May/June 2021
Honorable Mention
Hermes Awards—Print Media, Design, Publication Overall
Daily Word Christmas Greeting Cards
Honorable Mention
Hermes Awards—Print Media, Design, Holiday Card
This collection of greeting cards features beautiful Christmas messages using the themes of Advent: hope, faith, peace, love, and joy.
Still on Fire: Field Notes from a Queer Mystic
DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE
Independent Press Awards—
LGBTQ Nonfiction
A lively memoir by Jan Phillips, who was dismissed from a convent for being gay and went on to pursue world peace and racial justice.
2021 Award Winners
The Essential Charles Fillmore: A Guide to Practical Mysticism and Metaphysics
BRONZE WINNER
COVR Visionary Awards—Anthologies
Rev. James Gaither curated Charles Fillmore’s most significant teachings and added his own explanations and updates.
Rise Into Your Power: A 2021 Calendar to Awaken
Your Spirit
GOLD WINNER
COVR Visionary Awards—
Almanacs, Calendars, and Datebooks
Inspirational wall calendar featuring affirmations and watercolor illustrations.
Rise Into Your Power: Awaken the 12 Powers in You
Card Deck
SILVER WINNER
COVR Visionary Awards—Manifestation Products
An inspirational card deck with transformational tools and original watercolor illustrations.
Remember That Time … A Christmas Conversation Game Card Deck
GOLD WINNER
COVR Visionary Awards—
Tabletop Games
Messages of Christmas joy featuring quotes, reflections, and conversation starters.
A Time to Grieve: Words to Light Your Way Card Deck
SILVER WINNER
COVR Visionary Awards—
Visionary Products
Messages of comfort to help you navigate your way through loss and grief.
Worthy: LGBTQ Stories of Overcoming Rejection and Religion to Find Truth
HERMES PLATINUM AWARD
Publication Other—Booklet
Worthy offers stories of spiritual support, healing, and self-acceptance. Written exclusively for the LGBTQ community by LGBTQ writers.
A Meditation on the Power of Imagination and Possibility
HERMES PLATINUM AWARD
Editing—Video Creativity
2020 Award Winners
“Field Notes from
a Queer Mystic”
Unity Magazine
FOLIO: Awards
Essays and Criticism Honorable Mention/Finalist
“Listening in with …
Eve Ensler: the Alchemy of Apology” Unity Magazine
FOLIO: Awards
Single Article Honorable Mention/Finalist
“Can Faith Be Learned?”
Unity Magazine
FOLIO: Awards
Single Article Honorable Mention/Finalist
“Living with Depression”
Unity Magazine
FOLIO: Awards
Illustration Honorable Mention/Finalist
Just for Today: A Journal for Conscious Living
GOLD WINNER
COVR AWARDS—Journals
In this guided journal, Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell shares 101 carefully selected intentional practices to prompt your thoughts and nourish your spiritual journey.
Just for Today Calendar: A Year of Inspiration from Wendy Craig-Purcell
GOLD WINNER
COVR AWARDS—
Almanacs, Calendars, and Datebooks
The Just for Today Calendar by Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell offers 365 practical intentions to align your intentions, thoughts, and actions.
UniTea: Unity Teas Collection
GOLD WINNER
COVR AWARDS—Herbs, Teas, and Herbal Products
Rose Garden, Myrtle’s Grove, and Labyrinth tea blends will awaken your senses and bring you home to Unity Village.
Unity Magazine
SILVER WINNER
COVR AWARDS—Print Magazine
Since 1889, Unity Magazine has explored timeless spiritual principles: spirituality and science, medicine, healing, psychology, metaphysics, mysticism, and more.
Turn Me to Gold: 108 Poems of Kabir
SILVER WINNER
COVR AWARDS—Book Cover Design
Andrew Harvey, Rumi scholar and founder of Sacred Activism, offers what may be his consummate work. With photography by Brett Hurd.
Intention Dice: A Tool for Personal Growth
SILVER WINNER
COVR AWARDS—
Manifestation Products
Intention Dice work individually or together to set intentions, for daily journaling, in therapeutic sessions, and in guided meditation.
2019 Award Winners
“The Inside Scoop:
Searching for Synchronicity”
Unity Magazine
FOLIO: Awards
Column/Blog Winner
“Listening in With … Nadia Bolz-Weber: Divine Defiance” Unity Magazine
FOLIO: Awards
Single Article
Honorable Mention
“Enlightenment on the Rocks”
Unity Magazine
FOLIO: Awards
Essays and Criticism
Honorable Mention
2018 Award Winners
Stations of the Cosmic Christ
Nautilus Awards
BEST OF SMALL PRESS
GOLD WINNER
Religion/Spirituality in the
Western World
