Federation of American Aquariums Societies Publication Awards were presented to the PCCA as the following


2003
2004
Best Editor/Pullication - Six or Fewer Issues

First Place - Cichlidae Communique - Editor - Pam Chin
Honorable Mention - Cichlid Blues - Editor - Kevin Plazak
Best Editor/Pullication - Six or Fewer Issues

First Place - Cichlidae Communique - Editor - Pam Chin
Honorable Mention - Cichlid Blues - Editor - Kevin Plazak
Best Changing Cover - Non-Orginal Art

Second Place - Cichlidae Communique - Editor - Pam Chin
Best Changing Cover - Non-Orginal Art

Third Place - Cichlidae Communique - Editor - Pam Chin
Best Review Column

First Place - Cichlidae Communique - Cichlids in the News - Chuck Rambo
Best Review Column

First Place - Cichlidae Communique - Cichlids in the News - Chuck Rambo
Best Spawning Article -- 500-1000 Words

First Place - Cichlidae Communique - Neolamprologus Brichardi - Eddie Correria
Second Place - Cichlidae Communique - Cyphotilapia Frontosa, Mpimbwe Blue - Anthony Tu
Third Place - Cichlidae Communique - Julidochromis Transcriptus - Kissi bemba - Anthony Tu
Best Spawning Article -- 500-1000 Words

First Place - Cichlidae Communique - Neolamprologus Savori - Pam Chin
Second Place - Cichlidae Communique - Spawning Xenotilapia ochrogenys "utinta" - Anthony Tu
Third Place - Cichlidae Communique - Fun with Clynotilapia afra 'Yellow Bee' - E. Ray Latham
Best Spawning Article - More Than 1000 Words

Second Place - Cichlidae Communique - Mustax My Way - Eric Hannemen
Best Spawning Article - More Than 1000 Words

First Place - Cichlidae Communique - Julidochromis regani 'Sumbu' - Chuck Rambo
Honorable Mention - Cichlidae Communique - Enantiopus Melanegenys - Roger Hooks
Best Marine Article - Fish

First Place - Cichlid Blue - Atlantic Bluefin Tuna - Kevin Plazak
Best Article on a Genus of Fish

First Place - Cichlidae Communique - Fear Factor Tropheus - Pam Chin
Best Show Article

First Place - Cichlidae Communique - ACA 2003 Cichlidfest Cincinnati - Pam Chin
Best Article on a Spcecies of Fish

First Place - Cichlidae Communique - Purple Convicts of Panama - Joe Middleton
Best Collecting Article

First Place - Cichlidae Communique - A Tanganyikan Dream Come True - Richard Bireley
Second Place - Cichlidae Communique - Kambwimba - Pam Chin
Third Place - Cichlidae Communique - Babes in the Cichlid Hobby, Tanganyika Tour 2002,
Species list - Pam Chin
Best Show Article

First Place - Cichlidae Communique - Cichlids in Chicago, Cichlid Classic 2004 - Pam Chin
Second Place - Cichlidae Communique - Denver ACA 2004, A Wide Open Space Odyssey -
Eric H. Hanneman

Third Place - Cichlidae Communique - Cichlids in Winnipeg, Aqua Expo 2004,- Pam Chin
Best Traveling Aquarist Article

First Place - Cichlidae Communique - Lake Tanganyika for Rookies - Chuck Rambo
Second Place - Cichlidae Communique - ACA 2003 Cincinnati Ciclidfest - Pam Chin
Best Collecting Article

First Place - Cichlidae Communique - Purple Convicts from Panama: A Lesson in Diversity -
Joe Middleton
Best Continuing Column - Single Author

First Place - Cichlidae Communique - Cichlid in the News - Chuck Rambo
Best Traveling Aquarist Article

First Place - Cichlidae Communique - Observations of Nimbochromis Livingstoni in the Wild -
Chuck Rambo
Second Place - Cichlidae Communique - Cichlids on the Road - Pam Chin
Best Article - All Other Categories

First Place - Cichlidae Communique - Are Cichlidiots Hopeless Addicts? - Dr. George Barlow
Second Place - Cichlidae Communique - Congessions of a Cichlidophile - E. Ray Latham
Honorable Mention - Cichlidae Communique - Family Fued Cichlidstyle - Dave Locey
Best Continuing Column - Single Author

First Place - Cichlidae Communique - Cichlid in the News - Chuck Rambo
Second Place - Cichlidae Communique - Ask Pam - Pam Chin
AUTHOR OF THE YEAR

Cichlidae Communique - Chuck Rambo
Best Article - All Other Categories

First PlaceCichlid Blues - Why Bother with Cichlids -Kevin Plazak


AUTHOR OF THE YEAR

Cichlidae Communique - Pam Chin
2001
2002
Best Editor/Pullication - Six or Fewer Issues

First Place - Cichlidae Communique - Editor - Pam Chin
Second Place - Cichlid Blues - Editor - Jim Ellenberger
Best Editor/Pullication - Six or Fewer Issues

First Place - Cichlidae Communique - Editor - Pam Chin
Second Place - Cichlid Blues - Editor - Jim Ellenberger/Kevin Plazak
Best Non-Changing Cover

Second Place - Cichlid Blues - Editor - Jim Ellenberger
Best Non-Changing Cover

Second Place - Cichlid Blues - Editor - Jim Ellenberger
Best Changing Cover, Non-Original Art

First Place - Cichlidae Communique - Editor - Pam Chin
Best Changing Cover, Non-Original Art

Third Place - Cichlidae Communique - Editor - Pam Chin
Best Spawing Article, 500-1000 words

Honorable Mention - Chuck Rambo - Cich. Bimaculatum
Best Spawing Article, 500-1000 words

Second Place - Kevin Plazak - Spawing Libidochromis Caeruleus
Honorable Mention - Pam Chin - Parachromis Dovii
Best Spawing Article, More Than 1000 words

Honorable Mention - Rick Gome - Neolamp. Daffodil
Honorable Mention - Michael McLaughlin - Victoria Hap. Fulu Swamp
Best Spawing Article, More Than 1000 words

Second Place - Kevin Plazak - "Lamprologus" Ocellatus
Honorable Mention - Pam Chin - Parachromis Dovii
Best Article On A Species Of Fish

Second Place - Dr. George Barlow - Soda Cichlids
Best Article On A Species Of Fish

Second Place - Pam Chin - Pablo, Me and Juan Miguel
Best Collecting Article

First Place - Pam Chin - Collecting Cichlids and Friends
Best Review Column

First Place - Chuck Rambo - Cichlids In The News
Best Humorous Article

Honorable Mention - Eric Hanneman - Yellow Fish
Best Show Article

First Place - Pam Chin - ACA 2002
Best Continuing Column, Single Author

First Place - Pam Chin - Ask Pam
Best How To or Do-It-Yourself Article

First Place - Chuck Rambo - The Saltwater Substitute Tank
Best Article Not Nominated in any other Category

First Place - Pam Chin & Macelo Casacuberta - Mouthbrooders
Second Place - Neil Lelliedoll- Dwarf Cichlid
Best Continuing Column - Single Author

First Place - Pam Chin - Ask Pam


Best Article All Other Categories

Second Place - Michael McLaughlin - What Is A True Species?