Awards are given in more than 30 editorial, design, and online categories. Any qualifying trade, professional, business or association publication may enter. ASBPE membership is not required. Flow Control also won a regional editorial “Gold” award in the 2009 Azbee awards program for its “Pump Guy” series, a regular column authored by pumping systems expert, Larry Bachus. APEX is an annual awards program, which has been in existence for 22 years. APEX issues “Awards of Excellence” based on significant achievement, in the opinion of the judging committee, in graphic design and editorial content. In the 2010 APEX competition 3,711 entries were evaluated in the following distribution: Newsletters: 439; Magazines & Journals: 626; Magapapers & Newspapers: 76; Annual Reports: 115; Brochures, Manuals & Reports: 344; Video & Electronic Publications: 328; Web & Intranet Sites: 333; Campaigns, Programs & Plans: 198; Writing: 708; Design & Illustration: 343; One-of-a-Kind Publications: 201.