Bothell, WA--May 7, 2007--Scotsman Guide, the leading resource for mortgage originators, has announced that it won a 2007 Western Publications Association (WPA) Maggie Award for "Best Single Editorial Illustration/Trade."

The winning illustration, by Scotsman Guide contributing illustrator Keith Negley, appeared in the mortgage magazine's February 2006 residential edition. It accompanied an article titled, "Construction Lending: Plug In."

Scotsman Guide accepted the award at the 2007 WPA Publishing Conference on April 27 in Los Angeles. Scotsman Guide's residential edition also was a finalist in two other categories: "Best Regularly Featured Department, Section or Column/Trade," for its Spotlight feature, and "Best Tabloid/Trade."

For more than 50 years, the Western Publications Association has represented magazine publishers and companies interacting with the magazine-publishing industry. It serves publications west of the Mississippi River. For more on WPA, visit www.wpa-online.org.

Founded in 1984, Scotsman Publishing Inc. publishes a residential edition and a commercial edition of Scotsman Guide, as well as other services at scotsmanguide.com. The magazines have a combined monthly circulation of more than 105,000 subscribers nationwide. Scotsman Guide is the leading resource for mortgage originators, connecting mortgage brokers with wholesale lenders. The most recent Wholesale Access Mortgage Brokers' Survey found that more than 65 percent of mortgage brokers in the country read Scotsman Guide -- more than any other publication in the industry.

For more information, visit scotsmanguide.com/new or call (800) 297-6061.

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