(Awards list updated Aug. 25; upgraded awards in italics. See note below.)

The annual Col. Marvin J. Harris Communications Awards recognize councils and chapters that achieve excellence in communicating with their members and communities. MOAA affiliates nominated themselves in two categories: newsletters (print or electronic) and websites. Submissions were judged on design and content. For the 2022 program year, 11 councils and 134 chapters received 183 five-star awards and 46 four-star awards. Congratulations to all!

[DOWNLOAD: Full List of Award Recipients (PDF; Updated Aug. 25, 2023)]

Alabama

• Alabama Council of Chapters: Website 5 Star
• Greater Birmingham Chapter of MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 4 Star
• Huntsville Chapter, MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• South Alabama Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• West Alabama Officers Assn: Newsletter 4 Star
  
  

Arizona

• Arizona Council of Chapters Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Arizona Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Catalina Mountains Chapter: Website 4 Star
• Coronado Chapter, MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Grand Canyon Chapter: Newsletter 5 Star
• Green Valley Chapter, MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Luke Chapter MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Northern Arizona Chapter: Newsletter 5 Star
• Superstition Mountain Chapter: Website 4 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Tucson Chapter of MOAA: Website 4 Star
• Yuma Chapter: Newsletter 5 Star

Arkansas

• Northwest Arkansas MOAA Chapter: Newsletter 5 Star
  
  

California

• California Council of Chapters, MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 4 Star
• Alameda County Chapter, MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Alta Chapter of MOAA: Website 5 Star
• Miramar Chapter: Website 5 Star
• Mojave Desert Chapter: Newsletter 5 Star
• Monterey County Chapter: Newsletter 5 Star
• Sacramento Chapter: Newsletter 4 Star
• Silver Strand Chapter: Newsletter 5 Star

Delaware

• Dover Chapter: Newsletter 5 Star; Website 5 Star

Florida

• Florida Council of Chapters of the MOAA, Inc.: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Ancient City Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 4 Star
• Cape Canaveral Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Cape Coral Chapter of MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• MOAA, Central Florida Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Charlotte Harbor Chapter: Website 4 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• MOAA of Citrus County Chapter, Inc.: Newsletter 5 Star
• Clearwater Chapter: Website 4 Star
• Halifax Area Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Historic Mayport Chapter: Newsletter 5 Star
• Indian River Chapter MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 4 Star
• Kingdom of the Sun Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Lake & Sumter Counties Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Lee Coast Chapter, MOAA: Website 4 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Northeast Florida Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Northwest Florida MOA, Inc.: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Palm Beach - Martin Counties Chapter of MOAA: Newsletter 4 Star
• Pensacola Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Military Officers Association of Sarasota, Inc.: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• St. Petersburg Area Chapter, MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• South Central Florida Chapter of the MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Sun City Center Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Suncoast Chapter, MOAA: Newsletter 4 Star
• Tampa Chapter, MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• West Volusia MOAA Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 4 Star

Georgia

• Georgia MOAA Website 5 Star
• MOAA, Ft Benning Area Chapter: Newsletter 4 Star
• Georgia Mountain Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Kings Bay Chapter Website 5 Star; Newsletter 4 Star
• Old Capitol Area, MOAA: Newsletter 5 Star
• South Georgia Chapter: Website 5 Star

Hawaii

• Hawaii Aloha Chapter: Newsletter 5 Star

Illinois

• Illinois Council of Chapters: Newsletter 4 Star
• Lincolnland Chapter: Website 4 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Southwest Illinois Chapter: Newsletter 5 Star

Indiana

• White River Chapter MOAA: Newsletter 5 Star

Kansas

• Sunflower Chapter - MOAA: Newsletter 5 Star
• Wichita Chapter: Website 4 Star; Newsletter 4 Star

Kentucky

• Bluegrass Chapter, Military Officers Association of America: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Fort Campbell Chapter: Website 5 Star, Newsletter 5 Star
• Fort Knox Area Chapter, Inc. of the MOAA: Newsletter 5 Star

Louisiana

• Ark-La-Tex Chapter of MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 4 Star
• Greater Baton Rouge Area MOAA: Newsletter 5 Star

Maryland

• Maryland Council of Chapters: Website 5 Star
• Montgomery County Chapter: Newsletter 5 Star
• Star Spangled Banner Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Susquehanna Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
  
  

Massachusetts

• South Shore Chapter: Newsletter 4 Star

Missouri

• Fourstate Chapter of MOAA: Newsletter 5 Star
• Gen Omar N Bradley Mid-Missouri Chapter MOAA: Newsletter 5 Star
• Greater St. Louis Chapter: Newsletter 5 Star
• Ozark Empire MOAA: Website 4 Star; Newsletter 5 Star

Montana

• Western Montana MOA: Website 5 Star

Nebraska

• Heartland of America Chapter: Newsletter 5 Star

Nevada

• Southern Nevada Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star

New Hampshire

• New Hampshire Chapter of the MOAA: Website 5 Star

New Jersey

• New Jersey Lakes & Pines Chapter: Newsletter 5 Star

New Mexico

• Albuquerque Chapter of MOAA: Website 4 Star; Newsletter 5 Star

New York

• Genesee Valley Chapter/MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Greater Rome-Utica Chapter MOAA: Website 4 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Mid-Hudson Chapter, MOAA: Newsletter 4 Star
• NYS Capital District Chapter of the MOAA: Website 4 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
  
  

North Carolina

• North Carolina State COC: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Cape Fear Chapter: Website 5 Star
• Catawba Valley Chapter: Website 4 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Charlotte-Metrolina Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Coastal Carolina MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• High Country Chapter: Newsletter 5 Star
• Southeastern NC Chapter of MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Tarheel Central Chapter of MOAA, Inc.: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Western North Carolina Chapter, MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
  
  

Ohio

• Ohio Council of Chapters, MOAA: Website 5 Star
• MOAA Central Ohio Chapter: Website 4 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Dayton Area Chapter - MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 4 Star
• Greater Cincinnati Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Mahoning and Shenango Valleys Chapter: Website 4 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Ohio Western Reserve Chapter: Website 4 Star; Newsletter 5 Star

Oklahoma

• Southwest Oklahoma Chapter: Website 5 Star

Oregon

• Central Oregon Chapter of the MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Emerald Empire Chapter MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star

Pennsylvania

• Keystone Capital Chapter: Newsletter 4 Star
• Lancaster Chapter: Newsletter 4 Star
• MOAA Pittsburgh Chapter: Newsletter 5 Star
• Willow Grove Chapter MOAA: Website 4 Star; Newsletter 4 Star

South Carolina

• South Carolina Council of Chapters, MOAA: Website 5 Star
• Aiken Chapter MOAA: Website 4 Star; Newsletter 4 Star
• Charleston Chapter, MOAA: Website 4 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Grand Strand Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Hilton Head Area Chapter, MOAA: Newsletter 4 Star
• Piedmont Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• The Star Fort Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star

Tennessee

• Chattanooga Chapter, MOAA: Newsletter 5 Star
• MOAA Memphis Chapter: Website 5 Star
• Middle Tennessee Chapter, MOAA: Website 4 Star
• Mountain Empire Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star

Texas

• MOAA Alamo: Newsletter 5 Star
• Greater Dallas & North Texas Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Heart of Texas Chapter: Website 4 Star
• Houston Area Chapter: Newsletter 4 Star

Virginia

• Virginia Council of Chapters: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Central Virginia Chapter of MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Falcons Landing Chapter of the MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Heritage Chapter of the MOAA: Website 4 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Heritage Hunt Chapter: Newsletter 5 Star
• Mount Vernon Chapter, MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Portsmouth Area Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Richmond Area Chapter, MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• MOAA, Southwest Virginia Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Virginia Peninsula Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star

Washington

• Columbia River Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Kitsap Chapter: Newsletter 5 Star; Website 5 Star
• Mt Rainier Chapter: Newsletter 5 Star
• Olympia Area Chapter: MOAA Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Olympic Peninsula Chapter: Newsletter 5 Star
• Spokane Chapter, MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star
• Whidbey Island Chapter, MOAA: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star

Wisconsin

• Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter – MOAA: Newsletter 4 Star

Wyoming

• WY-CO Border Chapter: Newsletter 5 Star

Virtual

• MOAA Uniformed Services Nurse Advocates Virtual Chapter: Website 5 Star; Newsletter 5 Star

* Note: Total scores for the 2022 Communications Awards (for newsletters and/or websites) were incorrect as originally calculated. Recalculations resulted in 31 4-star awards being upgraded to 5-star awards. Those upgraded awards are indicated in italics. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.