Updated April 29, 2026

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 2025 program year, there were 230 communications awards. Congratulations to all!

[DOWNLOAD: Full List of Award Recipients (PDF)]

Alabama

• Fort Rucker Chapter: 5-Star Website
• Huntsville Chapter, MOAA: 5-Star Newsletter; 5-Star Website
• West Alabama Officers Assn: 4-Star Newsletter
• Wiregrass Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter

Arizona

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

Arkansas

• Northwest Arkansas MOAA Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter

California

• Alameda County Chapter, MOAA: 5-Star Newsletter; 5-Star Website
• Miramar Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter; 5-Star Website
• Mojave Desert Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter
• Monterey County Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter
• Silver Strand Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter
• Ventura County Chapter MOAA: 4-Star Newsletter

Colorado

• Pikes Peak Chapter MOAA: 5-Star Newsletter

Florida

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

Georgia

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

Illinois

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

Indiana

• White River Chapter MOAA: 5-Star Newsletter

Kansas

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

Kentucky

• Bluegrass Chapter, Military Officers Association of America: 5-Star Newsletter
• Fort Campbell Chapter: 5-Star Website

Louisiana

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

Maryland

• Ft George Meade Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter
• Maryland Military Officers Association of America: 5-Star Website
• Montgomery County Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter
• Susquehanna Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter; 5-Star Website
• Upper Potomac Chapter – MOAA: 5-Star Newsletter

Michigan

• Capitol Area Chapter: 4-Star Newsletter; 5-Star Website
• Northwestern Michigan Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter
• Southeastern Michigan Chapter, MOAA: 5-Star Newsletter; 5-Star Website

Missouri

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

Nebraska

• Heartland of America Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter
  
  

Nevada

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

New Hampshire

• New Hampshire Chapter of the MOAA: 5-Star Newsletter; 5-Star Website

New Jersey

• New Jersey Lakes & Pines Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter

New Mexico

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

New York

• Genesee Valley Chapter/MOAA: 5-Star Newsletter; 5-Star Website
• Mid-Hudson Chapter, MOAA: 4-Star Newsletter
• NYS Capital Dist Chapter of the MOAA: 5-Star Newsletter; 5-Star Website
• Southern Tier Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter

North Carolina

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

Ohio

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

Oklahoma

• Southwest Oklahoma Chapter: 5-Star Website

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

• Keystone Capital Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter
• Lancaster Chapter: 4-Star Newsletter; 5-Star Website
• MOAA Pittsburgh Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter; 5-Star Website
• Pennsylvania Council of Chapters, MOAA: 4-Star Newsletter
• Valley Forge Chapter: 4-Star Website
• Willow Grove Chapter MOAA: 4-Star Newsletter; 5-Star Website

South Carolina

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

Tennessee

• Chattanooga Chapter, MOAA: 5-Star Newsletter; 5-Star Website
• Gen Andrew Jackson Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter
• Middle Tennessee: 4-Star Website
• Mountain Empire Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter; 5-Star Website
• Stones River Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter
• Sumner Chapter MOAA: 4-Star Newsletter
• Tennessee Council of Chapters: 5-Star Newsletter; 5-Star Website
• Upper Cumberland Chapter: 4-Star Website

Texas

• El Paso Chapter, MOAA: 5-Star Newsletter; 5-Star Website
• Heart of Texas Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter; 5-Star Website
• MOAA Alamo: 5-Star Newsletter; 5-Star Website
• MOAA, Houston Area: 5-Star Newsletter

Virginia

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

Washington

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

Wisconsin

• Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter – MOAA: 5-Star Newsletter

Wyoming

• WY-CO Border Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter

Virtual Councils and Chapters

• MOAA Council of Virtual Chapters: 5-Star Newsletter; 5-Star Website
• (MUSNAVC) MOAA Uniformed Services Nurse Advocates Virtual Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter; 5-Star Website
• MOAA Surviving Spouses Virtual Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter; 5-Star Website
• MOAA Judge Advocate Virtual Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter; 4-Star Website
• MOAA Public Affairs and Communication Professional Virtual Chapter: 5-Star Newsletter; 5-Star Website