COUNTY — The Pickens County Courier is proud to announce that graphic artist Emily Wright recently earned an honorable mention for her work on the 2012 Breast Cancer Awareness section featured in the newspaper’s pages in October.

The award is part of a national Facebook promotion by Metro Graphics. The award is open to all graphic artists world-wide that use Metro Graphics for artwork.

This honor adds to the numerous S.C. Press Association awards that Wright has earned since the Courier was established in 2007.

“Emily is the best graphic artist I have ever worked with in all my years in newspapers,”  Courier advertising director Mignonne Matheson said.

“We are very proud of Emily and so glad she has been recognized for her hard work,” publisher Rocky Nimmons said. “She is a truly talented graphic artist. It so wonderful that we have someone on staff like Emily, not only for us, but for all our valued customers.”