Editorial The Journal of School Nursing—SAGE Writing Awards This is the fourth year for The Journal of School Nursing

are designed to promote publishing that contributes to school nursing practice and to recognize excellence in writing. The Executive Editor of The Journal and the Editorial Advisory Board selected recipients. Papers published in print during 2012 were considered for the award. Each recipient received $500 awarded by SAGE. National Association of School Nurses (NASN) provides free registra-tion to the NASN Annual Meeting at Disney World in Orlando Florida at which time recipients will receive a certif-icate from JOSN recognizing their achievement. The Execu-tive Editor and the Editorial Advisory Board recommended that the monetary award be used to defray the expenses incurred to attend the Annual Meeting of the NASN, June 27–30, 2013. While acceptance in peer-reviewed journals represents recognition for excellence, writing awards offer additional recognition and allow us to introduce the authors as the real-world people they are