Libby Boren McMillan Journalist, Content Provider and Destination Marketing Consultant Social Media, Features Writing, Script Writing, Press Releases, Ghost Writing Greenville, SC and Fort Myers, FL Published monthly since 1996 Email Libby Boren McMillan Wins Bronze Telly Award May, 2009 - "Barnstormers to Blue Angels", a 30-minute documentary which originally aired on WGCU's Untold Stories program, has won a prestigious Telly Award for its writer and producer, Fort Myers resident Libby Boren McMillan. The program was a look at the exciting history of private aviation in southwest Florida, and spanned 100 years in time. McMillan won a 2008 Bronze Telly Award for her efforts. Founded in 1978, the prestigious Telly Awards is the premier award program honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, the finest video and film productions, and online film and video. The Telly Awards program annually showcases the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, interactive agencies, and corporate video departments in the world. The Telly Awards receives over 13,000 entries annually from all 50 states and countries around the world. Telly Awards are given based on the merit of each entry. Entries do not compete with one another. Rather, they compete against a high standard of excellence. The judges rate each entry on a 100-point scale. Entries with an average score of 70 to 89 are awarded a Bronze Telly statuette for outstanding achievement. "My father was a pilot," says McMillan, "so I grew up in a small airplane. My husband is also a private pilot, and I've always enjoyed flying. So when I was approached to produce this particular episode, I quickly said yes. I had no idea," continued McMillan, "that the history of aviation had so many important events take place right here in the area where I live. The research was full of surprises." Winners of 2008 Telly Awards included PBS, PGA Tour Productions, SCI FI Channel, Sports Illustrated, the Weather Channel, Time Life, Warner Bros., the Golf Channel, AMC, Disney Destinations, LLC., the Christian Broadcasting Network, FamilyNet, and NBC Universal Global Networks. Copies of the documentary are available for purchase through WGCU's web site, where the documentary can also be viewed.