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Sharon Geltner

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Boca Raton, West Palm Beach
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“Deliciously detailed & bitingly funny”—@thewhinydonor 😉Comic mystery, satire, beach read re: elite Palm Beach. +Multimedia creator Threads: @sharongeltner
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Awards

Florida Press Club “Excellence in Journalism” Awards / Class B & C

2025 - Art News Writing

First Place 2025 “Excellence in Journalism” Awards Top honor for a statewide scoop on how arts and culture institutions across Florida were shocked when the governor vetoed their program funding. Story examined the fallout and revealed how industry lobbyists and other experts either did not see the $0 line item in the state budget or chose not to act.

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Florida Press Club "Excellence in Journalism"

2024 - Light Features, Class C, non-daily.

Florida Press Club, announces the finalists in its Excellence in Journalism awards. Our features include: artist Sharon Koskoff in The Boca Raton Observer magazine plus 54 Below at Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts plus a profile of bestselling author Beth Raymer (the latter two published in The Coastal Star.)

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2024 - Arts and Culture Commentary & Criticism

Finalist, 2024. Sunshine State Awards administered by SPJ - Florida chapter.

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2023 - Arts Commentary & Criticism

First Place in SPJ (Florida chapter) "Sunshine State Awards" for writing about visual, performing and literary arts for Palm Beach ArtsPaper and The Coastal Star.

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Small Business Advocate of the Year

2015

Named the U.S. Small Business Administration's Small Business Advocate of the Year for the South Florida District, covering 24 counties, from Tampa to the Keys. Honored for achievements in advancing business ownership for Florida entrepreneurs, job creation, helping the economy and resourcefulness.

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National Headliner Award

Outstanding News Reporting

For daily newspapers with a circulation of 25,000 and under. Honored for an article about Boca Raton, Florida's then most prominent philanthropist buying the fake title of "countess."

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American Society of Newspaper Editors

Short Writing

National finalist. Award given for writing complete features in fewer than 400 words.

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