the randy l neil and clyde jennings awards were created by the aape board in 2007 to honor each year the best article
or series of articles by an author new to the pages of tpe (jennings award) and the author of the best article or series
of articles in tpe for the year (neil award). the first year for which the awards were given was 2006.
articles by the editor, the sitting president, and the immediate past president are not eligible for consideration.
the recipients, by year, are as follows:
| 2021 | randy l neil award | george struble | "toward a better experience with virtual exhibits" |
| | clyde jennings award | william n. kelly | "challenges of first day cover exhibiting & judging." |
| 2020 | randy l neil award | lester lanphear | "creating your own census" |
| | clyde jennings award | doug weisz | "including a letter in an exhibit" |
| 2019 | randy l neil award | jamie gough | "philatelic importance as it (mostly) applies to modern material" |
| | clyde jennings award | alan moll | "homemade exhibit frame" |
| 2018 | randy l neil award | rich drews | "points are pointless without proper feedback" |
| | clyde jennings award | emory earl toops | "a tale of two exhibits and three countries" |
| 2017 | randy l neil award | fran adams | "title, synopsis & exhibit page structure: a different approach" |
| | clyde jennings award | ed kroft | "exhibiting holy land philately" |
| 2016 | randy l neil award | steven zwillinger | "ten weeks to a better exhibit" |
| | clyde jennings award | gary wayne loew | "diary of a novice exhibitor" |
| 2015 | randy l neil award | david piercey | "personal study and research in exhibits" |
| | clyde jennings award | ron klimley | "building a fdc exhibit from a modern commemorative" |
| 2014 | randy l neil award | steve zwillinger | exhibit tips series |
| | clyde jennings award | no selection | |
| 2013 | randy l neil award | richard drews | "literature publishing, exhibiting and judging" |
| | clyde jennings award | david piercey | "the power of change in transforming one's exhibiting style" |
| 2012 | randy l neil award | dr. robert bell and ben ramkissoon | "what is damaged philatelic material?" |
| | clyde jennings award | larry fillion | "youth and philately (exhibiting)" |
| 2011 | randy l neil award | jack andre denys | "myth-busting thematic rules" |
| | clyde jennings award | tom slemons | "a novice's thoughts on international exhibiting & judging" |
| 2010 | randy l neil award | ronald lesher | series titled "what are revenues" |
| | clyde jennings award | mike ley | "how does your exhibit end?" |
| 2009 | randy l neil award | patricia stilwell walker | "how judging has evolved and what this means to you as an exhibitor..." |
| | clyde jennings award | gary steele | "an exhibit chairman's comments" |
| 2008 | randy l neil award | jim kotanchik* | "mining the wsp medals database" |
| | clyde jennings award | no selection | |
| 2007 | randy l neil award | dr. robert bell and ben ramkissoon | "rarity, scarcity and difficulty of acquisition - philatelic and exhibiting challenges" |
| | clyde jennings award | barbara harrison | "building your own portable exhibit frame" |
| 2006 | randy l neil award | anthony f. dewey | "on exhibits and exhibiting: educating the jury part ii." |
| | clyde jennings award | henrik mouritsen | "title and synopsis pages for my postal history exhibit" |
* deceased
