In its first year of ownership of the St. John Sun Times, Red Sunset Publishing took home a lion's share of honors from the 2008 ADDY awards competition organized by the Ad Club of the VI. The honors go to the best advertising. design, display and marketing efforts during the past year.
Red Sunset garnered a total of five awards: three golds (two for cover designs), and two silver for editorial layout and another cover design. The Tradewinds newspaper had a single win, a gold, for an ad on behalf of Caneel Bay and the St. John Festival. The new St. John magazine received four honors. Two were gold prizes for publication design (consumer magazine and editorial spread). The other two were for an editorial spread and the cover. The magazine's logo, by Kate Norleet's Kate-N-Design, received a silver award for design.