Southern California Journalism Awards
2022 Journalist of the Year, Print, over 50,000 circulation
“Judges’ comment: Mr. Abramovitch's work exhibits great integrity — information is organically fused with insight and emotional connection. His finely tuned, sensitive ear clearly inspires trust resulting in his subjects being placed in the most truthful light possible. He makes subjects into honest collaborators.”
2022 1st Place, Entertainment Features, Magazines: “Searching for Shelley Duvall”
“Judges’ comment: Deft reporting on a difficult topic — the mental health issues of aging actress Shelley Duvall. It is straight-forward without being sappy or sensational and includes wonderful details and background.”
2020 1st Place, Online Entertainment News (with Chris Gardner): ”Jordan Peele on Making Movies After 'Us': ‘I Don't See Myself Casting a White Dude As the Lead’”
2019 1st Place, Personality Profile, Magazines: “Kathy Griffin: Can a Comic in Exile Come Back?”
2016 1st Place, Magazine Feature Under 1000 words: “Like That, Salma Hayek Killed My Hard-On”
2015 1st Place, Personality Profile, Magazines: “Ellen Page: You Have No Idea How Hard That Moment Is”
National Arts & Entertainment journalism Awards
2023 1st Place, Film Personality Profile — Over 2,500 Words: “Mo’Nique Makes Peace (Mostly)”
2022 1st Place, Movie Industry Feature — Over 1,000 Words: “The Tragic End of Polish Movie Star — and Nazi Resistance Fighter — Witold Zacharewicz”
Judges’ comment: “A riveting story that reads like a five-star movie.”
2021 1st Place, Personality Profile — Over 2,500 Words: “Searching for Shelley Duvall: The Reclusive Icon on Fleeing Hollywood and the Scars of Making 'The Shining'”
Judges’ comment: “In any other contest, every entry in this category would be a finalist or possibly a winner, making this a very tough call. But Seth Abramovitch tackled a subject who had no project to promote, presumably no publicist to arrange a meeting and a fascinating, if curious and thorny, personal and cinematic history.”
2018 1st Place, Arts & Entertainment Feature Online: “Death in a Hollywood Sex Dungeon: How a Top Agency Executive's "Mummification" Ritual Ended in Tragedy”
2017 1st Place, Industry/Arts Investigative: "Friars Club Under Fire"
2017 1st Place, Industry/Arts Feature Over 1,000 words: "Little People, Big Woes"
2015 1st Place, Magazine Arts Feature: “How Dr. Heimlich Maneuvered Hollywood Into Backing His Dangerous AIDS ‘Cure’”
2015 1st Place, Documentary Short: “Motion Picture & Television Fund Retirement Home”