Sierra has received one or more Maggie Awards from the Western Publications Association almost every year since 2000 and has been recognized repeatedly for excellence in design by Folio magazine's Ozzie Awards, among other honors.

2012

January/February:

March/April:

  • March/April issue: Folio magazine's Silver Eddie Award for the best full issue by an association/nonprofit publishing six issues per year
  • "High Art": Maggie Award for Best Series of Editorial Photographs/Consumer
  • "High Art": Maggie Award for Best Single Editorial Photograph/Consumer

May/June:

  • "Sound Off": Society of American Travel Writer's Environmental Tourism Award (Bronze)

September/October:

  • "Make Light": Maggie Award for Best Feature Article/Consumer

November/December:

2011

May/June:

July/August:

2010

January/February:

2009

May/June:

  • "King Coal in Court": Maggie Award for Best Single Editorial Illustration/Consumer
  • "Innovate": Maggie Award for Best Regularly Featured Department, Section, or Column/Consumer

2007

January/February, May/June, July/August:

  • "Smart Energy Solutions": Maggie Award for Best Series of Articles/Consumer

March/April, May/June, September/October:

  • "Ways & Means": Maggie Award for Best Regularly Featured Department, Section, or Column/Consumer

September/October:

  • "A Patriotic Pall" Maggie Award for Best Single Editorial Illustration/Consumer

2006

January/February:

  • "Photography of Hope": Maggie Award for Best Black-and-White or Two-Color Editorial Layout/Trade & Consumer
  • "Photography of Hope": Maggie Award for Best Series of Editorial Photographs/Consumer

March/April:

  • "A Real Refuge": Canada's Northern Lights Awards First Prize

2005

September/October:

  • "American Idylls": Maggie Award for Best Public Service Series or Article
  • "Madame Butterfly": American Society of Journalists and Authors Best Profile Award

2004

March/April:

  • "Wild America": Maggie Award for Best Special Theme Issue

November/December:

  • "Bull Elk" (Photographer Gary Kramer): Apogee Award for Excellence in Still Photography

2002

January/February:

  • "Ode to the Bus": Maggie Award for Best Signed Editorial or Essay

September/October:

  • "Election 2002," Maggie Award for Best Public Service Series or Article

2000

January/February:

  • "Night Ride": Maggie Award for Best Single Editorial Illustration

March/April:

  • "Canada's Forgotten Coast" Maggie Award for Best Public Service Series or Article

May/June:

  • "The Legacy of Lewis & Clark," Maggie Award for Best Public Service Series or Article