Presidents of the organization included editors of newspaper magazines associated with the Boston Globe, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Hartford Courant.
[6] According to The Orlando Sentinel, the association's awards were considered "the premier contest in the nation for Sunday magazine journalism".
[10] In 1997, The Plain Dealer decided to commission an essay from Anna Quindlen in honor of the annual meeting of the organization.
[11] The theme was Women's History Month, and of the 26 papers notified, 18 published Quindlen's essay.
[13] Lary Bloom, editor of Northeast, Sunday magazine of The Hartford Courant, was elected president of the organization in 1995 at its annual SunMag conference,[16] and continued to serve in that capacity in 1996.