Ad Type & Design has won multiple awards of excellence since its founding in 1995, including:
- The Golden Quill Award by Old Cars magazine bestowed upon The Self-Starter magazine, each year 2004–2016 consecutive, 2018–2020 consecutive, one of two car club publications
highlighted in 2019 for its overall excellence
- First Place, National Association of Automobile Museums NAAMY Award for the Cadillac & LaSalle Club Museum & Research Center’s Highlights, judged best newsletter, 2017
- Winner, Cadillac & LaSalle Club’s Maurice Hendry Award for Journalistic Excellence, 2016
- First and third place, best classified page(s) or section(s), Colorado Press Association, 2012
- Winner, Denver Newspaper Agency Merit Award, best sale/direct mail for design of real estate insert published in the Rocky Mountain News and The Denver Post, 2002
- International Festival & Events Association Bronze Award, best newspaper insert/supplement, Cherry Creek Arts Festival, published in the Rocky Mountain News, 2001
- Winner, Rocky Mountain News Advertising Outstanding Achievement Award, 2000
- International Festival & Events Association Gold Award, best newspaper insert/supplement, Cherry Creek Arts Festival, published in the Rocky Mountain News, 2000
- Second place, best advertising special section, Mountain Ad Managers (Best of the Rockies), 2000
- Honorable Mention, Retailer Co-Op Advertising Section and Classified Special Section, Newspaper Association of America Advertising, Circulation and Marketing Excellence Awards, 2000
- First and second place, best advertising special section, Mountain Ad Managers (Best of the Rockies), 1999
- First, second and third place, best advertising special section, Colorado Press Association, 1999
- Second place, best classified section, Colorado Press Association, 1998
- Winner, Cadillac & LaSalle Club Newsletter Excellence Award, 1997
- Winner, Rocky Mountain News Advertising Excellence Award, Sales Support Person of the Year, 1993
- Plus many more awards in advertising sales and service