Awards and Other Fun Stuff

Hallmark Cards • 3rd March 2026

Vibrant Voices Diversity Award

I was honored to have been a founding member of the Vibrant Voices team, winning the Hallmark CEO “Walk the Talk” Award for an in-house diversity and inclusion blog focused on telling human stories with empathy and compassion, so that we can know more about one another and connect with mutual respect.

Pittsburg State University • 3rd March 2026

Outstanding Alumni Award winner: first-gen college student becomes senior writer for Hallmark

When Amy Trowbridge-Yates was growing up, she lived in a low-income area of Kansas City where the drop-out rate is high, there’s a high percentage of children on f...

Feedback from Creative Teams

“Amy is a boundary stretcher in the best way. Her writing is real, deep, honest, richly emotional, and funny without ever being disrespectful to the relationships under examination . . .

Studio Ink • 3rd March 2026

ATY Featured Card Collection

"Amy Trowbridge-Yates has one tattoo, two cute daughters, three game show rejections-and countless ideas too profane to make it as cards."

Good Morning America • 11th March 2026

GMA: Made in America

Hallmark Cards has been producing greeting cards for more than a century. Meet the writers behind the cards!

KSHB 41 Kansas City News • 21st February 2018

Hallmark: make all your cards stand out!

It's National Card Reading Day! Who knows more about a making a readable card than Hallmark? Senior writer, Amy Trowbridge-Yates provides tips on what to write in a card to ensure your personal message is the perfect addition to the card’s content