2016 Contest Award Recipients

Bonnie Atwood

Second place for single advertisements for print or electronic publication
Third place for speech
Honorable mention for feature story – magazine, newsletter, or other non-newspaper print publication and personality profile – More than 500 words

Sue Bland

First place for news story – magazine, newsletter, or other non-newspaper print publication

Frances Broaddus-Crutchfield

First place for creative verse – single poem; honorable mention for Children’s books – nonfiction (2)

Katherine Calos

Julie Campbell

Third place for feature story – online publication; honorable mention for personality profile – more than 500 words

Hannah Davis

First place for news story – print-based newspaper; specialty articles – sports; single photograph – news or feature photo; single photograph – sports photo
Second place for news story – print-based newspaper; personality profile – 500 words or fewer; specialty articles – sports; page design – newspaper; and single photograph – sports photo
Third place for editorial/opinion – print-based newspaper (2); specialty articles – physical health, fitness, mental health, self-help; and single photograph – sports photo
Honorable mention for specialty articles – physical health, fitness, mental health, self-help and columns – personal opinion (bylined, not editorial)

Jennifer Drummond

Paul Fletcher

Audrey Hingley

Second place for feature story – magazine, newsletter, or other non-newspaper print publication
Third place for specialty articles – arts and entertainment
Honorable mention for specialty articles – travel

Cathy Jett

First place for specialty articles – agriculture, agribusiness, aquaculture; specialty articles – business; and specialty articles – education

Virginia Johnson

First place for blogs – nonprofit, government or educational
Second place for specialty articles – reviews (any subject, must express personal opinion)

Patty Kruszewski

First place for feature story – print-based newspaper; specialty articles – reviews (any subject, must express personal opinion); columns – personal opinion (bylined, not editorial); and blogs – personal
Second place for columns – personal opinion (bylined, not editorial) and blogs – personal
Third place for feature story – print -based newspaper
Honorable mention for feature story – print-based newspaper

Heloise “Ginger” Levit

First place for individual achievement
Third place for specialty articles – history and specialty articles – reviews (any subject, must express personal opinion)
Honorable mention for news story – print-based newspaper and editorial/opinion – print-based newspaper

Kimberly Loehr

First place for specialty articles – science or technology and videos for website – nonprofit, government, or educational

K.J. Mushung

First place for news story – online publication; feature story – online publication; specialty articles – green/environmental; single photograph – general photo (open competition – no subcategories as to type of publication); photographer-writer; and web site edited or managed by entrant – nonprofit, government, or educational
Second place for news story – online publication; enterprise reporting; specialty articles – social issues; and single photograph – general photo (open competition – no subcategories as to type of publication)
Third Place for news story – online publication.
Honorable Mention for continuing coverage or unfolding news; single photograph – news or feature photo(3); single photograph – sports photo; single photograph – general photo (open competition – no subcategories as to type of publication)

Cynthia Price

First place for headlines; community, institutional, or internal relations; marketing program or campaign for new or existing service or product (with co-entrant Sunni Brown, Richmond); magapapers/tabloids
Third Place for blogs – personal

Martha Steger

First place for personality profile – 500 words or fewer; specialty articles – arts and entertainment; specialty articles – business; columns – general
Second Place for speech; creative verse – single poem
Third Place for specialty articles – advertorials (special ad supplements or special sections
Honorable Mention for photographer-writer

Marge Swayne

First place for specialty articles – food; specialty articles – physical health, fitness, mental health, self-help; specialty articles – religion; specialty articles – social issues; columns – humorous
Second place for feature story – print-based newspaper; specialty articles – business; specialty articles – education; specialty articles – food; specialty articles – history; specialty articles – physical health, fitness, mental health, self-help; single photograph – news or feature photo; and photographer-writer
Third place for news story – print-based newspaper; personality profile – more than 500 words; specialty articles – agriculture, agribusiness, aquaculture; specialty articles – arts and entertainment; columns – general; columns – personal opinion (bylined, not editorial); single photograph – news or feature photo; and photographer-writer
Honorable mention for editorial/opinion – print-based newspaper and headlines

Joan Tupponce

First place for personality profile – more than 500 words and specialty articles – home (interior deco, furniture, architecture, landscaping)
Second place for personality profile – more than 500 words and specialty articles – arts and entertainment
Third place for feature story – magazine, newsletter, or other non-newspaper print publication
Honorable mention for personality profile – more than 500 words and specialty articles – travel

Gwen Woolf

Diane York

First place for feature story – magazine, newsletter, or other non-newspaper print publication
Second place for specialty articles – advertorials (special ad supplements or special sections)