During an awards ceremony attended by about 200 people, including NFPW members from all across the country, NFPW announced the winners of the national contest June 11, 2021.

Congrats to all the winners for their hard work during an especially challenging and competitive year. Virginia winners included the following:

Lyndsie Blakely, Xavier Harrison
2nd Place, Video for Web, Video for nonprofit or government organization

Lyndsie Blakely, Alyce Loeser
1st Place, Social Media Presence, Nonprofit, government or educational 

Sunni Brown
1st Place, Information for the Media, Media Pitch 

Julie Campbell
Honorable Mention, Specialty Articles, Personal Essay 

Michele Cook
3rd Place, Blog, Personal 

Kristina Eisele
3rd Place, Public Relations Materials, Catalog, Manual, or Handbook 

Kristine Eisele, Krista Gargano
3rd Place, Public Relations Materials, Report 

Paul Fletcher
1st Place, Columns, Humorous 

Audrey Hingley
Honorable Mention, Feature Story, Magazine, newsletter/other publication 

Beth JoJack
2nd Place, Feature Story, Print-based newspaper 

Patty Kruszewski
3rd Place, Specialty Articles, Green/environmental
Honorable Mention, Specialty Articles, Arts and entertainment 

Kimberly Loehr
1st Place, Headlines
2nd Place, News or Feature Release, Single Release
3rd Place, Graphics, Infographics 

Alyce Loeser
1st Place, Blog, Corporate or for-profit 

Ilsa Loeser, Julia McCann
1st Place, Crisis Communications 

Rachel Marsh
3rd Place, Specialty Articles, Reviews 

Julia McCann
3rd Place, Marketing Program or Campaign 

Ann Oppenhimer
Honorable Mention, News Story, Magazine, newsletter/other print publication 

Sande Snead
1st Place, Advertising Poster, Billboard or Banner
1st Place, Single Advertisement
2nd Place, Advertising Campaign
3rd Place, Radio and Television Advertising, Television 

Martha Steger
2nd Place, Specialty Articles, Travel
3rd Place, Personality Profile, 500 words or fewer 

Annie Tobey
2nd Place, Specialty Articles, Food 

Annie Tobey, Rachel Marsh
3rd Place, Publication Regularly Edited by Entrant, Magazine/Magapaper 

Joan Tupponce
3rd Place, Personality Profile, More than 500 words 

Paulette Whitehurst
3rd Place, Nonfiction Book for Adult Readers, Autobiography or Memoir