VPC members shine as NFPW announces 2020 national communication contest winners

Outstanding communications entries from throughout the U.S. have won honors in the 2020 National Communications Contest sponsored by the National Federation of Press Women, and Virginia Professional Communicators is well-represented. 

Nearly 300 professional communicators earned honors during a virtual celebration on June 6, 2020. The awards celebration was originally scheduled during the annual conference, to be held this year in Little Rock, Arkansas. But because of the pandemic, NFPW had to cancel the conference, so the organization hosted a virtual celebration. 

This year was super competitive. More than 1,800 entries were submitted in this year’s contest. This was an increase of over 200 entries from the 2019 contest. 

First-place winners at the state level, which we announced previously, advanced to the national contest. Fourteen VPC members were recognized at the national level, which included seven 1st-place awards. Congratulations to all the VPC members who were honored.

This year’s Virginia winners, listed in alphabetical order, include:

Sunni Brown, Cynthia Price, and Lindsey Campbell

1st Place, Community Programs or Campaigns, Institutional or Internal Relations

Paul Fletcher

Honorable Mention, Columns, Humorous

Virginia Johnson

1st Place, Non-fiction Books for Adult Readers, History

Gail Kent

1st Place, Public Relations Materials, Reports

Honorable Mention, Specialty Articles, Personal Essay

Patty Kruszewski

2nd Place, Feature Story, Print-based Newspaper

Kimberly Loehr

1st Place, Information For The Media, News or Feature Release, Single Release

3rd Place, Infographics

Honorable Mention, Specialty Articles, Science or Technology

Rachel Marsh

1st Place, Specialty Articles, Travel

3rd Place, Editing for Print or Online Publications, Magazine, Newsletter or Other Publication

Catherine Petrini

2nd Place, Photography, General Photo, Open Competition

3rd Place, Brochures, Non-profit, Government or Educational

Tonda Rush

1st Place, Columns, Informational

Martha Steger

Honorable Mention, Personality Profile, 500 Words or Fewer

Honorable Mention, Radio or Television Interview

Honorable Mention, Specialty Articles, Physical Health

Annie Tobey and Rachel Marsh

2nd Place, Publication Regularly Edited by Entrant, Magazine/Magapaper

Annie Tobey

3rd Place, Specialty Articles, Reviews

Honorable Mention, Specialty Articles, History

Joan Tupponce

1st Place, Personality Profile, More Than 500 Words

3rd Place, Feature Story, Magazine, Newsletter or Other Publication

Learn more about the national winners at https://click.mlsend.com/link/c/YT0xNDQwNjE5NTcxNDU0MTU0MzU5JmM9ZzN4MSZlPTEwMTkwNyZiPTM1NzI2NTgwMiZkPWU0cTZ5MWI=.xTXvq8DVOVAXBDkLPUflYsX6QUeeIf80NWT2ozBWvXg.