And the winners are…

National Contest

First-place winners in the Virginia Professional Communicators contest advanced to the National Federation of Press Women’s contest, where they competed with other first-place winners from state affiliates of NFPW. They were celebrated at a banquet on June 29 during the annual NFPW conference, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

VPC winners in the NFPW contest:

Bonnie Atwood
Richmond, Virginia

• Second place, Nonfiction Books for Adult Readers—Autobiography or Memoir
• Third place, Specialty Articles—History
  

Sunni Brown

Richmond, Virginia

• Third place, News or Feature Release—Single Release
• Honorable mention, Media Pitch

Cathy Jett
Fredericksburg, Virginia

• Third place, Specialty Articles—Agriculture, agribusiness, aquaculture

Virginia Johnson
Fredericksburg, Virginia

• Second place, Feature Story—Online Publication

Gail Benge Kent
Newport News, Virginia

• First place, Editorial/Opinion—Print-Based Newspaper

Patty Kruszewski
Richmond, Virginia

• Third place, Specialty Articles—Physical health (fitness, diet, clean lifestyle)
• Third place, Columns—Personal Opinion (bylined, not editorial)

Kim Loehr
Richmond, Virginia

• Second place, Graphics—Infographics

Cynthia Price
Glen Allen, Virginia

• First place, Audiovisuals

Martha Steger
Midlothian, Virginia

• Second place, Specialty Articles—Green/Environmental
• Second place, Specialty Articles—Style (fashion, interior design, architecture, landscaping, home economics)
• Honorable Mention, Creative Verse—Single Poem

Annie Tobey

Chesterfield, Virginia

• First place, Publications Regularly Written by Entrant—Magazine/Magpaper
• Second place, Specialty Articles—Hobby, crafts, building, designing, construction

Joan Tupponce

Glen Allen, Virginia

• Third place, Columns—General

Congrats to all VPC members who placed in the national contest!

Lead image courtesy of Vindale Research.