Virginia Professional Communicators, with members from all corners of Virginia, won six first place awards in Birmingham, Alabama at the National Federation of Press Women annual competition.<\/p>\n
First place winners included a small business consultant, a university magazine editor, newspaper journalist, legal magazine publisher, national trade association communicator and freelance arts and leisure writer. Award winners who advanced from Virginia\u2019s statewide competition to the National Federation of Press Women 2017 Awards with distinction include:<\/p>\n
First Place<\/strong><\/p>\n Bonnie Atwood, Personality Profile more than 500 words \u2013 \u201cEmily Couric What Might Have Been\u201d<\/p>\n Katherine Calos, Feature – print newspaper “Living with Less”<\/p>\n Katherine Calos, Specialty articles – social issues “Picture imperfect; Out of the Shadows”<\/p>\n Julie Campbell, Publications regularly edited by entrant-magazine, newsletter, or other non-newspaper publication \u2013 \u201cWashington and Lee Alumni Magazine\u201d<\/p>\n Paul Fletcher, Columns – General “Putting the Press above it all; Fakin’ it\u201d<\/p>\n Kimberly Loehr, Brochures, non-profit – “Build and Protect: A Blueprint for Architects and Engineers”<\/p>\n Second Place<\/strong><\/p>\n Sunni Brown, Marketing program or campaign for new or existing service or product, “Queally Center”<\/p>\n Kimberly Loehr, Community, institutional or internal relations “Build and Protect”<\/p>\n Cynthia Price, Marketing program or campaign for new or existing service or product, “Queally Center”<\/p>\n Martha Steger, Specialty articles, Arts and Entertainment, “Inside Downton Abbey\u2019s Library\u201d<\/p>\n \u201dAmerican Bandstand\u2019s Regulars\u201d<\/p>\n Third Place<\/strong><\/p>\n Paul Fletcher, Columns – Humorous \u2013 \u201cPublishers Notebook: \u2018See You Later\u2019; \u2018Clowns to the Left of Me\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Virginia Johnson, Specialty Articles – Reviews “Irena’s Children: A True Story of Courage\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEscape to Virginia: from Nazi Germany to Thalhimers Farm”<\/p>\n Virginia Johnson, Writing for the Web “Discover the Past in HQ\u2019s Virginiana Room”<\/p>\n Kimberly Loehr, Website edited or managed by entrant – “Lightning Protection Initiative, Lightning.org\u201d<\/p>\n Honorable Mention<\/strong><\/p>\n Frances Crutchfield, Speech – “With a Song”<\/p>\n Martha Steger, Columns – Informational, “Three Locations to Explore Along the Blue Ridge Parkway”<\/p>\n \u201cLancaster Blossoms in Pennsylvania Dutch Country\u201d<\/p>\n Joan Tupponce, Feature Story – Magazine, newsletter or other non-print newspaper, ” The Arc of Loving”<\/p>\n Congrats to all the winners!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Virginia Professional Communicators, with members from all corners of Virginia, won six first place awards in Birmingham, Alabama at the National Federation of Press Women annual competition. First place winners included a small business consultant, a university magazine editor, newspaper journalist, legal magazine publisher, national trade association communicator and freelance arts and leisure writer. Award […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n