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National Federation of Press Women names 15 Virginia Professional Communicators members winners in annual competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Sue Brinkerhoff Bland<\/p>\n

RICHMOND\u200b, VA\u2014Members of Virginia Professional Communicators (VPC) won 27 awards for excellence in communications from the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW), at the annual conference, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The members were recognized for their work in university media relations and communications, newspapers, magazines, for-profit and nonprofit organizational communications, trade associations and websites.<\/p>\n

NFPW, now in its 81st year, is a nationwide organization of women and men pursuing careers across the communications spectrum. Its Virginia affiliate, Virginia Professional Communicators (VPC), began 60 years ago as Virginia Press Women. Together with the Virginia Press Women Foundation, VPC awards a communications scholarship to a college student each year. VPC\u2019s statewide contest is professionally judged, and the first-place winners advance to the national competition.<\/p>\n

Winners include:<\/strong><\/p>\n

First place<\/em>
\nJoan Tupponce, Glen Allen. Category: Personality profile, more than 500 words<\/p>\n

Second place \u00a0<\/em>
\nSunni Brown, Richmond. Category: News or feature releases
\nJulie Campbell, Lexington. Category: Publication regularly edited by entrant
\nAudrey Hingley, Urbanna. Category: Columns \u2014 general
\nKimberly Loehr, Richmond. Two categories: Public service and headlines
\nLouisa Preston, Manakin Sabot. Category: Single photo, news or feature
\nMartha Steger, Midlothian. Four categories: Specialty articles \u2014 history,
\nSpecialty articles \u2014 arts and entertainment, Personality profile \u2014 500 words or fewer and Creative verse, single poem<\/p>\n

Third place<\/em>
\nJulie Campbell, Lexington. Category: Brochures \u2014 non-profit, government or educational\u00a0 Kimberly Loehr, Richmond. Two categories: Community, institutional or internal relations and Specialty articles, service or technology
\nJulia McCann, Farmville. Category: Reports (including, but not limited to, annual reports) Tiffany Murray, Richmond. Category: Writing for the web
\nMartha Steger, Midlothian. Category: Specialty articles \u2014 travel
\nJoan Tupponce, Glen Allen. Category: Specialty articles \u2014 physical health, mental health, fitness, self-help<\/p>\n

Honorable mention<\/em>
\nNancy Wright Beasley, North Chesterfield. Category: Newsletters \u2014 corporate or for-profit Lyndsie Blakely, Farmville. Category: Public service
\nRuth Doumlele, Richmond. Category: Speech
\nPaul Fletcher, Richmond. Two categories: Editorial\/opinion, print-based newspaper and Columns: Humorous, print-based newspaper
\nPatty Kruszewski, Richmond. Category: Feature story, print-based newspaper
\nCatherine Petrini, Alexandria. Two categories: Essay, chapter or section in a book and Website managed or edited entrant \u2014 non-profit, government or educational
\nJoan Tupponce, Glen Allen. Category: Feature story, magazine, newsletter or other non-newspaper publication
\nVirginia Professional Communicators will honor these members at its fall meeting on Saturday, Oct. 13, at historic Hanover Tavern, Hanover Courthouse, Virginia. It also will present its Newsmaker of the Year award to Virginia Del. Danica Roem. To register, visit \u200bwww.VAPC.org\u200b.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

National Federation of Press Women names 15 Virginia Professional Communicators members winners in annual competition By Sue Brinkerhoff Bland RICHMOND\u200b, VA\u2014Members of Virginia Professional Communicators (VPC) won 27 awards for excellence in communications from the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW), at the annual conference, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. 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