{"id":2443,"date":"2020-06-10T11:15:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T15:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vapc.org\/?p=2443"},"modified":"2020-06-10T11:15:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T15:15:57","slug":"national-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/national-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"National Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>VPC members shine as NFPW announces 2020 national communication contest winners<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year was super competitive. More than 1,800 entries were submitted in this year\u2019s contest. This was an increase of over 200 entries from the 2019 contest.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First-place winners at the state level,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/click.mlsend.com\/link\/c\/YT0xNDQwNjE5NTcxNDU0MTU0MzU5JmM9ZzN4MSZlPTEwMTkwNyZiPTM1NzI2NTc5OCZkPWozbTF1M3c=.Wi97Owt7gj2-TJqTd5ONZo6qgcjbjIDot3ap7PcVgAc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">which we announced previously<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s Virginia winners, listed in alphabetical order, include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunni Brown, Cynthia Price, and Lindsey Campbell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1st Place, Community Programs or Campaigns, Institutional or Internal Relations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Paul Fletcher<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honorable Mention, Columns, Humorous<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Virginia Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1st Place, Non-fiction Books for Adult Readers, History<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gail Kent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1st Place, Public Relations Materials, Reports<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honorable Mention, Specialty Articles, Personal Essay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Patty Kruszewski<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2nd Place, Feature Story, Print-based Newspaper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kimberly Loehr<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1st Place, Information For The Media, News or Feature Release, Single Release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3rd Place, Infographics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honorable Mention, Specialty Articles, Science or Technology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rachel Marsh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1st Place, Specialty Articles, Travel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3rd Place, Editing for Print or Online Publications, Magazine, Newsletter or Other Publication<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Catherine Petrini<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2nd Place, Photography, General Photo, Open Competition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3rd Place, Brochures, Non-profit, Government or Educational<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tonda Rush<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1st Place, Columns, Informational<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Martha Steger<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honorable Mention, Personality Profile, 500 Words or Fewer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honorable Mention, Radio or Television Interview<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honorable Mention, Specialty Articles, Physical Health<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Annie Tobey&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Rachel Marsh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2nd Place, Publication Regularly Edited by Entrant, Magazine\/Magapaper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Annie Tobey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3rd Place, Specialty Articles, Reviews<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honorable Mention, Specialty Articles, History<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joan Tupponce<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1st Place, Personality Profile, More Than 500 Words<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3rd Place, Feature Story, Magazine, Newsletter or Other Publication<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Learn more about the national winners at https:\/\/click.mlsend.com\/link\/c\/YT0xNDQwNjE5NTcxNDU0MTU0MzU5JmM9ZzN4MSZlPTEwMTkwNyZiPTM1NzI2NTgwMiZkPWU0cTZ5MWI=.xTXvq8DVOVAXBDkLPUflYsX6QUeeIf80NWT2ozBWvXg. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.&nbsp; Nearly 300 professional communicators earned honors during a virtual celebration on June 6, 2020. 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