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2022 National Contest Results: You’re a Star!<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

VPC members were well represented and won many awards in the national contest. Congratulations to all the award winners, especially Beth JoJack, Karen Schwartzkopf, Joan Tupponce, and Sheila Wickouski, who all took home first-place awards in an extremely competitive year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A distinguished group of professional journalists, communications specialists, and educators judged nearly 2,000 entries in a wide variety of categories in this year\u2019s National Federation of Press Women\u2019s national communications contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only first-place-winning entries at the state level were eligible to enter the national contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All entries were published or broadcast between Jan. 1\u2013 Dec. 31, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full list of national contest winners is available here: https:\/\/www.nfpw.org\/2022-swee…<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virginia winners include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nancy Wright Beasley<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention — Electronic Newsletter, Nonprofit, government or educational<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunni Brown<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third Place — Information for the Media, Media Pitch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michele Cook<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third Place — Specialty Articles, Agriculture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Megan George and Kristina Kerton-Eisele<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Place — Marketing Program or Campaign<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virginia Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention –Nonfiction Book for Adult Readers, Biography or History<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beth JoJack<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Place — Feature Story, Magazine, newsletter\/other publication<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gail Kent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Place — Public Relations Materials, Report<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patty Kruszewski<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third Place — Specialty Articles, Social Issues<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kimberly Loehr<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Place — Specialty Articles, Food<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention — News or Feature Release, Single Release<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melodie Martin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third Place \u2013 Headlines<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ann Oppenhimer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Place — Social Media Presence, Nonprofit, government or educational<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention — Website Edited or Managed by Entrant, Nonprofit, government or educational<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention — Columns, Personal Opinion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention — Specialty Articles, Obituary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karen Schwartzkopf<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Place — Publication Regularly Edited by Entrant, Magazine\/Magapaper<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pamela Stallsmith<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention — Editorial\/Opinion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martha Steger<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Place — Blog, Nonprofit, government or educational<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Place — Single poem<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third Place — Specialty Articles, Personal Health<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third Place — Specialty Articles, Travel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention — Specialty Articles, Personal Essay<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joan Tupponce<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Place — Personality Profile, More than 500 words<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Place — Specialty Articles, Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third Place — Columns, General<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheila Wickouski<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Place — Specialty Articles, Arts and entertainment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And for a bit of extra celebration, view the full list of state contest winners from earlier this year <\/em>on the VPC website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2022 National Contest Results: You’re a Star! VPC members were well represented and won many awards in the national contest. Congratulations to all the award winners, especially Beth JoJack, Karen Schwartzkopf, Joan Tupponce, and Sheila Wickouski, who all took home first-place awards in an extremely competitive year! 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