Category 2 - Automotive
First Place - Madisonville Messenger, Jamie Knight, Laura Sosh
Photograph draws in eye to read.
Second Place - Middlesboro Daily News, Diana Carnes
Like headline and theme.
Third Place - Winchester Sun, Missy Hunt, Terah Hatton
Good ad without graphics. Overprinted and needed to knock out type.

Category 3 - Hardware/Appliance Stores
First Place - Murray Ledger & Times, Mary Ann Orr
Great emotion in ad.
Second Place - Madisonville Messenger, Shara Metcalf, Mary Anne Siria
Third Place - Madisonville Messenger, Jamie Knight, Mary Anne Siria

Category 4 - Financial
First Place - Madisonville Messenger, Cindi Ashby, Mary Anne Siria
Inviting graphic, good use of white space.
Second Place - Madisonville Messenger, Cindi Ashby, Mary Anne Siria
Good use of local photos and art.
Third Place - Times Tribune, Lisa Harrison

Category 5 - Professional Services
First Place - Madisonville Messenger, Steve Shepard, Mitchell Baldwin
Eye catching artwork, good use of small space.
Second Place - Times Tribune, Marva Gambrel
Good concept. Catches your eye.
Third Place - Times Tribune, Marva Gambrel

Category 6 - Food, Drug, Liquor
First Place - Madisonville Messenger, Steve Shepard, Mary Anne Siria
Product and pricing effective.
Second Place - Madisonville Messenger, Steve Shepard, Mary Anne Siria
Good clean easy to read ad.
Third Place - Madisonville Messenger, Steve Shepard, Mary Anne Siria

Category 7 - Furniture
First Place - Madisonville Messenger, Shara Metcalf, Mitchell Baldwin
Second Place - Middlesboro Daily News, Wanda Paul
Third Place - Times Tribune, Marva Gambrel

Category 8 - Real Estate
First Place - Madisonville Messenger, Cindi Ashby, Mary Anne Siria
Excellent display of logos throughout ad.
Second Place - Murray Ledger & Times, Slone Cansler
Like color usage. Good layout of pictures, registration needs improvement.
Third Place - Winchester Sun, Marnie Villarreal, Agnes Tapp

Category 9 - Clothing Stores
First Place - Murray Ledger & Times, Slone Cansler
Good use of holiday theme.
Second Place - Murray Ledger & Times, Slone Cansler
Nice ad style. Catches the eye.
Third Place - Murray Ledger & Times, Rachel Pendergrass
Good looking ad for Memorial Day sale. Grabs the eye.

Category 10
Multiple Advertiser/"Sig" Page
First Place - Times Tribune, Staff
Excellent job. Unique concept. Good looking pages.
Second Place - Winchester Sun, Carol Parker, Karen Combs
New money from non-traditional sources.
Third Place - Winchester Sun, Advertising Staff, Terah Hatton
Attractive page, good, clean ads.

Category 11 - Creative Use of the Newspaper
First Place - Winchester Sun, Kim Hays, Terah Hatton
Creative use of graphic.
Second Place - Murray Ledger & Times, Tom Bell
Good display of staff.
Third Place - Middlesboro Daily News, Pat Cheek
Good information, a little busy.

Category 12 - Entertainment/Dining
First Place - Madisonville Messenger, Cindi Ashby
Good eye-catching graphic and color.
Second Place - Middlesboro Daily News, Wanda Paul
It makes me hungry. Nice use of graphics.
Third Place - Madisonville Messenger, Steve Shepard

Category 13 - Special Sections
First Place - Times Tribune, Staff
Great concept, community involvement is great. Nice readable section.
Second Place - Times Tribune, Staff
Good concept, easy sell, clean layout.
Third Place - Winchester Sun, Advertising Staff
Made us want to visit area.

Category 14 - Group Promotions
First Place - Richmond Register, Laura Parke
Clean layout, consistent, good use of color.
Second Place - Richmond Register, Christine Carney
Consistent, inviting. Stands alone. Strong black and white.
Third Place - Murray Ledger & Times, Staff
Simple layout, good use of spot color.

Category 15 - Holiday Greeting Ads
First Place - Richmond Register, Perry Stocker, Joel Merlin
Good layout and great way to group an industry.
Second Place - Madisonville Messenger, Cindi Ashby, Mary Anne Siria
Third Place - Murray Ledger & Times, Slone Cansler

Category 16 - Agriculture/Lawn and Garden
First Place - Murray Ledger & Times, Rhiannon Green
Clean simple layout. Good use of small space.
Second Place - Middlesboro Daily News, Lisa Cowan
Inviting ad.
Third Place - Madisonville Messenger, Debbie Littlepage

Category 17 - Classified Page/Section
First Place - Winchester Sun, Classified Staff

Category 18 - Special Publications
First Place - Madisonville Messenger, Ad Staff
Quality piece, good design.
Second Place - Times Tribune, Staff
Good reproduction, lots of ads.
Third Place - Richmond Register, Staff

Category 19 - Best Use of Color
First Place - Richmond Register, Clay Berryman
Unanimous first place. Great use of color with theme. I would want this guy to paint for me.
Second Place - Madisonville Messenger, Cindi Ashby, Mary Anne Siria
Third Place - Richmond Register, Perry Stocker, Joel Merlin
Attractive page.

Category 20 - Best Ad Series
First Place - Madisonville Messenger, Cindi Ashby, Mary Anne Siria
Best of the category.
Second Place - Times Tribune, Lisa Harrison
Third Place - Middlesboro Daily News, Wanda Paul

Category 21 - General Miscellaneous
First Place - Murray Ledger & Times, Slone Cansler
Second Place - Murray Ledger & Times, Rhiannon Green, Tom Bell
Third Place - Murray Ledger & Times, Rachel Pendergrass, Tom Bell

Category 22 - Sporting Goods/Athletics
First Place - Madisonville Messenger, Steve Shepard
Second Place - Winchester Sun, Missy Hunt, Terah Hatton
Third Place - Times Tribune, Amanda Grubb

Category 23 - Special Events
First Place - Richmond Register, Christine Carney
Tells the message with simple design and layout.
Second Place - Middlesboro Daily News, Staff
Third Place - Winchester Sun, Missy Hunt, Karen Combs

Category 24 - Best Newspaper Promotion
Certificate of Merit - Madisonville Messenger, Debbie Littlepage

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