Category 2 - Automotive
First Place - Tribune Courier, Glenda Ward, Jim Ward
Clearly the winner. Grabs your attention as the words work with the graphic.
Second Place - Jessamine Journal, Peggy Adkins, Dave Eldridge
Visually attractive and good mix of fonts. Editorial would tell you not to use “annual” until after the second year, though.
Third Place - Tribune Courier, Glenda Ward, Kris Johnson
Nice mix of elements and good graphic placement.

Category 3 - Hardware/Appliance Stores
First Place - Jessamine Journal, Dawn Pennington, Dave Eldridge
Small but effective. Offer and advertiser jump at the reader.
Second Place - Jessamine Journal, Dawn Pennington, Linda Wiley
Clean simple ad.
Third Place - Union County Advocate, Lisa Turner
Like the leaves. Maybe a more attractive headline could have been used.

Category 4 - Financial
First Place - Leitchfield Record, Alice Farstad, Angelia R. Hawkins
No doubt about this one. Excellent eye-catching graphic plays well as a large part of this ad.
Second Place - Jessamine Journal, Peggy Adkins, Dave Eldridge
A very close second. This stands out graphically with a good blend of color and good use of fonts.
Third Place - Jessamine Journal, Peggy Adkins, Dave Eldridge
Nice graphically, but just not the quality of the first two, but it stood out over the rest of the entries for third.

Category 5 - Professional Services
First Place - Jessamine Journal, Dawn Pennington, Dave Eldridge
This one caught the judge’s eye, a stylish way to show off what this business does and plenty of information to follow through. Nice mix of type faces.
Second Place - Tribune Courier, Areia Hathcock, Kris Johnson
Classy look and good use of space. Leads the eye right through the information.
Third Place - Leitchfield Record, Alice Farstad, Angelia R. Hawkins
No doubt about the service here. Good pairing of graphics with function.

Category 6 - Food, Drug, Liquor
First Place - Jessamine Journal, Peggy Adkins, Dave Eldridge
It makes me hungry, which is the point of the ad. Super cute!!
Second Place - Cynthiana Democrat, Trish Jenkins, Suzie Fryman
Clean and easy to read. Cute idea with the lunch bag basics.
Third Place - Jessamine Journal, Peggy Adkins, Abby Lowery
Another really cute ad. My mouth is watering!!

Category 7 - Furniture
First Place - Cynthiana Democrat, Brad Allison, Suzie Fryman
Overall just a cute ad. Like the use of the photos and typefaces. Like one layering of the photos.
Second Place - Jessamine Journal, Peggy Adkins, Abby Lowery
Nice, crisp, clean colored ad. To the point.
Third Place - Leitchfield Record, Alice Farstad, Jenny Searcy
Very readable.

Category 8 - Real Estate
First Place - Jessamine Journal, Peggy Adkins, Abby Lowery
Eye catching and different. Everything works for this ad, graphics, fonts and design.
Second Place - Oldham Era, Jo Kerr, Mabel Parrish
Traditional and yet classy and well put together without being overly busy. The green ties it all together well.
Third Place - Jessamine Journal, Peggy Adkins, Linda Wiley
A good mix of elements and nice touch on the “Showcase” color. Larger display on the Open House element is an attractive package.

Category 9 - Clothing Stores
First Place - Jessamine Journal, Peggy Adkins, Linda Wiley
Nice use of color. Pictures do the talking of the ad. Very clean and to the point.
Second Place - Cynthiana Democrat, Beverly Linville, Suzie Fryman
Like the picture and headline, but a little more white space may have helped.
Third Place - Jessamine Journal, Peggy Adkins, Nate Lowery
Clean and to the point. Maybe mix it up with a couple of different type faces.

Category 10
Multiple Advertiser/"Sig" Page
First Place - Leitchfield Record, Jenny Searcy
The idea’s been done before but this one has a clean, easy-to-read format. And we especially like the paper’s little A-Z ad for local coverage. Nice touch!!
Second Place - Woodford Sun, Margie Holbrook, Mary-King Wireman, Marla Carroll
The color combination sells this one into second by avoiding an overly busy look and too much competition for color attention. Good job!!!
Third Place - Tribune Courier, Staff
Nicely themed page with good support. The women’s faces all over these ads help to sell us on the theme and the placing.

Category 11 - Creative Use of the Newspaper
First Place - Jessamine Journal, Staff, Dave Eldridge
Excellent!!!!
Second Place - Leitchfield Record, Jenny Searcy
Great ad, but the angled type on the box was bothersome.
Third Place - Jessamine Journal, Dave Eldridge
Great graphics. Little more emphasis on the headline.

Category 12 - Entertainment/Dining
First Place - Tribune Courier, Areia Hathcock, Kris Johnson
Heads up! Sells breakfast! Good design.
Second Place - Oldham Era, Mabel Parrish, Barbara Duncan
Nice clean ad.
Third Place - Leitchfield Record, Alice Farstad, Angelia R. Hawkins
Good design. Starburst are a little hard to read.

Category 13 - Special Sections
First Place - Tribune Courier, Staff
Ads very well done with great support for the content!
Second Place - Jessamine Journal, Staff
Not the normal “run of the mill” special section with good design and ad support.
Third Place - Jessamine Journal, Staff
Good ad design.
Honorable Mention - Jessamine Journal, Staff
Honorable mention for ad support.

Category 14 - Group Promotions
First Place - Cynthiana Democrat, Staff, Suzie Fryman
Great pages, great ads. Even with all those ads manages to be clean, ad sparkles.
Second Place - Woodford Sun, Margie Holbrook, Mary-King Wireman, Marla Carroll
Great page, just a little hard to “separate” the ads.
Third Place - Woodford Sun, Margie Holbrook, Katie Wells
Catches the eye, little hard to read type. No place to rest the eye except on the orange color.

Category 15 - Holiday Greeting Ads
First Place - Harrodsburg Herald, Jackie Larkins
Love this ad. Color is amazing! The ad screams at you.
Second Place - Leitchfield Record, Alice Farstad, Angelia Hawkins
Adorable picture to match the advertiser.
Third Place - Woodford Sun, Margie Holbrook, Marla Carroll
Cute idea! Good use of colors.

Category 16
Agriculture/Lawn and Garden
First Place - Woodford Sun, Margie Holbrook, Marla Carroll
Very clean ad. Like the fall colors and use of photos.
Second Place - Leitchfield Record, Alice Farstad, Angelia R. Hawkins
Such a good ad, but what a bummer that the logo defaulted.
Third Place - Woodford Sun, Margie Holbrook, Marla Carroll
Good ad, but the background looks more like spring than fall.

Category 17 - Classified Page/Section
First Place - Jessamine Journal, Linda Wiley
Clean, easy to read.
Second Place - Grant County News, Diana Morgan, Linda Lawrence

Category 18 - Special Publications
First Place - Grant County News, May Evans, Janet McKee
Great ad support for a unique product. Good crisp reproduction.
Second Place - Harrodsburg Herald, Staff
Nicely done. Good ad support. Just not quite as unique as #1.
Third Place - Grant County News, Ken Stone, Janet McKee
Lots of information, but very little ad support puts this one in third.

Category 19 - Best Use of Color
First Place - Harrodsburg Herald, Jackie Larkins
Great color use! Eye-popping!
Second Place - Jessamine Journal, Peggy Adkins, Linda Wiley
Good use of color to support the advertiser, flag to logo.
Third Place - Woodford Sun, Margie Holbrook, Marla Carroll
Like the use of yellow “Fall-Fall” though little hard to read.
Honorable Mention - Leitchfield Record, Alice Farstad, Angelia R. Hawkins

Category 20 - Best Ad Series
First Place - Cynthiana Democrat, Beverly Linville, Suzie Fryman
Sharp ads. Eye catching. Like the use of the photos and typefaces used.
Second Place - Tribune Courier, Glenda Ward, Kris Johnson
Small ad, but to the point. Easy to find on the page.
Third Place - Oldham Era, Mabel Parrish
Nice ads. Photos are eye catching but type being same size makes ads hard to read.

Category 21 - General Miscellaneous
First Place - Jessamine Journal, Dawn Pennington, Dave Eldridge
Smiling faces and good organization make this one the clear winner. Very sharp ad!
Second Place - Jessamine Journal, Dawn Pennington, Dave Eldridge
This pair comes through again. Nice use of graphics to tie everything together. Informative without being overwhelming.
Third Place - Jessamine Journal, Peggy Adkins, Dave Eldridge
This makes it a clear sweep for the Jessamine Journal. Very attractive with good reproduction. Nice mix of elements.

Category 22 - Sporting Goods/Athletics
First Place - Cynthiana Democrat, Beverly Linville, Suzie Fryman
Eye catching and “keeping.” Great graphic supports the ad.
Second Place - Jessamine Journal, Peggy Adkins, Dave Eldridge
Good graphic support. All upper case type is a little hard to read. Could use a little more white space.
Third Place - Grant County News, Jane Ashley Inman, Janet McKee
Headline catches the eye but should have been at top of ad with body copy to lead eye through. Maybe put the logo etc. bottom.

Category 23 - Special Events
First Place - Cynthiana Democrat, Trish Jenkins, Suzie Fryman
Simple but effective. This really conveys the serious nature of the event while visually grabbing the reader. We hope they had a good turnout.
Second Place - Woodford Sun, Toss Chandler
Cute, cute, cute. Clever blend of art and color that conveys a lot of information without being too busy.
Third Place - Jessamine Journal, Peggy Adkins, Dave Eldridge
Graphically strong with lots of useable information. Too bad it couldn’t have been in color.

Category 24 - Best Newspaper Promotion
Certificate of Merit - Tribune Courier, Staff, Kris Johnson

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