First Place - Henry County Local, Melissa Blankenship
Excellent editorials on local issues. Keep up good work. A little long but good comments. Could use a better page layout.

Second Place - McCreary County Voice, Staff
Good subjects for an editorial. I’d put a headline on each. Like your placement on page too.

Third Place - Greenup County News Times, Cathie Shaffer
Good subjects for editorials. Suggestion, use 14 pt type for editorials so they stand out against columns. Keep up good work!

Honorable Mention - Citizen Voice & Times, Jeff Kerr
Suggest editor write an editorial each week on a local issue, separate from columns. Readers will like it.

First Place - Falmouth Outlook, Jackie Vaughn
Great job of reporting. The dog story was expecially good. Keep up good work.

Second Place - LaRue County Herald News, Tom Pitt
Good stories, good work. Keep after the meth situation.

Third Place - Henry County Local, Melissa Blankenship

First Place - Henry County Local, Brooke Melville
Nice detail, writing, good topic.

Second Place - News Democrat, Phyllis Codling
Lots of good research. Story was interesting; perhaps too long.

Third Place - Henry County Local, Melissa Blankenship
Good topic, nice writing.

First Place - LaRue County Herald News, Ronnie Benningfield
Great story on a subject that many men fear. Thanks for the story. Excellent!!

Second Place - News Democrat, Phyllis Codling
Excellent story on what some consider a fading industry.

Third Place - Spencer Magnet, Robin Bass
These kind of stories always make great features. Good job!

Honorable Mention - Henry County Local, Brooke Melville

Honorable Mention - News Democrat, Lorrie Kinkade

First Place - Henry County Local, Brooke Melville
Columnist writes with humor and intelligence. Her columns about her family and home are true slices of the real America.

Second Place - News Democrat, Phyllis Codling
Her “Mother Nature” column is excellent and worthy of any newspaper in the land. Others good, but a little light.

Third Place - LaRue County Herald News, Linda Ireland
Writer perfectly captures her slices of life. I feel as if I know her, her family and her community.

First Place - Cadiz Record, Scott Brown
Good local content.

Second Place - Hardin County Independent, Martin Hepner
Nice light touch with a human interest entries.

Third Place - Henry County Local, Tommie Kendall
Nice sense of humor.

Honorable Mention - McCreary County Voice, Greg Bird

First Place - Union County Advocate, Adam Smith
Nice writing, good detail, interesting topic.

Second Place - Henry County Local, Tommie Kendall

Third Place - Union County Advocate, Adam Smith

First Place - Union County Advocate, Adam Smith
Great lead, sets scene nicely. Interesting feature.

Second Place - Spencer Magnet, John Shindlebower
Nice feature, well written.

Third Place - Leitchfield Record, Angelia R. Hawkins
Neat story, off-the-beaten path.

First Place - Spencer Magnet, John Shindlebower
The series, “Make Yourself at Home,” clearly stands out as an informative and thorough analysis of the growth and problems.

Second Place - Cadiz Record, Eric Snyder
Article with wide apeal. Good photo and interesting interviews.

Third Place - Henry County Local, Melissa Blankenship
It’s hard to get someone to talk about a drinking problem as frankly as subject did. Well presented and informative.

First Place - LaRue County Herald News, Linda Ireland
Great job on a subject all too familiar but a lot of folks don’t know it. Great information.

Second Place - Union County Advocate, Leigh Ann Tipton
Great information on a story that’s happening a lot of places. Good job.

Third Place - Greenup County News Times, Cathie Shaffer
Good job of reporting, good information for the community

Honorable Mention - Spencer Magnet, John Shindlebower

No Entries

First Place - Cadiz Record, Eric Snyder
Are sunflowers the new tobacco? A surprising and enlightening article. Visual details are good, quotes carry a reader through till the end.

Second Place - Citizen Voice & Times, Rhonda Smyth
An interesting profile, how one man carves out a niche for himself in fading agricultural environment.

Third Place - Citizen Voice & Times, Jeff Kerr
There were many entries focused on the tobacco buyout issue. Kerr’s article dealt with the issue comprehensively.

First Place - LaRue County Herald News, Linda Ireland
Good headlines but be careful not to trivialize a serious news story.

Second Place - Leitchfield Record, Stephanie Hornback

Third Place - Leitchfield Record, Jenny Searcy

Honorable Mention - News Democrat, Phyllis Codling

First Place - News Democrat, Phyllis Codling

Second Place - Spencer Magnet, Robin Bass

Third Place - Leitchfield Record, Angelia R. Hawkins

Honorable Mention - McCreary County Voice, Greg Bird

First Place - McCreary County Voice, Andrew Powell

Second Place - Spencer Magnet, Robin Bass

Third Place - Union County Advocate, Adam Smith

First Place - News Democrat, Lorrie Kinkade
Nice moment.

Second Place - Spencer Magnet, Robin Bass
Cute picture.

Third Place - Grayson Journal Enquirer, Denver Brown
Fun photo.

First Place - Spencer Magnet, Robin Bass
Nice essay.

Second Place - Henry County Local, Melissa Blankenship
Cute pictures.

Third Place - Leitchfield Record, Deanna Lasley
Good composition.

First Place - Grayson Journal Enquirer, Denver Brown

Second Place - Grayson Journal Enquirer, Denver Brown

Third Place - McCreary County Voice, Andrew Powell

First Place - Spencer Magnet, Robin Bass

Second Place - Leitchfield Record, Stephanie Hornback

Third Place - Grayson Journal Enquirer, Denver Brown

First Place - Leitchfield Record, Jenny Searcy
Great concept, printed on nice stock, good use of historical photos, events listed of great use to readers as well as contact info.

Second Place - LaRue County Herald News, Staff
Ambitious project for small paper, creative concept for cover. Instead of jumps of multiple pages, try magazine layout-full page of ads next to full page of editorial. Good job.

Third Place - Spencer Magnet, Robin Bass, Hope Tallis, John Shindlebower
Great photography, nice use of faded background photo. Perhaps choose dominant and not clutter page as much with photos.

First Place - Spencer Magnet, Hope Tallis
Creative concept. Clip art at bottom looks dated, but cigarettes as bars in a graph is nice touch.

First Place - Leitchfield Record, Angelia R. Hawkins
Nice use of white space, clean design. Maybe get more stories on front.

Second Place - Union County Advocate, Adam Smith
Creative design, but almost too busy. Way to try interesting layout concepts.

Third Place - Cadiz Record, Scott Brown
Good, clean layout. Watch column widths, don’t run such wide columns. Duck-calling graphic a nice touch.

Honorable Mention - Union County Advocate, Adam Smith
Creative feature design, but perhaps a bit too busy. Consider readability.

First Place - Leitchfield Record, Deanna J. Lasley
Clean design, nice use of spot color. Nice white space and use of dividing lines.

Second Place - LaRue County Herald News, Linda Ireland, Staff
Good font choices, nice to see features on an ag page. Consider dividing stories with line or boxes to increase readability.

First Place - McCreary County Voice, Staff
Master musician feature a bit busy, but nice creative effort. Katrina layout clean, nice headline, font choice, divider and nice touch!

Second Place - Spencer Magnet, Robin Bass
Fair photography excellent, nice use of dominant photos. Consider combining cutlines or photo spreads instead of running directly under each photo. Group cutlines in a corner.

Third Place - LaRue County Herald News, Linda Ireland, Staff
Good, clean newsy layout. Consider using lines and boxes to separate stories for increased readability.

First Place - McCreary County Voice, Staff
It has all elements of a good editorial page. Needs bigger headline on editorials. Local cartoons a plus. Suggest making letters shorter and 14 pt type for actual editorial. Columns regular size type.

Second Place - Citizen Voice & Times, Jeff Kerr
Great local columns. Need a local editorial each week on a local issue mainly. Consistent layout will help readership.

Third Place - Leitchfield Record, Stephanie Hornback
Add an editorial about some local issue (not a column) and be consistent with page layout. Readers will appreciate it.

First Place - News Democrat, Phyllis Codling, Staff
Great design, incorporates several key elements. Good photography, layout and headlines. Good color scheme for mast, balanced pages, effective quotes above top stories.

Second Place - Leitchfield Record, Stephanie Hornback
Nice use of white space, like large photos. Makes centered headline work.

Third Place - Falmouth Outlook, Debbie Dennie
Brave use of mistreated dog photo.

Honorable Mention - Cadiz Record, Jake Lowary, Staff
Good, Bad & Ugly page a fantastic idea.

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