Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Iowa City - The Daily Iowan Entry Title: Daily Iowan – Best Feature Pages Entry Credit: Staff Judge Comment: Clear winner because of excellent writing, great photography/use of photos, graphics, and layout. This one checked all the boxes.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Dyersville - Dyersville Commercial Entry Title: Best Feature Page Entry Credit: Dave LaBelle Judge Comment: A solid photo page, and two great, local feature stories with staff photos.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Waverly Newspapers Entry Title: Feature Pages Entry Credit: Anelia Dimitrova Judge Comment: The writing and local focus in what earned this entry third place over its competition. I would suggest better design could have helped this one place higher.