Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Sheldon - The Sheldon Mail-Sun Entry Title: Sheldon Mail-Sun total newspaper design Entry Credit: Staff Judge Comment: Neat and organized, very good use of photos; excellent narrow selection of type faces. Generally attractive design elements and use of color; press work is crisp and clear.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Estherville - Estherville News Entry Title: Basketball to Baseball, winter to summer Entry Credit: David Swartz Judge Comment: Generally attractive; good selection of type faces. Use of photos ranges from some quite good to some not so much. Use of color generally quite good; some inconsistencies in press work.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Orange City - Sioux County Capital Democrat Entry Title: Pluim Publishing Total Newspaper Design Entry Credit: Dale Pluim, Doug Calsbeek, Sarah Weber Judge Comment: General makeup fairly clean but too many type faces. Photos generally too small so recommend more size variety. Good quality in use of color; overall press work good.
