Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Sheldon - The N'West Iowa Review Entry Title: Total Newspaper Design Entry Credit: Staff Judge Comment: The far-and-away winner. I've never seen a weekly this robust and thick. A wide variety of excellent designs that helpfully delineate so many different sections. Ads that fill pages and complement content nicely. Excellent layout with masterful use of photos and color. Do this multiple days a week and the dailies would be in trouble.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Eldridge - The North Scott Press Entry Title: North Scott Press Entry Credit: Staff Judge Comment: A fun, packed design that makes the absolute most of a smaller web. Great use of graphics, photos, boxes, color. Ads are well spaced and engaging without being too distracting.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Spirit Lake - Dickinson County News Entry Title: Total Newspaper Design - Dickinson County News Entry Credit: Staff Judge Comment: Well-played, indeed -- especially with a web change midway through after a switch to a new printer. Engaging headlines and photos that pop off the page. Well-placed, well-designed ads. A place for everything, and everything in its place.
