2025 Iowa Better Newspaper Contests

Best Editorial Page(s) ( Class II) Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: Sheldon - The Sheldon Mail-Sun
    Entry Title: Mail-Sun Best Editorial Pages
    Entry Credit: Staff
    Judge Comment: This entry probably had the strongest local editorials. Well designed. History column I'm sure is a big hit.
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: Mount Vernon - Mount Vernon Lisbon Sun
    Entry Title: Best Editorial Page – Sun
    Entry Credit: Nathan Countryman, Heidi Owen
    Judge Comment: Well-designed page with good local editorials (fairly soft). Local columnist provides some good humor, and other useful information.
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: Orange City - Sioux County Capital Democrat
    Entry Title: Vibrant small town
    Entry Credit: Sarah Weber, Doug Calsbeek
    Judge Comment: Well-designed page with local editorials that were fairly soft. Like the use of a cartoon and history snippets.