Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Waverly Newspapers Entry Title: Harvest in the Heartland Entry Credit: Elizabeth Bingham, Carrie Wright Judge Comment: Excellent special section with an impressive array of paid advertisers and timely articles. Would love to have had your sales team to complement the writing staff.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Dyersville - Dyersville Commercial Entry Title: National Farm Toy Show Entry Credit: staff Judge Comment: If nothing else, this special section should get the award for detail. This annual event must bring thousands of visitors too Dyersville. The time devoted to this project shows the newspaper and those involved with the project are all-in and super-focused.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Decorah - Leader Entry Title: Celebrating Decorah 175 years - Decorah Leader Entry Credit: Staff Judge Comment: Decorah's 175th anniversary edition was jam-packed with history, interesting anecdotes and features about interesting properties. I especially liked the idea of interviewing members of the 50th class reunion members about what they remembered about growing up in the community and the 125th anniversary.
