2018 Newspaper Contest Winners

Winners presented by Brad Blakemore, contest chairman

Sweepstakes Small Daily
The Athens Review 1st Place
Waxahachie Daily Light 2nd Place
Gainsville Daily Register 3rd Place

General Excellence Small Daily
Herald Banner 1st place
Waxahachie Daily Light 2nd place
Athens Review 3rd place

Advertising Small Daily
Athens Review 1st place
Gainesville Daily Register 2nd place
(No 3rd Place winner)

News Writing Small Daily
Athens Review 1st place
Gainesville Daily Register 2nd place
Waxahachie Daily Light 3rd place

Feature Story Small Daily
Waxahachie Daily Light 1st place
Athens Review 2nd place
Sulphur Springs 3rd place

Editorials Small Daily
Palestine Herald-Press 1st place
Greenville 2nd place
(No 3rd Place winner)

Headline Writing Small Daily
Waxahachie Daily Light 1st place
Gainesville Daily Register 2nd place
(No 3rd Place winner)

Sports Writing Small Daily
Athens Review 1st place
Waxahachie Daily Light 2nd place
Gainesville Daily Register 3rd place

Sports Photography Small Daily
Sulphur Springs 1st place
Athens Review 2nd place
Gainesville Daily Register 3rd place

Page Design Small Daily
Waxahachie Daily Light 1st place
Gainesville Daily Register 2nd place

News Photography Small Daily
Herald Banner 1st place
Sulphur Springs 2nd place
Gainesville Daily Register 3rd place

Feature Photo Small Daily
Sulphur Springs 1st place
Gainesville Daily Register 2nd place
(No 3rd Place winner)

Sports Coverage Small Daily
Athens Review 1st place
Waxahachie Daily Light 2nd place
Sulphur Springs 3rd place

Column Writing Small Daily
Sulphur Springs 1st place – Jillian Smith
Athens Review 2nd place – Rick Flowers
Gainesville Daily Register 3rd place – Mark Armstrong


Sweepstakes Large Daily
The Texarkana Gazette 1st Place
The Lufkin News 2nd Place (tie)
Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel 2nd Place

General Excellence Large Daily
Daily Sentinel 1st place
Texarkana Gazette 2nd place
The Lufkin News 3rd place

News Writing Large Daily
Texarkana Gazette 1st place
Daily Sentinel 2nd place
Focus Daily New 3rd place

Editorial Large Daily
The Lufkin News 1st place
Texarkana Gazette 2nd place
New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung 3rd place

Advertising Large Daily
Texarkana Gazette 1st place
The Lufkin News 2nd place
Focus Daily 3rd place

Headline Writing Large Daily
The Lufkin News 1st place
Daily Sentinel 1st place
Texarkana Gazette 2nd place
Focus Daily 3rd place

Page Design Large Daily
Daily Sentinel 1st place
Focus Daily 2nd place
New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung 3rd place

News Photo Large Daily
Texarkana Gazette 1st place
The Lufkin News 2nd place
(No 3rd Place winner)

Sports Writing Large Daily
Daily Sentinel 1st place
New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung 2nd place
Texarkana Gazette 3rd place

Feature Story Large Daily
Focus Daily News 1st place
Daily Sentinel 2nd place
Texarkana Gazette 3rd place

Sports Photo Large Daily
The Lufkin News 1st place
Texarkana Gazette 2nd place
Daily Sentinel 3rd place

Sports Coverage Large Daily
New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung 1st place
The Lufkin News 2nd place
Focus Daily News 3rd place

Feature Photo Large Daily
The Lufkin News 1st place
Daily Sentinel 2nd place
New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung 3rd place

Column Writing Large Daily
Texarkana Gazette 1st place – Les Minor
Focus Daily News 2nd place – Joshua Johnson
Texarkana Gazette 3rd place – Russell McDermott


Sweepstakes Semi-Weekly
Hood County News 1st Place
Kilgore News-Herald 2nd Place
Wise County Messenger 3rd Place

General Excellence Semi-Weekly
Wise County Messenger 1st place
Hood County News 2nd place
Kilgore News Herald 3rd place

Feature Writing Semi-Weekly
Kilgore News Herald 1st place
Hood County News 2nd place
Wise County Messenger 3rd place
Jacksonville Daily Progress HM

Column Writers Semi-Weekly
Kilgore News Herald 1st place – Mitch Lucas
Wise County Messenger 2nd place – Racey Burden
Kilgore News Herald 3rd place – Linda Ballard

Sports Coverage Semi-Weekly
Hood County News 1st place
Wise County Messenger 2nd place
Jacksonville Daily Progress 3rd place

Sports Photography Semi-Weekly
Hood County News 1st place
Jacksonville Daily Progress 2nd place
Kilgore News Herald 3rd place

Adverting Semi-Weekly
Kilgore News Herald 1st place
Hood County News 2nd place
Wise County Messenger 3rd place

News Writing Semi-Weekly
Hood County News 1st place
Kilgore News Herald 2nd place
Jacksonville Daily Progress 3rd place

Sports Writing – Semi Weekly
Hood County News 1st place
Jacksonville Daily Progress 2nd place
Wise County Messenger 3rd place

Headline Writing Semi-Weekly
Kilgore News Herald 1st place
Jacksonville Daily Progress 2nd place
Hood County News 3rd place

Editorial Semi-Weekly
Hood County News 1st place
Wise County Messenger 2nd place
Jacksonville Daily Progress 3rd place

Page Design Semi-Weekly
Hood County news 1st place
Wise County Messenger 2nd place
Kilgore News Herald 3rd place

Feature Photo Semi-Weekly
Wise County Messenger 1st place
Kilgore News Herald 2nd place
Hood County News 3rd place

News Photo Semi-Weekly
Wise County Messenger 1st place
Hood County News 1st place
Kilgore News Herald 2nd place
Mount Pleasant Tribune 3rd


Sweepstakes Weekly Division 3
The Wylie News 1st Place
Springtown Epigraph 2nd Place
Azle News 3th Place

General Excellence Weekly Division 3
The Wylie News 1st place
Mt. Vernon Optic Herald 2nd place
Clarksville Times 3rd place

Editorials Weekly Division 3
Springtown Epigraph 1st place
The Winnsboro News 2nd place
Mt. Vernon Optic Herald 3rd place

Headline Writing Weekly Division 3
Mt. Vernon Optic Herald 1st place
The Wylie News 2nd place
Springtown Epigraph 3rd place
Azle News 3rd place

News Writing Weekly Division 3
Canton 1st place
Azle News 2nd place
Springtown Epigraph 3rd place

Sports Writing Weekly Division 3
Springtown Epigraph 1st place
Azle News 2nd place
The Winnsboro News 3rd place

Sports Coverage Weekly Division 3
Azle News 1st place
Van Zandt 2nd place
The Wylie News 3rd place

Sports Photo Weekly Division 3
Springtown Epigraph 1st place
The Winnsboro News 2nd place
Azle News 3rd place

News Photos Weekly Division 3
Clarksville Times 1st place
Springtown Epigraph 2nd place
The Wylie News 3rd place

Feature Photo Weekly Division 3
The Wylie News -1st place
Azle News 2nd place
Springtown Epigraph 3rd place

Column Writing Weekly Division 3
Clarksville 1st place – Lou Antonelli
Mount Vernon 2nd place – Lillie Bush-Reves & Jerry Little
Springtown Epigraph 3rd place – Christina Derr
Clarksville HM – Ed Pryor

Advertising Weekly Division 3
The Winnsboro News 1st place
The Wylie News 2nd place
Van Zandt 3rd place

Feature Writing Weekly Division 3
The Wylie News 1st place
Springtown Epigraph 2nd place
Van Zandt 3rd place

Page Design Weekly Division 3
The Wylie News – 1st place
Mt. Vernon Optic Herald – 2nd place
The Winnsboro News – 3rd place


Sweepstakes Weekly Division 4
The Dublin Citizen 1st Place
The Saches News 2nd Place
Wood County Monitor 3rd Place

General Excellence Weekly Division 4
Wood County Monitor – 1st place
The Dublin Citizen – 2nd place
The Sachse News – 3rd place

Sports Writers Weekly Division 4
Wood County Monitor – 1st place
Dublin Citizen – 2nd place
Burleson Star – 3rd place

Sports Photo Weekly Division 4
The Sachse News – 1st place
Princeton Herald – 2nd place
Wood County Monitor – 3rd place

Sports Coverage Weekly Division 4
Dublin Citizen – 1st place
Burleson Star – 2nd place
Wood County Monitor – 3rd place

Column Writers Weekly Division 4
Dublin Citizen 1st place – Sarah Dykowski
Dublin Citizen 2nd place – Scott Dykowski
Wood County Monitor 3rd place – Larry Tucker

Advertising Weekly Division 4
Dublin Citizen 1st place
The Farmersville Times 2nd place
The Princeton Herald 3rd place

News Writing Weekly Division 4
The Princeton Herald 1st place
The Farmersville Times 2nd place
Dublin Citizen 3rd place

Editorials Weekly Division 4
Dublin Citizen 1st place
The Sachse News 2nd place
Wood County Monitor 3rd place

Headline Writing Weekly Division 4
The Farmersville Times 1st place
The Sachse News 2nd place
The Princeton Herald 3rd place

Featured Story Weekly Division 4
Burleson Star 1st place
The Sachse News 2nd place
Dublin Citizen 3rd place

Page Design Weekly Division 4
The Sachse News 1st place
Dublin Citizen 2nd place
The Farmersville Times 3rd place

News Photo Weekly Division 4
Dublin Citizen 1st place
The Princeton Herald 2nd place
Wood County Monitor 3rd place

Feature Photo Weekly Division 4
Dublin Citizen 1st place
The Princeton Herald 2nd place
The Farmersville Times 3rd place


Sweepstakes Weekly Division 5
The Gladewater Mirror 1st Place
The Murphy Monitor 2nd Place
Tri County Leader 3rd Place

General Excellence Weekly Division 5
Tri-County Leader 1st place
Wills Point Chronicle 2nd place
Van Banner 3rd place

Column Writing Weekly Division 5
Gladewater Mirror 1st place – Suzanne Bardwell
Gladewater Mirror 2nd place – Jim Bardwell
Tri-County Leader 3rd place – Suzanne Laudamy

Sports Writers Weekly Division 5
Tri-County Leader 1st place
Gladewater Mirror 2nd place
Bullard Banner 3rd place

Sports Coverage Weekly Division 5
Gladewater Mirror 1st place
Wills Point Chronicle 2nd place
Tri-County Leader 3rd place

Sports Photo Weekly Division 5
Murphy Monitor 1st place
Bullard Banner 2nd place
Gladewater Mirror 3rd place
Van Banner 3rd place

Adverting Weekly Division 5
Murphy Monitor 1st place
Gladewater Mirror 2nd place
Bullard Banner News 3rd place

News Writing Weekly Division 5
Wills Point Chronicle 1st place
Gladewater Mirror 2nd place
Murphy Monitor 3rd place

Editorials Weekly Division 5
Gladewater Mirror 1st place
(No 2nd or 3rd place winners)

Headline Writing Weekly Division 5
Murphy Monitor 1st place
Gladewater Mirror 2nd place
Bullard Banner News 3rd place

Feature story Weekly Division 5
Gladewater Mirror 1st place
Murphy Monitor 2nd place
Wills Point Chronicle 3rd place

Page Design Weekly Division 5
Murphy Monitor 1st place
Tri-County Leader 2nd place
Wills Point Chronicle 3rd place

News Photos Weekly Division 5
Wills Point Chronicles 1st place
Gladewater Mirror 2nd place
Murphy Monitor 3rd place

Feature Photo Weekly Division 5
Tri-County Leader 1st place
Gladewater Mirror 2nd place
Bullard Banner News 3rd place


Special Section – Large Daily
The Lufkin News 1st place
Texarkana Gazette 2nd place
New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung 3rd place

Special Section – Small Daily
Athens Review 1st place
Gainesville Daily Register 2nd place
Waxahachie Daily Light 3rd place

Special Section – Semi Weekly
Jacksonville Progress 1st place
Hood County News 2nd place
Mt. Pleasant Tribune 3rd place

Special Section – Weekly
Van Banner 1st place
Van Zandt News – 2nd place
The Wylie News – 3rd place


Photograph of The Year – Daily
Tim Monzingo – Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel
(No 2nd or 3rd Place winners recorded)

Photographer of The Year – Semi-Weekly
Hood County News 1st place – Mary Vinson
Wise County Messenger 2nd place – Joe Duty
Kilgore News Herald 3rd place – Chelsea Katz

Photographer of The Year – Weekly
Springtown 1st place – Mark Campbell
Mount Vernon 2nd place – John Reeves
Wills Point 3rd place – David Kapitan


Journalist of The Year – Daily
Kathy Nailling – Athens Review
(No 2nd or 3rd Place selected)

Journalist of The Year – Semi Weekly
Wise County Messenger 1st place – Racey Burden
Mt. Pleasant Tribune 2nd place – Carly Scott
Hood County News 3rd place – Kathy Cruz

Journalist of The Year – Weekly
The Wylie News – 1st Place – Sonia Duggar
The Azle News – 2nd place – Carla Stutsman
Springtown Epigraph – 3rd place – Christina Derr


Community Service – Daily
The Lufkin News 1st place
Texarkana Gazette 2nd place

Community Service – Weekly
Gladewater 1st place
Mount Vernon 2nd place
(No 3rd Place winner)