Thank you to everyone who entered this year’s competition. A special thank you goes out to our panel of judges for reading this years entries and choosing those who stood apart for recognition.
Below you’ll find this year’s winners. For the online categories we’ve provided links to the winning entries for you to enjoy reading. Congratulations!
And The Winners Are…
Humor Online
First Place: Lori Duff, LoriDuffWrites.com
A Stabbing Pain in the Neck – Lori Duff Writes
Sometimes there’s a fine line between love and murder. It’s the people you love the most that give you the biggest pain in the neck.
Up In Smoke – Lori Duff Writes
For the most part – and I get that this makes me fortunate and privileged – I am well insured enough that a well-placed lightning bolt to a particularly flammable place on the roof of my house would make my life better. Assuming my family and my dog weren’t at home at the time it…read more →
Second Place: Gordon Hopkins, FairburyJournalNews.com
Third Place: Mary Kay Jordan Fleming, NextTribe.com
Unhappily Sequestered? How to Survive 24/7 in the House With a Spouse
Marriage problems after retirement or during quarantine: the struggle is real. Here’s how to cope when your spouse is home ALL THE TIME.
Summer Heat and Menopause: Just When You Think It Can’t Get Worse
Summer heat and menopuase are a hellish combo. Listen to how Mary Kay Jordan Fleming is trying to keep her cool as hotflashes hit.
Honorable Mention: Robin Finn, RobinFinn.com
The Road to Inner Peace is Paved With Idiots
A frustrated mom of elementary schoolers tries to navigate the fraught social dynamics and find inner peace while raising a son with ADHD in a judgmental world.
Humor Print
First Place: Rebecca Regnier, Monroe News
Second Place: Curtis Honeycutt, Syndicated, “Grammar Guy”
Third Place: Heather Buchanan, The Independent
Honorable Mention: John Breunig, Stamford Advocate
General Interest Online and Multimedia Digital Content Under 100,000 Unique Monthly Visitors
First Place: Annette Januzzi Wick, AnnetteJWick.com
Opinion: Rectify this city’s disregard for pedestrians
The city of Cincinnati is slowly acknowledging the disregard some motorists have for pedestrians, an issue that is fast becoming a national crisis.
Annette J. Wick – Love Flows Both Ways with Dementia – Balance
Does an individual living with dementia reciprocate love?
Second Place: Bill Tammeus, KansasCity.com
An otherwise-worthy book has a deep flaw: 3-7-19
Franciscan priest Richard Rohr, founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, N.M., deservedly has countless fans and followers. He’s been a wise spiritual guide to many, and they’ve been awaiting his latest book, The Universal Christ: How…
Third Place: Christy Heitger-Ewing, The Salve-Medium.com
Why I Supported My Friend Through Her Abortion
I was sitting in the high school library, completely engrossed in my biology textbook, when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I glanced up and saw my friend Karen* wearing a pained expression. It was a…
My Mom Believed She Wasn’t a “Good Enough” Christian
When I stepped inside the hospital to visit my mom, I wasn’t sure what I’d find. I didn’t really know what her mental condition would be like, nor how she would respond to seeing me. I wondered if…
General Interest Online and Multimedia Digital Content Over 100,000 Unique Monthly Visitors
First Place: Richard Parker, NewYorkTimes.com
Opinion | When Hate Came to El Paso
The worst massacre aimed at Latinos in American history happened in my hometown, to my people.
Opinion | Was Trump’s El Paso Visit a Turning Point?
A day of racist comments left him looking small and isolated, while the city united against him.
Second Place: Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu, Statnews.com
My baby needed expensive care. Why was my insurer on a long weekend?
People in health care work nights, holidays, and weekends. Why was my insurance company closed when my baby needed her expensive care approved?
My favorite patient turned on me. I learned about emotional work – STAT
How do we honor the call to medicine without becoming undone ourselves?
Third Place: Meredith Cummings, AL.com
A message for Lee County: You will be brave after the storm
You don’t think so today, but you will pick up the pieces.
The Alabama mothers we lost in 2018
It is in 2018 in America and this is happening. We have the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world.
Honorable Mention: Jill Lawrence, USAToday.com
Valerie Harper’s death reminded me of my rant about ‘Rhoda’ and the great response I got
Valerie Harper, who starred in the “The Mary Tyler Moor Show” and “Rhoda,” has died at the age of 80. WOCHIT
What if Robert Mueller decided to tell Congress what he really thinks?
How powerful are sound bites? Powerful enough that one from Mueller could shift the narrative that Barr gave to Congress. Just the FAQs, USA TODAY
Honorable Mention: Mary C. Curtis, RollCall.com
In her congressional goodbye, Katie Hill worried about letting down young girls. Now that’s a change – Roll Call
Katie Hill said, “I’m sorry,” a lot. In a speech that was not quite seven and a half minutes long, that stood out. With a public impeachment inquiry now underway and a torrent of names and made-for-TV characters moving in and out of the spotlight, few remember that one of the votes approvi…
The Baltimore that raised me is America too – Roll Call
It was one of those Baltimore row houses that have come to define the city, three stories high, with a set of white marble steps out front. I will never forget those steps, the ones I had to scrub weekly, brush in one hand, Bon Ami cleanser in the other. And when I …
General Interest Print Publications Under 50,000 Circulation
First Place: Gary Yordon, Tallahassee Democrat
Second Place (Tie): Philip Tutor, The Anniston Star
Second Place (Tie): Tracey O’Shaughnessy, The Republican American
General Interest Print Publications Over 50,000 Circulation
First Place: Amelia Robinson, Dayton Daily News
Second Place: Jack Hough, Barron’s Magazine
Third Place: Dave Lieber, The Dallas Morning News
Honorable Mention: Nancy Kaffer, Detroit Free Press
Congratulations again to our winners!
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