Sound Publishing titles win big at WBNC

Congratulations to all the winners in the Washington Better Newspaper Contest presented Sept. 28 at the Better Newspaper Contest Awards Dinner in Yakima, Wash.

Judging was by the New York Press Association.

Of 2,229 entries, 432 were in Advertising, 172 in Special Sections, 1,232 in News (includes Community Service), 358 in Photography, and 35 in the Web division. Of WNPA's 103 regular members, 73 newspapers participated in the contest.

The contest period for most entries was April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012. For Tourism Special Sections, dates were June 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012.

2012 GENERAL EXCELLENCE WINNERS 

Circulation Group I

1st Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune, Oroville - Sound

2nd Othello Outlook

3rd Whidbey Examiner Coupeville - Sound


Circulation Group II

1st South Whidbey Record, Langley - Sound

2nd Chinook Observer, Long Beach

3rd Mercer Island Reporter - Sound


Circulation Group III

1st Newport Miner

2nd SnoValley Star, Snoqualmie

3rd Bonney Lake/Sumner Courier-Herald - Sound


Circulation Group IV

1st Central Kitsap Reporter, Silverdale - Sound

2nd Sammamish Review

3rd Port Orchard Independent - Sound

COMMUNITY SERVICE WINNERS 

1st Liberty Lake Splash, Blessings Under the Bridge: The 12 Dollars of Christmas Drive

2nd Renton Reporter, Taking Care of Those Who Serve - Sound

3rd Liberty Lake Splash, Relay For Life

PORTFOLIO WINNERS

Feature Writer of the Year: Matthew Nash, Sequim Gazette - Sound

News Writer of the Year: Jessie Stensland, Whidbey News-Times - Sound

Sportswriter of the Year: Josh Suman, Bellevue Reporter - Sound

Photographer of the Year: Damian Mulinix, Chinook Observer, Long Beach

AD OF THE YEAR

Reasons to Play for Father's Day. Rudi Alcott, Cindy Ducich, Mary Lou Goss, Marcie Shannon. Federal Way Mirror - Sound

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