Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The Commonwealth Times Entry Title: The editorial writing of Tagwa Shammet of the Commonwealth Times Entry Credit: Tagwa Shammet Judge Comment: They did what a good editorial writer should do: They made me think about things in a new way even, and especially, when I disagreed. Nicely done.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Orange County Review Entry Title: Review editorials Entry Credit: Jeff Poole Judge Comment: Sharply written, timely and a good example of hyper-local focus on issues.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The Smithfield Times Entry Title: Don't clutter the park/dumping deer carcasses/planning for future transportation needs Entry Credit: Diana McFarland Judge Comment: Good, detail-oriented writing about local issues. I enjoyed these a lot. I felt like I had a good grasp on these local issues even though I had never encountered them before.
