2019 VPA News and Advertising Contest

Feature Profile Writing (including News Obituaries) ( Daily Group 1)Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: Martinsville Bulletin
    Entry Title: Remember him for the way he lived
    Entry Credit: Bill Wyatt
    Judge Comment: Good cadence in your writing style. Keeps the reader off balance just enough to keep them involved, and gives them just enough information to keep them coming back for more. This gave a good feel for what his life was about and what it could have been about. Even if you didn't know the man, you know someone like him, and you can identify.
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: The News Leader
    Entry Title: 'Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional'
    Entry Credit: Monique Calello
    Judge Comment: Having your life turned upside down in a split second, especially by an accident, is something many of us fear, or at least hope never happens. This gives a good sense of what such a life event would be like, and how life would be changed. It keeps the reader engaged, and identifying with the man.
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: Martinsville Bulletin
    Entry Title: 'You gotta shake the apple trees so that other people can get the apples'
    Entry Credit: Holly Kozelsky
    Judge Comment: History can too often be too bland, too antiseptic. Dates, events, people we don't know, things with which we can't identify. Bu this helped the reader come along for the ride, reliving the life experiences that shaped the pastor's life, as well as those who lived that history.