Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Loudoun Times-Mirror Entry Title: Headline writing from Trevor Baratko Entry Credit: Trevor Baratko Judge Comment: Absolutely great headlines. These three entries are everything you would like to see in a newspaper headline: illustrative of the story, ironic, clever, humorous and appealing. Nice work!
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Chesterfield Observer Entry Title: "Culture arts," "Gateway grilling," "The pickled peel" Entry Credit: Tamurlaine Melby Judge Comment: Cute and clever headlines that pull in a reader and help to tell the stories.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Suffolk News-Herald Entry Title: Playing the waiting game; Fishing' around the Christmas trees; Taking a bite out of Phase II Entry Credit: Jen Jaqua, Rachel Wartian Judge Comment: Witty and idiomatic writing makes these headlines work well.
