2021 VPA News and Advertising Contest

Feature Writing Portfolio ( Daily Group 1)Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: Danville Register and Bee
    Entry Title: John R. Crane - Feature Writing Portfolio
    Entry Credit: John Crane
    Judge Comment: Excellent entry. I enjoyed your storytelling and your attention to detail in each article. In particular, I liked reading about what items were saved from the house fire. Nice work!
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: Northern Virginia Daily
    Entry Title: Charles Paullin Feature Writing Portfolio
    Entry Credit: Charles Paullin
    Judge Comment: Nice job with providing compelling details in all stories. Good narratives and I appreciate the attention to statistics in the third story.
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: Martinsville Bulletin
    Entry Title: Holly Kozelsky features portfolio
    Entry Credit: Holly Kozelsky
    Judge Comment: Fascinating story about the community store. Good detail in listing what it used to sell and where the goods were placed in the store. The quoted conversation was a little hard to follow. Nice creativity with the students interviewing the author.