Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Rappahannock News Entry Title: Rappahannock News Entry Credit: Dennis Brack Judge Comment: Classic, clean design, but still interesting. Love all the little details that are simple, but help to make this a complete aesthetic package. When a story didn't have art you pulled off making stock photos look great. Even the story labels are beautiful. Attention to detail is top notch.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Orange County Review Entry Title: Orange County Review Entry Credit: Jeff Poole, Isaac Parrish, Morgan Edwards, Review staff Judge Comment: Excellent use of good, local photos played large. Good use of white space, keeping pages clean and easy to navigate. Nice variation of typography to break up pages.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The Tidewater News Entry Title: M03 General makeup Entry Credit: Loretta Lomax Judge Comment: Nice layout. You were able to incorporate a lot of content while still keeping a clean, easy to follow design. good variation on feature and community pages.