2023 VPA News and Advertising Contest

Feature Story Writing (excluding Obituaries) ( Non-Daily Group 3) Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: The Virginia Gazette
    Entry Title: Former Afghan interpreter moves to Williamsburg
    Entry Credit: Sian Wilkerson
    Judge Comment: Kept my attention as a reader and captured the family's long, challenging journey to the US from Afghanistan in detail.
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: The Cavalier Daily
    Entry Title: Standing U.Va. Strong: Will Beta Bridge take on a new tradition?
    Entry Credit: Merrill Hart
    Judge Comment: Interesting story that captures the practice of painting over this bridge along with the specifics of honoring those who were killed in the shooting/broader themes of community and how it responds to hardship.
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: The Virginia Gazette
    Entry Title: Last Vietnam POW 50 years later
    Entry Credit: Wilford Kale
    Judge Comment: Well written.
  • Competition Comment: None