Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The Winchester Star Entry Title: Brian Brehm Feature Writing Portfolio Entry Credit: Brian Brehm Judge Comment: Just plain great writing. The Oppenheimer piece especially was moving, and all three featured good sequencing and context.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: The Winchester Star Entry Title: Molly Williams Feature Writing Portfolio Entry Credit: Molly Williams Judge Comment: The disability story was an interesting angle and had a lot of good sourcing; same with the bullriding story.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The Winchester Star Entry Title: Tabitha Reeves Feature Writing Portfolio Entry Credit: Tabitha Reeves Judge Comment: All stories employed a good use of context across the varied topics of stories. I wish the bunny story had more quotes from the source and perhaps others to explain some of the context.
