Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The Breeze Entry Title: Chanello's Entry Credit: Sam Rhinard Judge Comment: Clear winner. Strong layout and headline (even though I had to look it up to understand). For us older people who love special sauce, adding the meaning smaller underneath would have made the ad more understandable to half your readership. Still - great ad design.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Fauquier Times Entry Title: Blue Valley Vineyard and Winery Entry Credit: Laurene Craig, Nancy Keyser Judge Comment: Well use of vineyard photo with strong play of logo and simple messaging. Elegant. Good job.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The Breeze Entry Title: Bojangles Entry Credit: Sam Rhinard Judge Comment: Strong layout except the coupon would have played better horizontally instead of vertically. Love the good use of white space to draw the reader in. Adding location information in addition to the QR code would benefit your older readers - half your readership.
