2024 Communications Contest At-large winners!
The 2024 NFPW Communications Contest honors excellence in all forms of communication from 2023. APW participates in the At-large contest with other states that do not have their own contest. Seven members of APW won awards. First place awards go on to the national contest and winners will be announced at their conference in June.FIRST PLACENancy Marshall: A Dry Hate: Power vs the People. 11A - Novels (More than 40,000 words)Jody Sharpe: Summer of Angels. 11B - Novellas (40,000 words or fewer)Carol Jean Baxter: Authors & Artists Festival 2023 Brochure. 52A - Nonprofit, government or educationalFawzia Tung: In Search of the Battle of Talas. 07I - HistoryBobbie Bennett: Beaver Valley Estates Bulletins. 10C - Newsletter/other publication, corporate or for-profitJessica Votipka:
- "Grand Island teen's death leads to justice, but epidemic continues." 05A - Print-based newspaper
- "Gate at Tucson school needed repair 9 days before it fell, killing child." 01A - Print-based newspaper
- "Students make prosthetic legs for developing countries." 07P - Science or technology
- "Tucson Unified offering its families emergency housing." 07Q - Social issues
- "An education reporter stands up for bullied children — & herself." 04 - Editorial/Opinion
SECOND PLACEBobbie Bennett: two second places for issues of Beaver Valley Bulletin. NewsletterBrenda Whiteside: Sadi and Max Have the Best Christmas in the Entire World. FictionFawzia Tung: "Birthplace of the Apple." AgricultureJessica Votipka: "Monumental disputes" News; and "Police guns drawn, panicked students: Tucson High fights described to board" Education.THIRD PLACEBobbie Bennett: Beaver Valley Bulletin, NewsletterFawzia Tung: Death and Rebirth of a Sea. EnvironmentalBrenda Whiteside: Reading, Writing, and Murder (A Chocolate Martini Sisters Mystery) Novels