Woman’s Press Club of Indiana will celebrate winners in its annual communications contest at a banquet May 6 in Indianapolis.
“The contest drew 47 entries from around the state, and of those, 25 won first-place honors,” said Gena Asher, WPCI contest chair. “It speaks so highly of the quality of our entries that more than half were the best in their categories.”
Categories range from all forms of writing, from print to blogs to books, as well as videos, podcasts and public relations campaigns. The contest is open to men and women, members and non-members, professionals and college students. WPCI offers a high school contest as well later in the year.
Members’ work that won first-place will compete on the national stage for top honors at the National Federation of Press Women conference June 22-24 in Cincinnati. WPCI is a founding affiliate of NFPW, and it forwards its top entries to compete with those of other affiliates each year.
WPCI also gained three new members as a result of the contest: professionals Cathy Shouse and Diane Moore and college student Owen Hnatyshyn. All three will see their work advance to the national stage as well.
“Our contest shows the breadth of accomplishment our talented communicators can achieve,” Asher said. “At the banquet, the audience always is wowed when they hear about our entrants’ work as they receive their awards.”
Details on the banquet are forthcoming. Check the Upcoming Events page for details.
Here is the list of winners, with links to their work where available:
Elizabeth Granger
Seven first-place awards: Special articles, food; special articles, physical health; special articles travel; special articles, sports; special articles, education. News for print-based newspaper. Profile fewer than 750 words.
Four second-place awards: News for print-based newspaper. Profile more than 750 words. Special articles, social issues. Photographer-writer.
Owen Hnatyshyn
Two first-place awards: Sports writing and opinion/editorial/review writing, both in the collegiate category.
Natalie Hoefer
Three first-place awards: Special articles, religion; special articles, obituary. Profile more than 750 words.
One second-place award: Columns.
One third-place award: Photographer-writer.
Sydney Leyerle
One second-place award: Opinion/editorial/review, collegiate category.
Carol Michel
Three first-place awards: Podcast, personal blog, fiction book.
Kendal R. Miller
One second-place award: Photo essay.
One third-place award: News feature or photo.
Diane Moore
Two first-place awards: Specialty articles, essay. Online publication.
One second-place award: Profile writing, 750 words or fewer.
Lisa Renze
Two first-place awards: Personal opinion writing. Writing for magazine/newsletter/other.
One second-place award: Magazine/newsletter/other.
Kassie Ritman
One first-place award: Special articles, style.
Vivian Sade
Three first-place awards: Newsletter, nonprofit, educational, governmental. Online campaign nonprofit, educational, governmental. Website, nonprofit, educational, governmental.
Two second-place awards: Website, nonprofit, educational, governmental. Website, corporate or for-profit.
Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
One first-place award: Newsletter, corporate, for-profit.
One second-place award: Newsletter, corporate, for-profit.
One third-place award: Newsletter, corporate, for-profit.
Cathy Shouse
One first-place award: Writing for print-based newspaper.
One second-place award: Writing for print-based newspaper.
One honorable mention: Novels, more than 40,000 words.
Jessica Shrout
Two second-place awards: External communications and campaign for nonprofit, governmental or education.
One honorable mention: Campaign for nonprofit, governmental or education.
Kaitlyn Smith
One first-place award, podcast created and produced by students (collegiate division).
