2018 AMP Alabama Communications Contest Winners
Our annual communications contest is a great opportunity to be acknowledged for good work and to get feedback on how to improve. And the 2018 results show the continued benefits and popularity of this annual contest. We had entries in 29 categories.
We need to give a thanks to the 16 judges and our contest director, Meredith Cummings, who volunteered their time for this important AMP benefit.
Donna Francavilla (pictured) was our sweepstakes winner, meaning she had the highest score resulting from the number and placement levels of her awards. The judge said of one of her entries: "Donna knows the subject matter she is covering well. It is clear she has knowledge of the candidates and the circumstances around the election. When all of the pieces are together, it makes for a good story."
This year we had 21 entries placing first, which means they are eligible to compete on a national level in the National Federation of Press Women's 2018 Communications Contest. In total, we had 10 winners:
Honorable Mention in PR Materials - Writing a Report
1st Place in Writing a Column
3rd Place in Writing a Specialty Article about food
1st Place in Writing a Feature Story in a print-based newspaper
1st Place in Writing a Personality Profile that is more than 500 words
1st Place in Writing a Specialty Article about physical health, fitness, mental health, or self-help.
1st Place in Writing a Specialty Article about sports
1st Place in Writing a Special Series
1st Place in Writing a Blog - personal
1st Place in Writing a Blog for a nonprofit, government or educational agency
1st Place in Writing a News Story for an online publication
2nd Place in Writing a Blog - personal
1st Place in a Prepared Report (News, Features, Sports, or Opinion) on radio
1st Place in an Interview for Radio or Television
1st Place in Writing for the Web
2nd Place Special Programing on Radio
2nd Place in On-the-Scene Report (News, Features, Sports) on radio
2nd Place in Writing a News Story for a print-based newspaper
3rd Place in Writing a Feature Story for a magazine, newsletter, or other non-newspaper print publication
3rd Place in Best Newscast on Radio (commercial or noncommercial station)
1st Place in Writing an Editorial / Opinion in a print-based newspaper
1st Place in Writing a Feature story in a magazine, newsletter, or other non-newspaper print publication
1st Place in Writing a Specialty Article about travel.
1st Place in PR Materials - Magazine
1st Place in PR Materials - Magapapers / Tabloids
1st Place in PR Materials - Brochures - nonprofit, government, or educational
2nd Place in Writing a Specialty Article about social issues
Honorable Mention (two of them) in Writing a Specialty article about education
2nd Place in Writing a Feature Story for a magazine, newsletter, or other non-newspaper print publication
2nd Place in Writing a Specialty Article about food
1st Place in PR Materials - Brochures - corporate or for-profit
1st Place in PR Materials - Newsletters - nonprofit, government, or educational
1st Place for Website Edited or Managed by Entrant - nonprofit, government, or educational