2010 NMPW Communication Contest Winners

NMPW did itself proud in the 2010 New Mexico Press Women Communication Contest.

Category 1-A News Reporting Non Daily Paper
1st: Marisa Damarco, Weekly Alibi
2nd and Honorable Mention: Megan Kamerick, The New Mexico Business Weekly

Category 2, Continuing Coverage or Unfolding News
1st: Marisa Damarco, The Weekly Alibi
2nd: Megan Kamerick, The New Mexico Business Weekly

Category 3 Investigative Reporting
1st: Marisa Damarco, The Weekly Alibi

Category 4 Enterprise Reporting
1st: Marisa Damarco, The Weekly Alibi
2nd: Carolyn Gonzanes, Richard Schaefer, UNM Today, Alumni Profile Blog

Category 5 Special Series
Honorable Mention: Megan Kamerick

Category 6-B Editorial Opinion Daily Newspaper
1st: Sherri Burr, Albuquerque Journal

Category 7-A Feature Story Non Daily Paper
1st: Erin Adair-Hodges, The Weekly Alibi
2nd: Megan Kamerick, The New Mexico Business Journal
2nd: Yvonne Lanelli, Vamanos Raids News
3rd: Bud Russo, Southwest Senior
Honorable Mention: Iris Aboytes, Sandia Lab News

Category 7-B Feature Story Daily Paper
1st: Emily Drabanski, Santa Fe New Mexican

Category 7-C Feature Story Publication/magazine/supplement for general or specialized circulation, including internal publications
1st: Mara Kerkez, Mirage Magazine, UNM
2nd: Kate Faguy, ASRT Scanner
3rd: Chad Johnson, ASRT Scanner
Honorable Mention: Kay Grant, Carnival Cruise

Category 8-B Personality Profile More than 500 Words
1st: Lisa Kisner, ASRT Scanner
2nd: Marisa Damarco, The Weekly Alibi
3rd: Michelle Stephens, ASRT Scanner
Honorable Mention: Arin McKenna, Santa Fe New Mexican; Bud Russo, Southwest Senior; Kathryn Cordova, La Herencia; Tania Casselle, Local Flavor

Category 9-A Special Articles Business
1st: Megan Kamerick, New Mexico Business Weekly
2nd: Sherry Robinson, Innovation

Category 9-C Special Articles Arts and Entertainment
2nd: Arin McKenna, Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe Monthly
3rd: Erin Adair-Hodges, The Weekly Alibi

Category 9-D Special Articles Physical health, fitness, mental health, self-help
2nd: Teresa Odle, ASRT Scanner

Category 9-E Special Articles Education
2nd: Iris Aboytes, Sandia Lab News

Category 9-G Special Articles 9-G Food
1st: Ari LeVaux, The Weekly Alibi
2nd: Arin McKenna, The Santa Fe New Mexican

Category 9-I Special Articles History
1st: Yvonne Lanelli, Vamanos Raids News
2nd: Connie Gotsch, Four Corners Free Press

Category 9-M Special Articles Reviews
2nd: Emily Drabanski, New Mexico Magazine
3rd: Anne Hillerman, Albuquerque Journal

Category 9-O Special Articles Sports
1st: Yvonne Lanelli, Vamanos Raids News

Category 9-Q Special Articles Travel
1st: Yvonne Lanelli, Vamanos Raids News
2nd: Yvonne Lanelli, Vamanos Raids News
3rd: Tania Casselle, Latitudes

Category 10-B Columns General
1st: Jim Gordon, The Santa Fe New Mexican
Honorable Mention: Kathryn Cordova, Taos News

Category 10-C Columns Informational
1st: Sherri Burr, Southwest Writers
2nd: Kathryn Cordova, Silver City Daily Press
2nd: Nancy Marano, Petroglyphs

Category 10-D Columns Specialized
Honorable Mention: Alex Limn; Anne Hillerman

Category 11-A Single Page(s) Regularly Edited by EntrantNon Daily Newspaper
1st: Laura Marrich, The Weekly Alibi

Category 13-A Section Edited by Entrant Frequent or Regular Sections Non Daily Newspaper
1st: Erin Adair-Hodges, The Weekly Alibi

Category 15-A Publication Regularly Edited by Entrant Non Daily Newspaper
1st: Laura Marrich, The Weekly Alibi

Category 15-C Publication Regularly Edited by Entrant Publication/magazine/supplement for general or specialized circulation, including internal publications
1st: D. D. Wolohan, ASRT Scanner
2nd: Richard H. Rogers and Alena Hart, Sun Magazine
3rd: Nancy Marano, Petroglyphs

Category 15-D Publication Regularly Edited by Entrant Newsletters
1st: Ruth Friesen, Southwest Sage

Category 16-C Page Layout Publication/magazine/supplement for general or specialized circulation, including internal publications
1st: Loren Stacks, ARST Scanner
2nd: Barbe Awalt, Tradition Revista

Category 22 Photographer Writer
1st: Mary Alice Murphy

Category 24-A Prepared Report Radio
1st: Connie Gotsch, KSJE Public Radio
2nd: Chellis Glendinning, KUNM Public Radio
2nd: Connie Gotsch, KSJE Public Radio
2nd: Megan Kamerick, KUNM Public Radio

Category 25-A Special Programming Radio
1st: Connie Gotsch, KSJE Radio
2nd: Bud Russo, KSNM Las Cruces

Category 28-A Interview Radio
1st: Tania Casselle, KRZA Radio
2nd: Connie Gotsch, KSJE Public Radio
2nd: Connie Gotsch, KSJE Public Radio
2nd: Megan Kamerick, KUNM Public Radio
2nd: Megan Kamerick, KUNM Public Radio

Category 32-G Online Newsletter
2nd: Emily Drabanski, New Mexico Magazine
3rd: Laurie Mellas, University of New Mexico

Category 41 Television Single Commercial or Campaign Built Around One Subject
1st: Tricia Holser, Ellen Castello, New Mexico State University

Category 42 Community or Institutional Relations
1st: Laurie Mellas, University of New Mexico

Category 43 Public Service
1st: Iris Aboytes, Sandia National Labs
2nd: Kathryn Cordova, Taos News

Category 45 Marketing Program or Campaign for Existing Service or Product
1st: Tricia Holser and Ellen Castello, New Mexico State University
Honorable Mention: Jeany Llorente-Antivirus and Ellen Castello, New Mexico State University

Category 47-C Reports General
1st: Sherry Robinson, Albuquerque Economic Development

Category 49-B Megapaper Tabloid Four Color
2nd: Sari Krosinsky, Jana Fothergill, Carolyn Gonzales, University of New Mexico Communication and Marketing

Category 54 Manuals and Handbooks
1st: Jana, Fothergill, John Sumrow, Ellen Biderman, University of New Mexico

Category 55-B Feature Release
1st: Linda Thornton, University of New Mexico-Gallup

Category 57 Media Kit Tools to Gain Media Coverage
2nd: Kathryn Cordova, Taos News

Category 58 Speeches
2nd: Sherri Burr, Statistics Conference, University of New Mexico

Category 72-A Non Fiction Book General
1st: Anne Hillerman, Harper Collins
2nd: Sharon Niederman, Countryman Press

Category 72-B Essay or Chapter in Book
1st: Ruth Friesen, University of Oklahoma Press
2nd: Tania Casselle, 2010 Story & Novel Writer’s Market

Category 72-C Non Fiction Book Biography and Autobiography
2nd: Martha Shipman, Andrews, LPD Press

Category 72-D History
1st: Lois Manno, LPD Press

Category 72-E Non Fiction Book Cookbook
1st: Anne Hillman, Gibbs Smith Publishing

Category 72-G Non Fiction Book Instructional
2nd: Rose Marie Kern, Outskirts Press

Category 72-H Religious or Inspirational
1st: Judith McLaughlin, LPD Press

Category 73 Fiction Novel Full Length 40,000 Words and Up
1st: Nancy King, Tessera Books

Category 74-A Children’s Books Fiction
Connie Gotsch, Margaret Cheasebro, Artemesia Pulishing

Individual Sweepstakes Winners are:

1st: Megan Kamerick
2nd: Connie Gotsch
3rd: Yvonne Lanelli

Organizational Sweepstakes Winners are:

1st: The Weekly Alibi
2nd: Vamanos Ruidoso News
3rd: The New Mexico Business weekly

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