Congratulations to winners of the National Federation of Press Women’s Communications Contest for their works, which had placed first in their categories in the state contest. The honorees are:

Chris Allen, Pat Walkow, New Mexico
3 ^rd Place, Book Edited by Entrant

Barb Belknap, New Mexico
3^rd Place, Publication Regularly Edited by Entrant, Newspaper

Sherri Burr, New Mexico
1st Place, Columns, Informational
2^nd Place, Speech

Mary Lou Cooper, New Mexico
3^rd Place, Special Programming, Radio

Marisa Demarco, Hannah Colton, Megan Kamerick, New Mexico
1^st Place, Radio and Television, Talk Show

Bob Diven, New Mexico
2^nd Place, Nonfiction Book for Adult Readers, Humor

Jennifer Edelson, New Mexico
1^st Place, Young Adult Book,  Fiction

Kathryn Hammel, New Mexico
3^rd Place, Children’s Book, Fiction
3^rd Place Short Stories, Single story

Lynne Hinton, New Mexico
1^st Place, Fiction for Adult Readers, Novels (More than 40,000 words)

Sandi Hoover and Jim Tritten, New Mexico
2^nd Place, Fiction for Adult Readers, Novellas

Jennifer Hull, New Mexico
1^st Place, Nonfiction Book for Adult Readers, Biography or History

Carrie Ishee, New Mexico
1^st Place, PR video promoting specific product or service
1^st Place, Non-fiction Book for Adult Readers, Autobiography or Memoir

Megan Kamerick, New Mexico
2^nd Place, Specialty Articles, Arts and entertainment
2^nd Place, Special Programming, Radio

Megan Kamerick, Andy Lyman, New Mexico
Honorable Mention, Podcast

Colleen Keane, New Mexico
Honorable Mention, Personality Profile, More than 500 words

Tara Lumpkin, New Mexico
3^rd Place, Website Edited or Managed by Entrant, Nonprofit, government or educational

Andy Lyman, New Mexico
1^st Place, Feature Story, Online publication

Kathleen McCleery, New Mexico
2^nd Place, Video for Web, Special interest video
Honorable Mention, Video for Web, Video for nonprofit or government organization 

Mary Mendoza, New Mexico
1^st Place, Radio and Television, Interview

Mary Morris
1^st Place, Creative Verse, Book of Poetry

Sharon Niederman, New Mexico
3^rd Place, Nonfiction Book for Adult Readers, General Nonfiction

Tracy Patrick, New Mexico
1^st Place, Specialty Articles, Hobby

Sylvia Ramos Cruz, New Mexico
1^st Place, Creative Verse, Single poem

Sherry Robinson, New Mexico
Honorable Mention, Continuing Coverage or Unfolding News

Diane Joy Schmidt, New Mexico
1^st Place, Photography, Photographer-writer

Madison Staten, New Mexico
2^nd Place, Prepared Report, Television

Claudette Sutton, New Mexico
1^st Place, Website Edited or Managed by Entrant, Corporate or for-profit
2^nd Place, Publication Regularly Edited by Entrant, Magazine/Magapaper
Honorable Mention, Specialty Articles, Arts and entertainment

Jasmine Tritten, New Mexico
Honorable Mention, Book Designed by Entrant
Honorable Mention, Single Photograph,- General photo (open competition on any subject)

Leora Zeitlin, New Mexico
3^rd Place, Web and Social Media, Web Copy