New Mexico Press Women won many awards in the 2010 National Federation of Press Women Communication Contest. Of the 31 members who earned first places at the state contest and sent their work on to nationals, 25 earned certificates.
Category 2 Continuing Coverage
Megan Kamerick Second Place
Category 7-C Feature Story Specialized Publication
Mara Kerkez First Place
Category 9-A Special Articles Business
Megan Kamerick Honorable Mention
Category 9-G Special Articles Food
Ari LaVaux First Place
Category 9-Q Special Articles Travel
Yvonne Lanelli Third Place
Category 11-A Single Page or Pages Edited by Entrant Non Daily Paper
Laura Marrich First Place
Category 13-A Section Edited by Entrant
Erin Adair-Hodges Second Place
Category 15-A Publication Regularly Edited by Entrant Non Daily Paper
Laura Marrich Third Place
Category 15-D Publication Regularly Edited by Entrant Newsletter
Ruth Friesen Second Place
Category 16-C Page Layout Specialized Publication
Loren Stacks First Place
Category 24-A Prepared Radio Report
Constance Gotsch First Place
Category 25-A Special Programming
Constance Gotsch First Place
Category 28-A Radio Interview
Tania Casselle First Place
Category 41 Television Single Commercial
Tricia Holser Honorable Mention
Category 42 Community or Institutional Relations
Kim Jarigese, Laurie Mellas, Sharon Steely Third Place
Category 45 Marketing Program/Campaign New/Existing Product
Tricia Holser Second Place
Category 47-C General Reports
Sherry Robinson Third Place
Category 54 Manuals and Handbooks
Jana Fothergill John Sumrow Ellen Biderman Second Place
Category 55-B News or Feature Release
Linda Thornton Third Place
Category 72-A Nonfiction Book General
Anne Hillerman Second Place
Category 72-B Essay in Nonfiction Book
Ruth Friesen First Place
Category 72-E Nonfiction Book Cookbook
Anne Hillerman Second Place
Category 73 Full Length Fiction
Nancy King Honorable Mntion
Category 74-A Children’s Books Fiction
Connie Gotsch Margaret Cheasebro First Place