2013 At-large Communications Contest Winners

APW winners in the 2013 NFPW at-large communications contest were recognized at the May 4 conference.  Photos are of those in attendance being presented their certificates by Brenda Warneka, President. The at-large contest takes the place of our state contest. The winners are as follows:

Elizabeth Bruening-Lewis

• 1st Place, 57B Nonfiction Book, history, for Visitors to the Past: A Cultural Historian Unlocks the Mysteries Behind Five Sacred Shrines

Jaimie Bruzenak

• 1st Place, 11C Columns, informational, for Workamper Viewpoint column for Workamper News
• 1st Place, 57E Nonfiction Book, General, for Retire to an RV: The Roadmap to Affordable Retirement by Jaimie Hall Bruzenak and Alice Zyetz (deceased)

Jaimie Bruzenak receiving two awards.

Lynda Exley

• 1st Place, 16B Page Design, magazine, newsletter, etc., for Arizona Press Women Typerider
• 2nd Place, 15B Pubs Regularly Edited by Entrant, magazine, etc., for Arizona Press Women Typerider

Lynda Exley receiving two awards

Marion Gold

• HM, 63 Essay, Chapter, or Section In a Book, for Skirting Traditions, Chapter 28: Pam Knight Stevenson

Carol Hughes

• 3rd Place, 63 Essay, Chapter or Section in a Book, for Skirting Traditions, Chapter 17: Esther Clark

Cheryl Kohout

• 1st Place, 19 Photographer/Writer for Riding High on a Bubble Bath
• 1st Place, 41 PR Reports for the Tucson Medical Center 2011 Report to Our Community

Patricia Myers

• 1st Place, 10C Specialty Articles, arts & entertainment, online or print for two articles: Paris Jazz Diary 2011; All That Jazz Month @ MIM
• 1st Place, 51 Speeches for Jazz Goes to the Movies (Paris Soirees, July 2012); Myers’ second consecutive year to win first-place in at-large speech category
• 2nd Place, 11D Columns, personal opinion, for Riffs
• 3rd Place, 8C Feature Story, online for Paris Jazz Diary 2012
• 3rd Place, 10O Specialty Articles, online or print for two reviews: Newport Beach Jazz Party; Lewis Nash-Wynton Marsalis Concert @ MIM

Patricia Myers receiving 5 awards

Sheila Roe

• 1st Place, 63 Essay, Chapter, or Section in a Book, for Skirting Traditions, Chapter 4: Mary Kidder Rak

Sheila Roe receiving two awards

Brenda Warneka

• 2nd Place, 63 Essay, Chapter, or Section in a Book, for Skirting Traditions, Chapter 15: Meredith Howard Harless

Brenda Warneka receiving 2 awards, presented by Vice President Pam Stevenson.

Carol Hughes, Lois McFarland, June P. Payne (deceased), Sheila Roe, Pam Knight Stevenson, and Brenda Kimsey Warneka (JOINT ENTRY)

• 1st Place, 64 Book Edited by Entrants for Skirting Traditions: Arizona Women Writers and Journalists: 1912-2012

Editors of Skirting Traditions: Sheila Roe, Lois McFarland, Brenda Warneka, Pam Stevenson. Carol Hughes absent, June P. Payne deceased.

The first-place winners will compete with first-place winners from other states in their category in the national NFPW contest. National winners will be honored at the 2013 NFPW annual communications contest in Salt Lake City in August.