APSE's winter meetings and 2015 contest

This year's meetings and contest judging are about to begin in Orlando. Obviously a lot of people will be keen in learning the winners, but hopefully some of the people attending will post other things of interest as well.

 

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Judging starts Sunday. Winners for top sections and stories will be announced starting Monday through Wednesday. http://apsportseditors.org

In the meantime, results of the website contest:

Category A (Over 175,000 circulation/more than 2 million unique monthly visitors):
Top 10
Boston Globe
Chicago Tribune
Houston Chronicle
Kansas City Star
Los Angeles Times
New York Times
Newsday
Orlando Sentinel
USA Today Sports
The Washington Post

Honorable Mention
Arizona Republic
Baltimore Sun
Denver Post
Detroit Free Press
Miami Herald
Pittsburgh Tribune Review

Category B (75,001 to 175,000)
Top 10
Austin American-Statesman
Baton Rouge Advocate
Buffalo News
Columbus Dispatch
Des Moines Register
Indianapolis Star
Omaha World-Herald
The Oklahoman
Salt Lake Tribune
Syracuse Media Group/Post-Standard

Honorable mention
The Courier-Journal
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Ill.)
Detroit News
Hartford Courant
The News & Observer
Palm Beach Post
Richmond TImes-Dispatch
The Tennessean
Tulsa World
Wisconsin State-Journal

Category C (30,000 to 75,000)
Top 10
Clarion-Ledger
Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Idaho Statesman
Lincoln Journal Star
New Orleans Advocate
Penn Live/Patriot News
Quad City Times
Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.)
The State (Columbia, S.C.)

Honorable mention
Colorado Springs Gazette
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Gainesville (Fla.) Sun
Knoxville News Sentinel
Portland (Maine) Press Herald

Category D (Under 30,000)
Top 10
Ames Tribune
Bloomington Herald-Times
Fort Collins Coloradoan
Glens Falls Post-Star
Macon Telegraph
Opelika-Auburn News
Sauk Valley Media
The Tuscaloosa News
Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice
Wyoming Tribune Eagle

Honorable Mention
Athens Banner Herald
Gamecockcentral.com
Magic Valley Times-News (Twins Falls, Idaho)
Yakima Herald Republic

Congrats!

 

Great news to start to the week with. Congrats to all the winners. And I'm with Marvin, if you are at the winter conference, share your findings with us.

 

Here are the final results of the Special Sections contest for Category C (30,000 to 75,000 circulation):

Top 10
The Augusta Chronicle
The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer
Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, S.C.)
Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star
The National (Abu Dhabi)
The Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.)
The Repository (Canton, Ohio)
The State (Columbia, S.C.)
The Washington Times

Honorable mention
Chattanooga Times Free Press
The Gazette (Colorado Springs)
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.)
Journal Star (Peoria)
The Roanoke Times

 

Monday's additional winners (so far) ...

Daily Sections
Category D (under 30,000 circulation)
Top 10
The Altoona (Pa.) Mirror
Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune
The Chronicle-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio)
Fort Collins Coloradoan
Kitsap Sun (Bremerton, Wash.)
Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser
Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine)
The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News
Wyoming (Wyo.) Tribune Eagle
Honorable mention
The Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.)
Missourian (Columbia, Mo.)
Santa Cruz Sentinel (Scotts Valley, Calif.)
Southeast Missourian (Cape Girardeau, Mo.)
Yakima (Wash.) Herald-Republic

Under 15,000 Category
Top Five
Columbia Missourian
The Daily News Journal (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World
Opelika-Auburn (Ala.) News
Southeast Missourian (Cape Girardeau, Mo.)

Special Sections
Category B (75,001-175,000 circulation)
Top 10
Austin American-Statesman
The Buffalo News
Hartford Courant
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Omaha World-Herald
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Oklahoman
The Tampa Tribune
The Times of Northwest Indiana (Munster)
Honorable mention
The Charlotte Observer
Lexington Herald-Leader
The Florida Times-Union
The Palm Beach Post
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison)

Will update if any more winners are announced tonight ...

 

Daily Sections
Category B (75,001-175,000 circulation)
Top 10
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.)
Bergen County (N.J.) Record
The Buffalo News
Des Moines Register
The Detroit News
Indianapolis Star
The Oklahoman
Omaha World-Herald
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Honorable Mention
Columbus Dispatch
Salt Lake Tribune
Tampa Bay Tribune
The Tennessean
Tulsa World

Under 30,000 circulation:
Top 10
The Citizens’ Voice (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)
The Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.)
Fort Collins Coloradoan
Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser
Opelika-Auburn (Ala.) News
The Post-Star (Glens Falls, N.Y.)
The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News
Williamsport (Pa.) Sun-Gazette
Wyoming Tribune Eagle (Cheyenne, Wyo.)
Honorable Mention
The Altoona (Pa.) Mirror
Casper Star-Tribune (Casper, Wyo.)
The Chronicle-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio)
The Herald-Times (Bloomington, Ind.)
Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Maine)
Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal
Morning Sentinel (Waterville, Maine)
Santa Cruz Sentinel (Scotts Valley, Calif.)
Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine)
Watertown (N.Y.) Daily Times
Yakima (Wash.) Herald-Republic

Sunday sections
Under 30,000 circulation
Top 10
The Citizens’ Voice (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)
The Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.)
Fort Collins Coloradoan
Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser
Opelika-Auburn (Ala.) News
The Post-Star (Glens Falls, N.Y.)
The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News
Williamsport (Pa.) Sun-Gazette
Wyoming Tribune Eagle (Cheyenne, Wyo.)
Honorable Mention
The Altoona (Pa.) Mirror
Casper Star-Tribune (Casper, Wyo.)
The Chronicle-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio)
The Herald-Times (Bloomington, Ind.)
Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Maine)
Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal
Morning Sentinel (Waterville, Maine)
Santa Cruz Sentinel (Scotts Valley, Calif.)
Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine)
Watertown (N.Y.) Daily Times
Yakima (Wash.) Herald-Republic

 

Just a shout out to The Buffalo News sports section, which seems to go under the radar but keeps churning out APSE awards.

 

Even more impressive this year, considering they lost their lead sports designer to the P-D and reshuffled part of their writing lineup.

(I'm biased, of course. Got a lot of friends there, and I'm proud of their work.)

 

Looks like Buffalo is 3/4 of the way to a grand slam, even if they did lose a designer who was good enough for the Plain-Dealer? Post-Dispatch? Podunk-Daily?

 

Today's section results so far (I'm assuming the individual awards are about to start being named):

Daily sections
Category A (175,000-plus circulation)
Top 10
The Boston Globe
Chicago Tribune
The Dallas Morning News
The Denver Post
Los Angeles Times
New York Daily News
The New York Times
The Seattle Times
USA TODAY Sports
The Washington Post
Honorable mention
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Kansas City Star
The (Philadelphia) Inquirer
San Francisco Chronicle
U-T San Diego

Category C (30,000-75,000 circulation)
Top 10
The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
The Daytona Beach News-Journal
The Idaho Statesman (Boise, Idaho)
Knoxville News Sentinel
Lincoln Journal Star
The National (Abu Dhabi)
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.)
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
The Register-Guard (Eugene, Ore.)
Honorable mention
The News-Gazette (Champaign, Ill.)
Reno Gazette-Journal
The Repository (Canton, Ohio)
The State (Columbia, S.C.)
Wilmington (N.C.) StarNews

Sunday sections
Category C (30,000 to 75,000)
Top 10
The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.)
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Knoxville News Sentinel
Lincoln Journal Star
The News-Gazette (Champaign, Ill.)
The Patriot-News (Mechanicsburg, Pa.)
Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
Reno Gazette-Journal
Scranton (Pa.) Times-Tribune
The State (Columbia, S.C.)
Honorable mention
Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle
Daytona Beach News-Journal
The National (Abu Dhabi)
Newport News Daily Press
Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa)
Roanoke (Va.) Times
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune
The Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal
Wilmington (N.C.) StarNews

Under 15,000
Top 5
Columbia Missourian
The Daily News Journal (Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
Laramie (Wyo.) Boomerang
Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal
Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Maine) – tie
Morning Sentinel (Waterville, Maine) – tie

 

We always say congrats to the winners, but special thanks to the judges who have taken five days out of their lives to do this. Honestly, I don't know how they get through everything in time.