West Texas Press Association
2008 Better Newspaper Contest Winners announced July 17-19, in Fredericksburg.
Advertising Division A:
1. Brownwood Bulletin
2. Plainview Daily Herald
3. Vernon Daily Record
HM Stephenville Empire-Tribune
Advertising Division B:
1. Wise County Messenger
2. Hood County News
3. Graham Leader
HM Andrews County News
Advertising Division C:
1. Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post
2. Canadian Record
3. Dublin Citizen
Advertising Division D:
1. Eldorado Success
2. Big Lake Wildcat
3. Hico News Review
Column Writing Division A:
1. Plainview Daily Herald
2. Kerrville Daily Times
3. Brownwood Bulletin
HM Stephenville Empire-Tribune and Vernon Daily Record
Column Writing Division B:
1. Graham Leader
2. Wise County Messenger
3. Quanah Tribune-Chief
HM Lamesa Press-Reporter
Column Writing Division C:
1. Canadian Record
2. Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post
3. Dublin Citizen
HM Clay County Leader
Column Writing Division D:
1. The Clarendon Enterprise
2. Hico News Review
3. Eldorado Success
Editorial Writing Division A:
1. Roswell Daily Record
2. Kerrville Daily Times
3. Vernon Daily Record
HM Brownwood Bulletin
Editorial Writing Division B:
1. Graham Leader
2. Hood County News
3. Breckenridge American
HM Wise County Messenger
Editorial Writing Division C:
1. Canadian Record
2. Muleshoe Journal
3. Lake Country Sun
HM Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post
Editorial Writing Division D:
1. Clarendon Enterprise
2. Eldorado Success
3. Albany News
HM The Ozona Stockman
Feature Writing Division A:
1. Stephenville Empire-Tribune
2. Vernon Daily Record
3. Roswell Daily Record
HM Brownwood Bulletin
Feature Writing Division B:
1. Wise County Messenger
2. Hood County News
3. Lampasas Dispatch
HM Graham Leader
Feature Writing Division C:
1. Canadian Record
2. Clay County Leader
3. Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post
Feature Writing Division D:
1. Hico News Review
2. Olney Enterprise
3. Albany News
General Excellence Division A:
1. Kerrville Daily Times
2. Stephenville Empire-Tribune
3. Plainview Daily Herald
HM Roswell Daily Record
General Excellence Division B:
1. Hood County News
2. Lampasas Dispatch-Record
3. Wise County Messenger
General Excellence Division C:
1. Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post
2. Hondo Anvil Herald
3. Dublin Citizen
HM Clay County Leader
General Excellence Division D:
1. The Albany News
2. Eldorado Success
3. Clarendon Enterprise
News Writing Division A:
1. Kerrville Daily Times
2. Plainview Daily Herald
3. Roswell Daily Record
News Writing Division B:
1. Wise County Messenger
2. Hood County News
3. Lampasas Dispatch Record
News Writing Division C:
1. Clay County Leader
2. Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post
3. Hondo Anvil Herald
News Writing Division D:
1. The Ozona Stockman
2. Big Lake Wildcat
3. Hico News Review
HM Eldorado Success
Photography Division A:
1. Brownwood Bulletin
2. Roswell Daily Record
3. Vernon Daily Record
Photography Division B:
1. Lampasas Dispatch
2. Hood County News
3. Wise County Messenger
Photography Division C:
1. Lake Country Sun
2. Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post
3. Hondo Anvil Herald
Photography Division D:
1. The Ozona Stockman
2. Eldorado Success
3. Big Lake Wildcat
Special Section Division A:
1. Stephenville Empire-Tribune
2. Kerrville Daily Times
3. Vernon Daily Record
HM Roswell Daily Record
Special Section Division B:
1. Wise County Messenger
2. Graham Leader
3. Hood County News
HM Lampasas Dispatch-Record
Special Section Division C:
1. Clay County Leader
2. Canadian Record
3. Dublin Citizen
HM Muleshoe Journal
Special Section Division D:
1. Big Lake Wildcat
2. Olney Enterprise
3. Texas Mohair Weekly
HM Hico News Review
Sports Division A:
1. Plainview Daily Herald
2. Stephenville Empire-Tribune
3. Kerrville Daily Times
HM Roswell Daily Record
Sports Division B:
1. Hood County News
2. The Graham Leader
3. Andrews County News
HM Lampasas Dispatch Record
Sports Division C:
1. Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post
2. Hondo Anvil Herald
3. Muleshoe Journal
HM Canadian Record
Sports Division D:
1. Hico News Review
2. The Albany News
3. Olney Enterprise
HM The Ozona Stockman
Special Coverage Dailies/Semi-Weeklies:
1. Brownwood Bulletin
2. Roswell Daily Record
3. Vernon Daily Record
Special Coverage Weeklies:
1. Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post
2. The Ozona Stockman
3. Lake Country Sun
Journalist of the Year: Dailies
1. Alyson Chapman, Kerrville Daily Times
2. Sara Vanden Berge, Stephenville Empire-Tribune
3. Richard Jacques, Roswell Daily Record
Journalist of the Year: Semi-Weekly
1. Denise Morris, Hood County News
2. David Rupkalvis, Graham Leader
3. Brian Knox, Wise County Messenger
Journalist of the Year: Weekly
1. William Hoover, Hondo Anvil Herald
2. Melissa Perner, The Ozona Stockman
3. Cathy Collier, Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post
Photographer of the Year: Dailies
1. Mark Wilson, Roswell Daily Record
2. Richard Porter, Plainview Daily Herald
3. John Schmid, Kerrville Daily Times
Photographer of the Year: Semi-Weekly:
1. Joe Duty, Wise County Messenger
2. Mary Vinson, Hood County News
3. Gabe Wolf, Lampasas Dispatch-Record
HM Mitch Word, Levelland & Hockley County News Press
Photographer of the Year: Weeklies
1. Lisa Treiber-Walter, Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post
2. Matt Kelton, Clay County Leader
3. Donnie A. Lucas, Albany News
HM Joe Hernandez, The Ozona Stockman
Sweepstakes Division A:
1. Kerrville Daily Times, 625 points
2. Plainview Daily Herald, 475 points
3. Stephenville Empire Tribune, 425 points
Sweepstakes Division B:
1. Hood County News, 800 points
2. Wise County Messenger, 725 points
3. Graham Leader, 475 points
Sweepstakes Division C:
1. Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post, 725 points
2. Canadian Record, 450 points
3. Clay County Leader, 350 points
Sweepstakes Division D:
1. Hico News Review, 475 points
2. Eldorado Success, 375 points
3. Albany News, 325 points