2017 DPA COMMUNICATIONS CONTEST AWARD WINNERS Cat Place Category Entry Title First Name Last Name Company/Organization # 2nd 01A News Story - Print-based Newspaper After more than a century, church stands vacant Tony Windsor Morning Star Publications, Laurel Star Morning Star Publications, Seaford 3rd 01A News Story - Print-based Newspaper Young girl burned while saving niece Rachel Farris Star News Story - Magazine, newsletter, or 1st 01B other non-newspaper print publication A Question of Character Lynn Parks Delaware Beach Life News Story - Magazine, newsletter, or 2nd 01B other non-newspaper print publication Tough Start Lynn Parks Delaware Beach Life PSC completes allocation of Exelon merger 2nd 01C News Story - Online Publication funds but questions linger over DEDO award Jon Hurdle WDDE-FM / Delaware Public Media 02 Continuing coverage or unfolding Wilmington Education Improvement Commission 1st 02 news coverage Larry Nagengast Delaware Public Media Public employees' little empires turn off 1st 04 Enterprise Reporting businesses Kathryn Canavan Delaware Business Times 1st 05 Special Series Delaware's Sex trafficking trade Zoe Read WHYY Editorial / Opinion - Print-based Delaware Needs a New Insurance 1st 07A newspaper Commissioner Mitchell Topal Out of the Box Communications LTD 1st 07C Editorial / Opinion - Online publication 34-Minute Wait Time Dan Tipton Tipton Communications Morning Star Publications, Seaford 2nd 08A Feature story - Print-based newspaper Local woodworkers enjoy time together Lynn R. Parks Star Morning Star Publications, Seaford 3rd 08A Feature story - Print-based newspaper Reunited Rachel Farris Star Feature story - Magazine, newsletter, or other non-newspaper print 1st 08B publication The Farm Teams Mary Ann Benyo Delaware Beach Life Feature story - Magazine, newsletter, or other non-newspaper print 2nd 08B publication Market Value Chris Beakey Delaware Beach Life Feature story - Magazine, newsletter, or other non-newspaper print 3rd 08B publication Circus 2.0 Theresa Medoff AAA Mid-Atlantic Feature story - Magazine, newsletter, or other non-newspaper print HM 08B publication A Wish for Haiti Maria Hess Wilmington University 1st 08C 8C Feature story - Online publication Getting married for the first time after 50 Eileen Dallabrida WDDE-FM/Delaware Public Media Personality profile - 500 words or 10 things you probably don't know about Mayor 1st 09A fewer Mike Purzycki Kathryn Canavan Delaware Business Times Personality profile - 500 words or 2nd 09A fewer Steve Jobs and Me Jackson Coppley Independently Employed Personality profile - 500 words or 3rd 09A fewer Giving a Voice to Many Lois Hoffman The Happy Self-Publisher Personality profile - 500 words or HM 09A fewer Jimmy Hoppa gives back to community Mike McClure Morning Star Publications, Laurel Star Personality profile - More than 500 Wilmington University, WilmU 1st 09B words The People's Playwright Bob Yearick Magazine Personality profile - More than 500 2nd 09B words From "Rylie's Law" to Rylie's Smile Jessica Gordon Delaware Beach Life Personality profile - More than 500 Wilmington University, WilmU 3rd 09B words The Ripple Effect: Nic DeCaire Bob Yearick Magazine Personality profile - More than 500 Morning Star Publications, Seaford HM 09B words A lifetime in the music industry Rachel Farris Star MBNA's trademark green awnings have 1st 10D Specialty articles - Business vanished: Meet 13 cool companies in Delaware Kathryn Canavan Delaware Business Times Beach rental market bouncing back this year; Breathing new life into the University and Whist 2nd 10D Specialty articles - Business Club Eileen Dallabrida WDDE-FM / Delaware Public Media Creating an Author Website, Part 1; Creating an 3rd 10D Specialty articles - Business Author Website, Part 2 Lois Hoffman The Happy Self-Publisher Hospitality School offers opportunity and more to students; Mixed results for Delaware's charter 1st 10E Specialty articles - Education school Larry Nagengast Delaware Public Media 2nd 10E Specialty articles - Education Tower Hill Education Articles Teresa Messmore Tower Hill School Bouchat- 2nd 10F Specialty articles - Fashion StyleSpy_Nov.; StyleSpy_Dec. Danielle Friedman Delaware Today 1st 10G Specialty articles - Food Taking it to the Streets; Can't Stand the Heat? Pam George Delaware Beach Life Fork + Flask = Good; Copperhead Saloon 2nd 10G Specialty articles - Food Makes a Splash Mark Nardone Delaware Today Specialty articles - Government or DuPont-Powered Legislature A Thing of the 2nd 10H politics Past; Primary Became a Tipping Point Kathryn Canavan Delaware Business Times Delawareans welcome cancellation of offshore Specialty articles - Green or drilling plan; Prime Hook restoration heads for 1st 10I environmental complete Jon Hurdle WDDE-FM / Delaware Public Media Specialty articles - Green or Bringing down the house; Repurposed Materials 2nd 10I environmental will sell you a bridge Kathryn Canavan Delaware Business Times Preserving the past: The state of historic 1st 10J Specialty articles - History preservation in Delaware; Time is running out Larry Nagengast Delaware Public Media Why Writers Procrastinate; In Search of Creative 1st 10K Specialty articles - Hobby or craft Inspiration Lois Hoffman The Happy Self-Publisher Taking My Own Advice; Organizing? You Don't 1st 10L Specialty articles - Home Have to Believe Everything You Read Karen Jessee Simply Organized 2nd 10L Specialty articles - Home A Touch of Elegance; The Metamorphosis Lynn Parks Delaware Beach Life A State of Change: Delaware hospitals grapple Specialty articles - Physical health, with changing healthcare landscape; A State of 1st 10M fitness, mental health, self-help Change: Pam George WDDE-FM / Delaware Public Media This company is literally a diamond in the rough: Specialty articles - Science or Gov. Markell lays welcome mat for blockchain 1st 10P technology technology Kathryn Canavan Delaware Business Times Experts visit Del Tech to offer glimpse of Specialty articles - Science or opportunities drones offer; First State 2nd 10P technology businesses Larry Nagengast Delaware Public Media Specialty articles - Science or A social robot's use in child rehabilitation; Using 3rd 10P technology wearable robots in stroke rehab Katie Peikes Delaware Public Media Woodbridge football team brings home school's first state championship; state championship Morning Star Publications, Seaford 3rd 10R Specialty articles - Sports teams Mike McClure Star Appetite for Learning; Fall: In Love with the 1st 10S Specialty articles - Travel Coast Theresa Medoff AAA Mid-Atlantic, AAA World 1st 11A Columns - Humorous Spit and Tell; Lawn Lush Rich Barnett Letters from Camp Rehoboth 2nd 11A Columns - Humorous Give Your Fitness Regimen a Lift; Truth Be Told. Fay Jacobs Delaware Beach Life 3rd 11A Columns - Humorous No day at the beach; Teaching respect Tony Windsor Morning Star Publications, Laurel Star In April, tulips, taxes, triples and truckies; A HM 11A Columns - Humorous wave of valet services crashes the coast Michael L. Berger Bermac Associates LLC 1st 11B Columns - General Rose Colored Glasses; What Could Go Wrong? Rich Barnett Letters from Camp Rehoboth Columns - Informational (how-to, Q&A, 1st 11C advice) The War on Words Robert Yearick Out & About Magazine A Man of Honor; Some advice for President- 1st 11D Columns - Personal Opinion elect Donald Trump Alan Garfield The News Journal 2nd 11D Columns - Personal Opinion United We Stand; Empathy Matters Mark Nardone Delaware Today Candidates never follow through on promises; Presidency won by candidate who understood 3rd 11D Columns - Personal Opinion sound bites Frank Calio Morning Star Publications, Laurel Star Page/Section/Supplement regularly Delaware/Main Line Bride_Spring; Bouchat- 1st 13B edited by entrant - Magazine Delaware/Main Line Bride_Fall Danielle Friedman Delaware Today Page/Section/Supplement regularly 2nd 13B edited by entrant - Magazine Beach Briefs Terry Plowman Delaware Beach Life Ashley Dawson Tom Kavanagh Tessa Lingo Laura Navarre Publications regularly edited by 1st 15B entrant - Magazine June 2016 issue; September 2016 issue Terry Plowman Delaware Beach Life Ashley Dawson Tom Kavanagh Tessa Lingo Scott Nathan Carolyn Watson Publications regularly edited by Wilmington University, WilmU 2nd 15B entrant - Magazine WilmU Magazine Maria Hess Magazine DE Dep't of Natural Resources and Publications regularly edited by Outdoor Delaware Fall 2016; Outdoor Delaware Environmental Control, Outdoor 3rd 15B entrant - Magazine Winter 2016 Beth Shockley Delaware 1st 16B Page design - Magazine The Farm Teams; New-Fashioned Appeal Laura Navarre Delaware Beach Life 1st 17B Single photograph - Sports photo Moment Becomes Memory Emma Plowman Delaware Beach Life 2nd 17B Single photograph - Sports photo Play at the Plate Lynn Schofer Morning Star Publications, Laurel Star 3rd 17B Single photograph - Sports photo Celebration time Mike McClure Morning Star Publications, Laurel Star Great Blue Heron Finds a Fishing Hole Amid the 1st 17C Single photograph - General photo Ice Kevin Fleming Delaware Beach Life Catalog of the 2016 Wilmington International Exhibition of 2nd 17C Single photograph - General photo Three Amish Boys Lynn Troy Maniscalco Photography Ruby-Throated Hummingbird Hovers Over a 3rd 17C Single photograph - General photo Lantana Blossom Ken Arni Delaware Beach Life Morning Star Publications, Seaford HM 17C Single photograph - General photo Celebrating Veterans Day Mike McClure Star DE Dep't of Natural Resources and Environmental Control,