Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Hastings Star Gazette Entry Title: Anything you can do ... Entry Credit: Alec Hamilton Judge Comment: An unusual story -- girl wrestler -- combined with good writers makes this a first-place story. The reader could feel the emotion through the words.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Anoka County Union Herald Entry Title: SF grad earns 4th at Grandma’s, qualifies for Olympic Trials Entry Credit: Patrick Slack Judge Comment: This story is a winner solely because of the writing. There are no cliches in this story. Only craftsmanship.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Red Wing Republican Eagle Entry Title: Cutting her own track in life Entry Credit: Steve Gardiner Judge Comment: This is a great story because the writer is precise, in word choice, in quotes and in structure. Well done.
