Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Waconia Patriot Entry Title: Waconia Patriot Headline Writing Entry Credit: Staff Judge Comment: Notable: "Display of Unity," "Scandia Lodge dishes up jokes, good food," "On with the shows," "It's a family a-scare," "Hungry, hungry birds."
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Wadena Pioneer Journal Entry Title: Headline Writing- WPJ Entry Credit: Michael Johnson, Rebecca Mitchell, Jason Groth Judge Comment: Notable: "That's the spirit" story on distillery; "Enduro racing gets the green flag"
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Blooming Prairie Steele County Times Entry Title: Headline Writing Entry Credit: Staff Judge Comment: Notable: "Stepping toward 100" for a story on a 99-year-old man walking 100 miles, "Better than window dressing"
