2020 MNA Better Newspaper Contest

Photography Portrait and Personality ( 1,501 to 3,000)Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: Pine City Pioneer
    Entry Title: Staying close while keeping apart
    Entry Credit: Judy Wolf
    Judge Comment: Captures the pain of family separations that resulted from the coronavirus pandemic.
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: Clarissa - Independent News Herald
    Entry Title: Not your ordinary graduation
    Entry Credit: Trinity Gruenberg
    Judge Comment: Again, another reminder of what the coronavirus wrought: the high school graduation, a happy time, done from a distance.
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: Stevens County Times
    Entry Title: Consoling player
    Entry Credit: Brooke Kern
    Judge Comment: Nice collage of hard work, heartbreak and a coach who provided comfort and reassurance.
  • Competition Comment: None