Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Pelican Rapids Press Entry Title: Pelican Rapids Press - Headline Writing Entry Credit: Louis Hoglund, Sara Brosowske, Cindy Hensch Judge Comment: "Bear raid warnings" -- I stopped and read this, even though I don't live there. "We're from Pelican" is really touching in a simple way. It looks like there's been a lot of care taken to localize headlines here to the area as needed.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Blooming Prairie Steele County Times Entry Title: Headline Writing Entry Credit: Staff Judge Comment: "I was numb at the time" with a more explanatory sub hed was the perfect hed for this really devastating story. These are hard to write; great job.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Waconia Patriot Entry Title: Waconia Patriot Headline Writing Entry Credit: Jason Schmucker Judge Comment: Page 1 headlines are some of my favorite kinds: Just a couple of words that convey what's inside: "Champs" and "On the March." Way to let the photos do the talking with simple but effective words.
