New England Newspaper of the Year

NENPA recognizes the extraordinary achievements of newspapers and newspaper personnel in the six-state New England region by presenting a wide variety of prestigious awards each year.

The New England Newspaper of the Year award recognizes the region’s highest quality newspapers based on experts’ and readers’ impression of the quality of their reporting and writing, use of photos, design and presentation, online offering, and overall utility and value (categorized by circulation level).

This competition is unlike any other in our industry because the winners are selected by the audience – jury panels of newspaper readers. Editors are invited to watch the juries deliberate in order to glean strategic insight about how their paper compares with its peers and to identify ways to increase its effectiveness and appeal.

Click here for photos of the 2011 Newspaper of the Year Winners >>

Weekday Edition

Sentinel & Enterprise
Fitchburg, MA

Concord Monitor
Stamford, CT

The Day
New London, CT

Cape Cod Times
Hyannis, MA

Telegram & Gazette
Worcester, MA

Sunday Edition

Foster's Sunday Citizen
Dover, NH

Concord Monitor
Concord, NH

The MetroWest Daily News
Framingham, MA

Cape Cod Times
Hyannis, MA

The Republican
Springfield, MA

The Sunday Telegram
Worcester, MA

Weekly Community Newspapers

The Narragansett Times
N. Kingstown, RI

The Inquirer and Mirror
Nantucket, MA

The Ellsworth American
Ellsworth, ME

Specialty Newspapers

Vermont Woman Newspaper
South Hero, VT

Alternative Weekly Newspapers

The Boston Phoenix
Boston, MA

Most smaller publications never have the opportunity to see  readers compare their paper with its peers. The focus groups helps select the Newspaper of the Year.
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Entries for the New England Newspaper of the Year competition must be submitted by the end of June. The awards are presented at the NENPA Fall Conference in October.

For more information, please contact:
Crystal Serret
c.serret@nenpa.com
p: 781.320.8042
f:  781.320.8055