Deadline extended until, Friday, December 3, 2021!
The New England Better Newspaper Competition is the largest, most comprehensive, and most competitive newspaper awards program in our region.
The competition has more than 100 award categories broken down into two divisions:
Editorial/Multimedia/Photography Division – Download Editorial Categories & Rules
Advertising/Circulation/Promotion Division – Download Advertising Categories & Rules
New or modified categories for 2021:
Coverage of Protests and Rallies, Climate Change or Weather Reporting, Presidential Election Coverage, Racial, Ethnic or Gender Issue Coverage, Pandemic Photo, Sports Action Photo, Sports Feature Photo, and Combatting Misinformation and Restoring Trust.
Instructions:
– The work that you’ve published between August 1, 2020, to July 31, 2021, is eligible.
– Contest participants will need to submit links and PDFs of their best work. Please note that judges prefer PDFs over links, so we encourage you to use PDFs whenever possible.
– When registering on the contest site please use the association code NENPA.
– The contest is open to all NENPA members in good standing.
– The deadline to submit entries is Friday, December 3, 2021.
The awards will be presented at the annual New England Newspaper Convention, which will be held in Spring 2022.
We encourage you to participate in this year’s Better Newspaper Competition to show off your best work, reward and recognize your staff, and share ideas so we can learn from each other!
For further information please contact Linda Conway, l.conway@nenpa.com.
Chris Zoeller has worked in the newspaper industry for over 23 years, and as a part of The Post and Courier for the past 16 years. As the Chief Marketing and Opportunity Officer, she oversees marketing and the evolving role it plays in growing audience and revenue. Chris also leads the event division where The Post and Courier produces smaller scale B2B and B2C events around content pillars, large expos and recently a new Bicycle Across South Carolina event and Steeplechase of Charleston. She uses her past experience and creative mind to see beyond what’s in front of her to create the best results for her team, both based on finances and marketability. In Chris’ free time you’ll probably find her snapping an instagram pic at the newest restaurant in town, while spending quality time with her family and friends.
Tanisha Leonard is the president of RTM360°, a cultural marketing firm that creates unique communications programs geared towards the African American community. In addition to the day-to-day management of RTM360° Tanisha is a key member of the executive team for RTM360’s parent company, Real Times Media, driving business growth via the development of custom marketing programs and partnership opportunities related to its six flagship brands— Atlanta Tribune: The Magazine, the Atlanta Daily World, Who’s Who In Black, the Chicago Defender, the Michigan Chronicle, and the New Pittsburgh Courier. She also serves on the board of directors of the Local Media Foundation.
Dave Nordman is executive editor of the Telegram & Gazette, MetroWest Daily News, Milford Daily News, Gardner News, Worcester Magazine, baystateparent and Worcester Living.
Charlie McKenna is from Los Angeles, CA and currently serves as The Beacon’s Editor-in-Chief, overseeing all of the paper’s print and digital content in addition to daily operations. He has contributed to The Beacon since the Fall 2019 semester and previously served as a Content Managing Editor, the Deputy Express Editor, and the SGA correspondent. McKenna’s work has appeared in The Boston Globe and in his limited free time, he can be found listening to Steely Dan.