The Advertising/Circulation/Promotion division of the Better Newspaper Competition is now open for entries. The competition consists of 32 competitive categories, and participation in the contest is a great way to show off your best revenue-generating work, reward and recognize your advertising, graphics, and production staff, and share ideas so we can learn from each other!
There is no limit on the number of entries per category, except in Advertising General Excellence. Newspapers are eligible to compete in six classes:
- Dailies with circulation under 13k
- Dailies with circulation more than 13k
- Weeklies with circulation under 5k
- Weeklies with circulation more than 5k
- Specialty and niche publications
- News Services and Online News Sites
Work published by NENPA member news organizations during the contest year, August 1, 2024, to July 31, 2025, is eligible for this competition.
The deadline to submit entries is Friday, November 14, 2025.
Download the information packet and you will find all of the information necessary to prepare your entries, including a list of competitive categories, complete rules and guidelines, and the criteria that each contest category will be judged upon.
- Advertising/Circulation/Promotion Division – Download Information
Reminder – the association code to access the contest portal is NENPA and you’ll need to register for the platform even though you may have been registered last year (the system gets wiped clean between contests.) Also, both the email and password fields are case-sensitive.
Awards will be presented at the annual New England Newspaper Convention in Spring 2026 (location and dates to be announced soon).
Non-member publications interested in participating in the competition can still join NENPA. Find out more at this link.
For further information, please email Linda Conway at l.conway@nenpa.com or Tara Cleary at t.cleary@nenpa.com.