North Dakota Professional Communicators

NFPW 2022 Communications Contest Winners

Winners of the 2022 National Federation of Press Women (NFPW) Communications Contest were recognized June 25, 2022, at the NFPW contest awards dinner and ceremony in Fargo.

Twenty-four NDPC members earned 43 awards for their work in writing, editing, photography, graphics and design, advertising, web and social media, communication programs and campaigns, public relations, information for the media and speeches. Nearly 300 professional communicators earned honors with over 2,000 entries submitted in this year’s contest.

NDPC member Tracy Frank, Fargo, was the overall NFPW national sweepstakes winner. Sarah Mudder, Bismarck, was recognized as NDPC’s Communicator of Achievement at the conference.

The individual winners include:

Betsy Beaton, AnnMarie Campbell, Tyler Brown
Honorable Mention – Public Relations Materials, Report

Andrea Boe
Honorable Mention – Speech

Tyler Brown
First Place – Public Relations Materials, Brochure

Taylor Corbett
Third Place – Marketing Program Or Campaign

Tracy Frank
First Place – Radio and Television Advertising, Radio
Second Place – Web and social media, Web Copy
Honorable Mention – Radio and Television Advertising, Television
Honorable Mention – Video for Web, Special Interest Video
Honorable Mention – Headlines

Tracy Frank and Karen Stensrud
First Place – Single Page, Supplement or Section Edited by Entrant, Corporate or For Profit

Tracy Frank and Lourdes Hawley
First Place – Electronic Newsletter, Corporate or For Profit
First Place – Single Page, Supplement or Section Written by Entrant, Corporate or For Profit
Second Place – Public Relations Materials, Brochure
Honorable Mention – Single Advertisement

Kris Hauge
First Place – Advertising Poster, Billboard or Banner

Pamela Knudson
Second Place – Specialty Articles, Physical Health
Third Place – Specialty Articles, Style
Third Place – Continuing Coverage or Unfolding News
Third Place – News Story, Online Publication
Honorable Mention – Specialty Articles, Social Issues
Honorable Mention – Specialty Articles, Reviews
Honorable Mention – Specialty Articles, Hobby

Becky Koch
First Place – Publications Regularly Written by Entrant, Newsletter/other publication, non-profit, government or educational

Amanda Kosior
Third Place – Columns, Humorous

Amanda Kosior and Tracy Nicholson
First Place – Specialty Articles, Ghost Written Article

Sarah Mudder
First Place – Specialty Articles, Government or Politics

Amy Norstedt
Honorable Mention – Information for the Media, Media Pitch

Carol Renner
First Place – Social Media Campaign, Nonprofit, government or educational
Honorable Mention – Advertising Campaign

Roxane Salonen
First Place – Specialty Articles, Obituary
Second Place – Specialty Articles, Religion
Honorable Mention – Specialty Articles, Arts & Entertainment
Honorable Mention – Feature Story, Newspaper
Honorable Mention – Columns, Personal opinion

Karen Stensrud
Third Place – Public Relations Campaign

Heather Syverson
Third Place – News or Feature Releases, Multiple Releases

Heather Syverson, Zach Otteson, Cody Schuler, Taylor Corbett
First Place – Public Service Program or Campaign

Danielle Teigen
First Place – News Story, Magazine, newsletter/other print publication
Second Place – Publication Regularly Edited by Entrant, Magazine/Magapaper
Second Place – Single Page, Section, or Supplement Edited by Entrant Magazine/Magapaper

Tamara Uselman
Second Place – Columns, General

Mara Zupko
Second Place – Graphics
Third Place – Infographics

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