First place: Greg Barnes, The Fayetteville Observer
Second place: Barbara Peters Smith, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Third place: Seth Robbins, The Daytona Beach News-Journal
First place: Tom McLaughlin, Northwest Florida Daily News
Second place: Stephanie Taylor, The Tuscaloosa News
Third place: Curt Brown, The Standard-Times
First place: Ken Willis, The Daytona Beach News-Journal
Second place: Holly Zachariah, The Columbus Dispatch
Third place: Teresa Stepzinski, Florida Times-Union
First place: Andrew Chiappazzi and Daveen Rae Kurutz, Beaver County Times
Second place: Nolin Ainsworth, Juneau Empire
Third place: Adam Jardy, The Columbus Dispatch
First place: Lola Gomez, The Daytona Beach News-Journal
Second place: Rick Cinclair, Telegram & Gazette
Third place: Chris Neal, Topeka Capital-Journal
First place: Lola Gomez, The Daytona Beach News-Journal
Second place: Doral Chenoweth III, The Columbus Dispatch
Third place: Mike Lang, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
First place: Jessie Brothers, The Hutchinson News
Second place: Michael Snyder, Northwest Florida Daily News
Third place: Brad McClenny, Gainesville Sun
First place: Hank Stephenson, Arizona Capitol Times
Second place: Katie Campbell, Arizona Capitol Times
Third place: Gary Seman, ThisWeek Community News
First place: Women’s History Month, Erie Times-News
Second place: Children in Crisis, The Providence Journal
Third place: Unmasked: Firefighters and Cancer, The Columbus Dispatch
First place: Art & Soul, Journal Star
Second place: 2017 Kickoff preseason guide, Erie Times-News
Third place: NASCAR's Concussion Battle, The Daytona Beach News-Journal
First place: Powering the Plains: The Wind Factor, The Hutchinson News
Second place: Promise in the Wind, The Standard-Times
Third place: 2017 Best of River Valley Preps, Times Record
First place: Jason Armstrong, Center for News & Design
Second place: Ariana Torrey, Center for News & Design
Third place: Justin Gilbert, Center for News & Design
First place: Becca McGovern, Center for News & Design
Second place: Stephanie Turner, Center for News & Design
Third place: Ariana Torrey, Center for News & Design
First place: Justin Gilbert, Center for News & Design
Second place: Alyse Kordenbrock, Columbus Monthly
Third place: Tom Murphy, The Providence Journal