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2016 BNA & BNA contests are open!

2015 BNEC & BNAC Overview

Entries came fr om 36 states; 158 newspapers sent in a total of 1,696 entries; and 149 newspapers were selected as winners and received a total of 521 awards.

NAE Fun Facts

Entries came fr om nine states; 10 newspapers were selected as winners and received a total of 15 awards. Kidsville News!, a literacy and educational newspaper based in Fayett eville, NC, sponsored the contest.

2016 Better Newspaper Editorial & Better Newspaper Advertising Contests are open!

Visit: www.newspapercontest.com/Contests/NationalNewspaperAssociation.aspx and click "register" to get started with your entries.

Entries must be submitted online before midnight March 31, 2016.

Please contact Lynne Lance at 217-241-1400 or lynne@nna.org with any questions.

The 2016 Newspaper and Education Contest is also open!

Register here: www.newspapercontest.com/Contests/NewspaperandEducationContest.aspx

Deadline: Entries must be submitted online before midnight July 6, 2016.

Related Articles

2023 Better Newspaper Contest presentation of winners

NNA members gathered Saturday, Sept. 30, in Washington, D.C., to celebrate 2023 Better Newspaper Contest award winners. See the presentation of winners here.

Celebrating 2023 Better Newspaper Contest winners

National Newspaper Association member newspapers gathered in Washington, D.C., for the NNA Foundation's 137th Annual Convention & Trade Show, to celebrate 2023 Better Newspaper Contest winners. The awards presentation is available to NNA members here.

NNAF's Better Newspaper Contest

Many state associations have better newspaper contests to recognize the outstanding work by the newspapers in their states. The National Newspaper Association’s Better Newspaper Editorial Contest and Better Newspaper Advertising Contest are the only national competitions recognizing the best in community journalism.

NNA News

Congress approves NNA language directing HHS advertising to community media

Mar 25, 2024

Three years of planning and effort by the National Newspaper Association and its partners resulted this weekend in an emphatic recognition by Congress of the vital role community newspapers play in sharing ...

Presidents Day Sale

Feb 21, 2024

NNA members save up to 43% off select major appliances and free delivery on orders over $399.*

DeJoy honors Rush at her last Mailers Technical Advisory Committee in Washington, DC

Feb 1, 2024

USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy honors Tonda Rush, NNA legal counsel, at her last Mailers Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) meeting in Washington, D.C.

A new member is joining our NNA family, Lisa McGraw

Dec 6, 2023

Lisa McGraw, Michigan Press Association's longtime Public Affairs Manager and NNA Congressional Action Team member, will be taking over the NNA's lobbying efforts on January 1, 2024.

HHS directed to look at local media for advertising buys

Dec 1, 2023

The House Appropriations Committee is poised to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to direct more of the agency’s advertising dollar toward local media, including nondaily newspapers, ...

Industry groups create scholarship honoring Tonda Rush

Dec 1, 2023

Rush became NNA’s Chief Executive Officer in 1992 when NNA had a staff of 20 in Washington, D.C.

Some words from NNA's Tonda Rush

Nov 29, 2023

It was with a mix of excitement and sorrow that I informed NNA’s Board of Directors this fall that the time for the next step in my retirement has come.

Maglio, Oliver re-elected, Wood appointed

Nov 1, 2023

In an annual meeting on Zoom, prior to the 137th Annual Convention & Trade Show in Washington, D.C., NNA Foundation board members Julie Maglio and Kate Oliver were re-elected for two-year terms. NNA ...

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