Ocracoke Observer
Division O
3rd Place
Editorial
Connie Leinbach
Holiday boat parade lights up Silver Lake harbor
This story subject out of the box didn't look like a very interesting one, based on the headline's subject matter. Was I wrong! It is so well-written that I hung on each sentence to find out how these unusual boaters do what they do. Very interesting and informative.
3rd Place
Editorial
Connie Leinbach
Visitor to Ocracoke chronicles adventure then tragedy in Canada's northwest
Wow! What an emotional, tragic journey! First-person feature stories are not very common, but this one works.
2nd Place
Editorial
Peter Vankevich & Connie Leinbach
Imported item 700
Good local take on effects from what was happen eons and not happening in Washington All of these are good - issues that matter, explained in a way that connects people