Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Ashland Daily Press Entry Title: Pretenders to the throne: Queen tribute band coming to Big Top; Better latte than never: Hudson Square settles on new location; Escaping from Russia, with love: Washburn family welcomes war refugees Entry Credit: Peter Wasson Judge Comment: Pun Game: Level 1,000! Great word play draw in your readers to want to read more. And they definitely will be reading more!
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: The Star News Entry Title: Damm, he's smart; All day, 5-day, Pre K on the way; Here we go again Entry Credit: Brian Wilson Judge Comment: Witty headlines get me every time! Excellent!
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The Monroe Times Entry Title: Rock'em Sock'em; Toddler's modern art pays off; It's delivery, not DiGiorno Entry Credit: Adam Krebs, Natalie Dillon Judge Comment: Love the references to pop history phrases to grab the reader's attention.
Place Name: Honorable Mention Contestant Name: The Pierce County Journal Entry Title: Horror at the opera: Phantoms rout Wildcats 38-6; Karma buries MN car thief in pile of deep manure; ‘Cardinal killer’ Saints defeat Prescott in D3 regional title game Entry Credit: Reagan Hoverman, Sarah Nigbor Judge Comment: This was a tight category, but these headlines were phrased in a way that definitely left me wanting to read more!
Competition Comment: You all have some very witty headline writers! Very inspiring use of puns, witty play on words and pop history references that left me wanting to up our own headline game!
