Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The Oregon Observer Entry Title: Good news for Badfish Creek / Duck dynasty: OHS artists bag top awards at annual show / It’s a wrap Entry Credit: Scott De Laruelle Judge Comment: Sometimes headline writers focus too much on the wordplay and the headline doesn't actually tell us anything about the story. Your wordplay is fun, interesting AND informative.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Republican Journal Entry Title: Hitting the Sweet Spot; Darkwings answer the call from Gotham; Raising The Bar Entry Credit: Adam Krebs, Tammy Kilby Judge Comment: The entered headlines are fun and clever but not always clear as to how they relate to the story. The bat one was confusing. Clever, but the tie in to what I read was esoteric.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Hillsboro Sentry-Enterprise Entry Title: Precarious Balance; 24-0; Keller Instinct Entry Credit: Nate Beier Judge Comment: The headlines were perhaps too short to be informative enough to pull me in. Could have used some subhead work, perhaps. The designs are beautiful, but design is not the focus of the category. Hoping you alsi entered these into a page design category.
