2025 WNA Foundation Better Newspaper Contest

Best Large Ad ( Division E) Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: The Chetek Alert
    Entry Title: Custer's Cones Summer Scene ad
    Entry Credit: Jim Moran
    Judge Comment: This ad is great. I love this big photo. It draws your attention immediately and you know that the ad is for an ice cream store immediately. Sometimes less is better. I'm impressed.
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: The Northwoods River News
    Entry Title: Lakeland Performing Arts Association
    Entry Credit: Madeleine De Fore
    Judge Comment: I like how this ad is laid out and the color choices. It is easy to read for how much copy it has in it and I like the photos next to the copy. Great Job.
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: The Northwoods River News
    Entry Title: Mel's Trading Post
    Entry Credit: Madeleine De Fore
    Judge Comment: For an ad that has a lot of product this ad is clean and easy to read. You know it is a sporting good store just by looking at the ad.
  • Place Name: Honorable Mention
    Contestant Name: The Northwoods River News
    Entry Title: Canvas Products
    Entry Credit: Al West
    Judge Comment: I would have put the name of the business at the bottom and used a benefit headline at the top of the ad.