2004 HEADLINE WRITING

C40. Headlines

42 entries

Judge: Marcia Kramer is chief of the metro copy desk at The Washington Post. She won the The Post's 2003 Eugene Meyer Award.

First place

Bob Yoho, East Valley Tribune: “Bird's Nest to roost again at TPC,” “Taps on thin wall reveal/nightmare next door” and “'Cookiegate' jars Higley school district”

“Clever without being groaners. Extra points for writing two of them on the same day, both above the fold on the front page.”

Second place

Jean Novotny, The Arizona Republic: “Investment/in Google IPO/not for frugal,” “Psst.../insider/trading/insidious” and “AmWest arrives in last placePsst.../insider/trading/insidious

AmWest arrives in last place,” "

“Well done, especially the two in tough counts.”

Third place

Ron Rinehart, The Arizona Republic: “Urban plowboy/still hanging on,” “Are you/looking/at me?” and “Won't Lego her dream”

“The first two ran with photos and worked well with them.”

Honorable mention

Jack Clarke, East Valley Tribune: “Final sunset for/'a chlid of light,” “Underground power/lines still up in air” and “Faces only a mudder could love”

C41. Feature headlines

15 entries

Judges. The night copy desk at The News Tribune in Tacoma, Wash. — Carmen Dybdahl, Presentation Team acting leader, past Pacific Northwest regional representative for the Society for News Design; Rick Arthur, copy desk chief; Nancy Nilles, Dan Austin, Rob Keenan, Kelly Davenport, Janice Smith.

No first place

Second place

Bill Macomber, East Valley Tribune: “Fire in the Bowl,” “Surpassing the collection plate” and “Goodbye came early”

“The first headline has great play on words, yet is not corny. The second is very clever.”

Third place

Dave Skog, Arizona Daily Star: “After a fashion: find designer clothes at bargain prices,” “You can almost smell the peanuts” and “There'll be no big hand for this 'New York Minute'”

“The first headline offers a clever use of the phrase in a way that you don't think of, which could be bad except that the deck saves the day and makes it good. The second has good imagery. The third is a nice play on words.”