May 16, 2014
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—VFW has announced the winners of the 2014 National Publications Contest. Two non-VFW-affiliated journalism professionals served as judges for the competition. This is designed to guarantee impartiality and objectivity in the judging. To reiterate, VFW staffers play no part in judging the entries.
The winning publications in each category are:
Department Publications
Large (21,500 or more members)
1st Texas VFW News 2nd Wisconsin VFW News
Marla J. Morgan, Editor
Medium (10,000-21,499 members)
1st The Oregon VFW News3rd Colorado Veteran
Bruce Dolan, Editor
Small (9,999 or fewer members)
1st Utah VFW 2nd Idaho Veterans and Auxiliary News
Susan Thompson, Editor
3rd Montana Veteran
Timothy C. Peters, Editor
District Publications
Large (2,600 or more members)
2nd The Broadside(District
4, Texas)
Jim Haycraft,
Editor
3rd Dispatch (District 1, California)
Russell
Eseltine, Editor
Medium (1,000-2,599 members)
1st “No One Does More For Veterans” (District
1, Washington)
James
M. Traner, Editor
2nd 3rd District Flash (District
3, Illinois)
Michael DeRoss,
Editor
3rd District 16 News (District
16, Oregon)
William Felt,
Editor
Small (999 or fewer members)
1st News Around the Sound (District
2, Washington)
Lois Mezek, Editor
*No other winners
in this category.
Post Publications
Large (190 or more members)
1st VFW 2593 Newsletter (Post 2593, Missouri)
Pam Ecker, Editor
2nd Miller-Long VFW Post 3606 Newsletter (Post
3606, Nebraska)
Jim Rall, Editor
3rd Post 9639 Newsletter (Post
9634, Pennsylvania)
Michael Stephens,
Editor
Medium (80-189 members)
1st The Quartermaster’s Page (Post
7829, Colorado)
Bernard Minetti,
Editor
2nd VFW Post 7308 (Post
7308, Wisconsin)
Randolph
Strickland, Editor
3rd The Connection (Post 12075, Texas)
Jim Haycraft,
Editor
Small (79 or fewer members)
1st The Guardian(Post
2554, Washington)
Judy Donahue,
Editor
2nd Wake Forest Post 8466 Newsletter (Post 8466, North Carolina)
Dennis Mecum,
Editor
3rd Veteran Views (Post
1578, Illinois
Bob Reichert, Editor