May 16, 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) has announced the winners of the 2022 National Publications Contest. More than five years ago, the contest changed significantly to encourage more participation. This created two new categories: Best Magazine and Best Feature Article. This year’s competition retained those changes.
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:
Best Magazine
Grand Award:
California Veteran
Rodger Meier, Editor
Silver Award:
Texas VFW News
Lupita M. Perez, Editor
Bronze Award:
The European Gazette
Lee R. Wolverton, Editor
Best Feature Article
Grand Award:
“A Gesture of Gratitude”
Sarah Kocher, St. Cloud Times
VFW Post 428 in St. Cloud, Minn.
Silver Award:
“Final Flight Ends Adventurous Career for Illinois Army National Guard Aviator”
Barb Wilson, Illinois VFW News
Department of Illinois
Bronze Award:
“West Mifflin VFW Members Earn Top Surgeon Awards at State Convention”
Michael P. Mauer, The South Hills Mon Valley Messenger
Department of Pennsylvania
Department Publications
Large Frequency (printed 5+ times per year)
Grand Award:
Wisconsin VFW News
Marla J. Morgan, Editor
Silver Award:
Pennsylvania VFW News
Cory Angell, Editor
Small Frequency (printed 1-4 times per year)
Grand Award:
Illinois VFW News
Barb Wilson, Editor
Silver Award:
Iowa Voice Newspaper
Linda Jones, Editor
Bronze Award:
Department of South Carolina Sentinel
Bill LaMonte, Editor
District/Post Publications
Large Frequency (printed 5+ times per year)Grand Award:
Watch On The Rhine News (Post 27)
Lee R. Wolverton, Editor
Department of Europe
Silver Award:
Greenwood VFW Post 5864 Newsletter
Steve Milbourn, Editor
Department of Indiana
Bronze Award:
Cannon News (Post 7589)
Rick Raskin, Editor
Department of Virginia
Small Frequency (printed 1-4 times per year)
Grand Award:
VFW Post 2016 News
Ski Iworsky, Editor
Department of Massachusetts
Silver Award:
Veterans of Mount Prospect Illinois (Post 1337)
John DeGroot, Editor
Department of Illinois
Bronze Award:
Waverly VFW Post 1272 Newsletter
D. Bruce Pahlm, Editor
Department of Massachusetts
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Contact: Ismael Rodriguez Jr., senior writer, VFW magazine, irodriguez@vfw.org