Winners of Publications Contest Announced

The VFW congratulates all of this year’s winners

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.

VFW Announces Annual Publication ContestThe 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

-vfw-

Contact: Ismael Rodriguez Jr., senior writer, VFW magazine, irodriguez@vfw.org

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