Nevada Press Association The best in Nevada journalism since 1924
Fallon, NV – The Nevada Press Foundation honored the best in Nevada journalism at its Awards of Excellence Dinner on Saturday, September 20, 2025, in Fallon. The event, sponsored by Southwest Gas, recognized the outstanding reporting, photography, design, and storytelling that keep Nevada communities informed. Among the evening’s top honors: …
Read More »2020 Nevada Press Foundation Awards of Excellence (Rules and Categories)
Online Entry The Nevada Press Foundation sponsors the Awards of Excellence and uses an online entry and judging system hosted by SmallTownPapers, Inc. The main contest page is betternewspapercontest.com, where contestants go to submit their entries digitally. Seven categories still require hard copies to be mailed but even those must …
Read More »Better Newspaper Contest (how to enter)
Online Entry The Nevada Press Association uses an online entry and judging system through SmallTownPapers. The main contest page is betternewspapercontest.com. Rather than clipping stories, ads and photos, you upload files to a web site. A few categories, such as general excellence, still require the hard copy to be mailed …
Read More »How individuals may enter the contest
We allow individuals to enter their own work in the annual Better Newspaper and Magazine contests, as long as it appeared in a member publication or web site during the contest year. Most of the time, the newspapers and magazines enter the work of their staff members or regular contributors. …
Read More »2017 sweepstakes winners
Story of the Year Eli Segall, Las Vegas Review-Journal ‘Sovereign citizen’ case reveals squatters targeting vacant Las Vegas homes Here’s the lede: Carol and Myles Catania were living in a hotel, having been evicted from their suburban Las Vegas house, when they got a call from someone named Tom. He …
Read More »See the photo winners from the 2017 contest
Here are the photo winners in the Nevada Press Association’s annual contest for newspapers and magazines. All images are owned and copyrighted by the individual publications in which they appeared originally. Please do not copy the images without permission. [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”1″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails” override_thumbnail_settings=”0″ thumbnail_width=”240″ thumbnail_height=”160″ thumbnail_crop=”1″ images_per_page=”20″ number_of_columns=”0″ ajax_pagination=”0″ …
Read More »First Amendment champions
Nevada state Sen. Nicole Cannizzaro sponsored legislation in the 2017 session for the New Voices project, and journalism professor Patrick File rallied support that helped lead to its passage. In doing so, they have ensured the protection of free press and free speech rights in Nevada schools for students, …
Read More »2017 Better Newspaper (and magazine) Contest winners
Awards were handed out Saturday night in Carson City to dozens of journalists, photographers and designers at the annual banquet of the Nevada Press Association to recognize the winners of the Better Newspaper Contest. Here are links to the results: Hall of Fame inductees Sweepstakes winners Journalists of merit Community …
Read More »2017 Nevada Press Association convention and awards banquet
Join us for an evening with your colleagues at the Rinckel Mansion, headquarters of the Nevada Press Association and Reynolds Press Center in Carson City. We'll also tour the Nevada State Museum in the afternoon. In the evening, head for the Carson Nugget for the Hall of Fame induction ceremony and Better Newspaper and Magazine Contest awards.
Read More »2016 Better Newspaper Contest award winners
Here are the winners in the 2016 Better Newspaper Contest, which was judged by members of the Arizona Newspapers Association. The awards were presented during a banquet on Sept. 24 at the CasaBlanca in Mesquite. Jump to Intermediate Community Urban Weeklies Magazines (The winners are in …
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