2021 PRINT/ONLINE CONTEST WINNERS
Overall Print/Online Excellence Award:  ViewFinder media, grand view university

Best News Reporting
1st Place - Grinnell College, SHAW contracts with Virtual Care Group, Mohammad  Igbaria
2nd Place - Grinnell College, Professor suspended from play production, Alison Moore, Nadia Langely, Abraham Teuber, Eva Hill
3rd Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media, Goodbye Vaudeville Mews, Ashlee Seaton, Ashley Boatright
Honorable Mention - University of Northern Iowa - The Northern Iowan, Students for Life: Nook overturns NISG Court's Decision, Elizabeth Kelsey
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Best Investigative Reporting
1st Place - Mount Mercy University, The Mount Mercy Times, Needed or Nuisance? City VeoRide Vehicles, Annie Barkalow
2nd Place - Simpson College, ID Magazine, COVID, Liv Allen
3rd Place - Simpson College, Simpsonian, Students outraged by surprise additional fee, Alyssa  Whitham
Honorable Mention - University of Northern Iowa, The Northern Iowan, Amid harassment allegations, Butt withdraws from NISG race, Emma'le Maas

Best Profile
1st Place - Morningside College, Collegian Reporter, Kenny Do it? Kenny Did It: Kenny Osten's Road to Homcoming King 2020,  Mari Pizzini
2nd Place - University of Northern Iowa, The Northern Iowan, Admissions staff member supports multicultural students, Nixson Benitez
3rd Place - Grinnell College, Alexander McLean is not a normal son, Seth Taylor
Honorable Mention - University of Northern Iowa, The Northern Iowan, Sister Cindy visits campus, Karla DeBruin, Caroline  Christensen

Best Sports Reporting
1st Place - Grinnell College, Brock Weirather makes Pioneer history with a perfect game, Andrew Tucker
2nd Place - Buena Vista University, Tack Online, The Fifth and Final Season, Nicola Veltri
3rd Place - Grinnell College, Grinnell College softball program's future in question after assistant coach fired, Ray Goedeker
Honorable Mention - Simpson College, Simpsonian, Thunder the Elephant is our new mascot, Morgan Flynn, Riley Fletcher

Best Written Feature Reporting
1st Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media, The B-Word, Rachel Amann
2nd Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media, Republican Iowa, Wayne Burch
3rd Place - University of Northern Iowan, The Northern Iowan, Chauvin trial ends, but legacy lives on, Emma'le  Maas
Honorable Mention - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media, Harsh Reality; Males in Nursing, Blake Walker

Best Sports Feature Reporting
1st Place - Grinnell College, Brock Weirather makes Pioneer history with a perfect game, Abraham Tucker
2nd Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media, Show Them the Money, Caleb Grizzle
3rd Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet, Mentee no longer: Fisher among nation's best runners,  Ryan Reebenacker
Honorable Mention - Simpson College, Simpsonian, Shot of a lifetime, Jake Brend

Best Headline Writing
1st Place - University of Northern Iowa, The Northern Iowan, Panthers Freeze Penguins (collection of best headlines), Colin Horning, Emma'le Maas, Anthony Witherow, Catherine Crow
2nd Place - Mount Mercy University, The Mount Mercy Times, Selected headlines, Jada Veasey, Annie Barkalow, Veronica Jons
3rd Place - Buena Vista University, Tack Online, Max Murphy: Knee-d for Speed, Colin Imhoff
Honorable Mention - Buena Vista University, Tack Online, It's a Bird!  It's a Plane! It's a New Professor!, Hunter Vasey, Blake McMillan, Hannah Kramer

Best Opinion Writing
1st Place - Grinnell College, Mental Musings: We Need to Talk, Alanis Gonzalez
2nd Place - Grinnell College, "Made for Love" Review: Have you named your sex doll yet?, Nadia  Langley
3rd Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet, Selling My Plasma in the Pandemic, Nathan Stephany
Honorable Mention - Buena Vista University, Tack Online, The Freedom of Religion Must End Where it Infringes on Others' Rights, Hunter Vasey

Best Review
1st Place - Buena Vista University, Tack Online, Patio 220: A Review, Joceline Medina
2nd Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media, Winterset Cidery, Ashley Boatright
3rd Place - Simpson College, Simpsonian, Free Guy: worth the wait?, Caleb Geer
Honorable Mention - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media, The Breakfast Club, Taylor Thomas

Best Staff Editorial(s)
1st Place - Mount Mercy University, The Mount Mercy Times, MMU Times pandemic editorials, Jada Veasey, Gwen Johnson, Veronica Jons
2nd Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media, Decoding Freedom of Speech, Cole Berndsen, Megan Marshall, Nerma Turan, Caleb Grizzle
3rd Place - Kirkwood Community College, Communique, Three staff editorials, Communique Staff
Honorable Mention - Simpson College, Simpsonian editorials, Staff 

Best News Photograph
1st Place -Grand View University, Viewfinder Media, Des Moines Ramen Club, Donminic Goosby
2nd Place - University of Northern Iowa, The Northern Iowan, Evangelical Preacher Sister Cindy - slut shaming time, Karla DeBruin
3rd Place - Simpson College, Simpsonian, Student receives her first dose, Natalie Tryon
Honorable Mention - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media, BLM: WDMPD, Cassie Yardley

Best Sports Photograph
1st Place - Morningside College, Collegian Reporter, Sophia Peppers, Abby Koch
2nd Place - Buena Vista University, Tack Online, Evans shot on goal, Colin Imhoff
3rd Place - Buena Vista University, Tack Online, Something to Celebrate, Jadyn Forbes

Best Feature Photo
1st Place - Buena Vista University, Tack Online, The Digital Age, Joshua Tigges
2nd Place - Buena Vista University, Tack Online, Cool Science, Trinity Grimord
3rd Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media, Subsect Skateshop owner Kevin Jones, Ashley Boatright
Honorable Mention - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media, Local Ice Cream, Taylor Thomas

Best Print Design
1st Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media, The Dangers of Echo Chambers, Brynn Martin
2nd Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet, October 27 Full Issue, Alexa Ganzeveld, Annika Wall, Katie Hirv, Silvia Oakland
3rd Place - Wartburg College, The Trumpet, September 28 Layout Full, Katie Hirv, Olivia Foster, Mila Iushkova, Jenna White
Honorable Mention - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media, Special Section: Amplifying Black Voices, Megan Marshall

Best Front Page
1st Place - Mount Mercy University, The Mount Mercy Times, COVID-19 update, Veronica Jons, Jada Veasey
2nd Place - University of Northern Iowa, The Northern Iowan, October 14, 2021, Caroline Christensen
3rd Place - Kirkwood Community College, Communique October 7, 2021, Communique Staff
Honorable Mention - Simpson College, Simpsonian, March 25, 2021, Kate Furr

Best Magazine/Special Section Cover
1st Place - University of Northern Iowa, The Northern Iowan, UNI Fall Career Fair 2021 Special Section, Karla DeBruin
2nd Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media, Viewfinder Volume 4 Issue 4, Megan Marshall
3rd Place - Simpson College, ID Magazine, ID Magazine Spring Cover, Madison DePover
Honorable Mention - Wartburg College, The Trumpet, Wartburg Pandemic Times Front Page, Madison Freeland, Olivia Foster, Yigit  Kacmaz, Hope Mather

Best Online Design
1st Place - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media, BLM:WDMPD, Dom Wright-Walton, Otto Eulert
2nd Place - Simpson College, Simpsonian, Coffee, Natalie Tryon
3rd Place - Kirkwood Community College, Communique, Outstanding Students, Andrew Schneider
Honorable Mention - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media, Winterset Cidery: A small family run company with big ideas, Laina Monaghan, Ashley Boatright

Best Graphic or Illustration
1st Place - Kirkwood Community College, Communique, January Staff Picks, Amanda Bollig
2nd Place - Buena Vista University, Tack Online, Dr. Carlos Acosta-Ponce: Graphic Novel Super-Nerd, Dylan Foote
3rd Place - University of Northern Iowa, The Northern Iowan, Covid-19 on campus: numbers increase, Karla DeBruin
Honorable Mention - Grand View University, Viewfinder Media, Cancel Culture, Camden Blowers
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