Awards

2011

The Great Frederick Fair MediaCore Journalism Awards

• Best Layout

Frederick News-Post Mike Powell Excellence in Journalism Awards

• Sweepstakes Award for best overall paper
• Best News Story, first place – Carlee Lammers
• Best Continuing Coverage, second place – Sarah Jacques
• Best Feature Story, first place – Ana Billotti
• Best Feature Story, second place (tie) – Cortney St. John
• Best Feature Story, second place (tie) – Lisa Conley
• Best Profile Story, third place – Chrissy Payne
• Best Column on Education Subject, honorable mention – Sarah Jacques
• Best Column on State or National Subject, third place – Carlee Lammers
• Best Humor Column, second place – Sarah Jacques
• Best Review, second place – Matt Carlstrom
• Best Review, third place – Jordan Sunkel
• Best Sports Story, first place – Shannon McKenna
• Best Sports Story, third place – Brittany Titus
• Best Sports Story, honorable mention (tie) – Julia Karcewski
• Best Sports Story, honorable mention (tie) – Casey Zanowicz
• Best Sports Feature, first place – Julia Karcewski
• Best Sports Feature, third place – Casey Zanowicz
• Best News Photography, first place – Blair Donald
• Best News Photography, honorable mention – Shannon McKenna
• Skip Lawrence Excellence in Feature Photography, first place – Blair Donald
• Skip Lawrence Excellence in Feature Photography, third place – Shannon McKenna
• Best Sports Photography, first place – Shannon McKenna
• Best Sports Photography, second place – Blair Donald
• Best Artwork or Drawing, second place – Emma Trapp
• Best Newspaper Design, first place – Emma Trapp
• Best Newspaper Design, second place – Emma Trapp

West Virginia University High School Journalism Competition

• Critical Review, second place – Shannon McKenna
• Feature Writing, first place – Julia Karcewski
• Feature Writing, second place – Ana Billotti
• Newspaper Layout and Design, first place – Emma Trapp
• NewsWriting, third place – Brittany Titus
• Opinion Writing, first place – Brendan Raleigh
• Sports Writing, first place – Julia Karcewski
• Sports Writing, third place – Shannon McKenna

2010

Frederick News-Post Mike Powell Excellence in Journalism Awards

• Sweepstakes Award for best overall paper

West Virginia University High School Journalism Competition

• Critical Review, first place – Jordan Sunkel
• Feature Writing, first place – Ana Billotti
• Feature Writing, second place – Dana Doggett
• News Writing, first place – Carlee Lammers
• News Writing, second place – Kara Henson
• Opinion Writing, first place – Sarah Jacques
• Photojournalism, first place – Alexa Kane
• Sports Writing, first place – Brooke Ritter
• Sports Writing, second place – Julia Karcewski
• Sports Writing, third place – Preston Frey

2009

Frederick News-Post Mike Powell Excellence in Journalism Awards

• Sweepstakes Award for best overall paper

West Virginia University High School Journalism Competition

• Critical Review, second place – Sean Raleigh
• Editorial Writing, first place – Maegan Clearwood
• Editorial Writing, second place – Preston Frey
• Editorial Writing, third place – Kevin Parker
• Feature Writing, second place – Lauren Redding
• News Writing, second place – Lauren Redding

2008

Frederick News-Post Mike Powell Excellence in Journalism Awards

• Sweepstakes Award for best overall paper

2006

Frederick News-Post Excellence in Journalism Awards

• Best overall paper

2005

Frederick News-Post Excellence in Journalism Awards

• Best overall paper

2004

Frederick News-Post Excellence in Journalism Awards

• Best overall paper

2003

Frederick News-Post Excellence in Journalism Awards

• Best overall paper

2002

Frederick News-Post Excellence in Journalism Awards

• Best overall paper

2001

Frederick News-Post Excellence in Journalism Awards

• Best overall paper

1999

Frederick News-Post Excellence in Journalism Awards

• Best overall paper

1998

Frederick News-Post Excellence in Journalism Awards

• Third place overall