Best of Show

Division A

2009 Duplin County Professions Calendar
Bryan Pinkey & Gary Scott Duplin Times
Kenansville

Division B

Grayson National Bank
Candice Groce
The Alleghany News
Sparta

Division C

Studio Thirty Three
Whitney Burton
& Travis Bumgardner
Smoky Mountain News
Waynesville

Division D

Crystal’s Elite Dance Studio
Sean Hall & Roger Flake
Rocky Mount Telegram
Rocky Mount

Division E

First Time
Homebuyer’s Guide
Mary Leslie English & Staff
High Point Enterprise
High Point

Division F

House Ad – MomsCharlotte.com
Marketing Staff
& Cherita Cromer
The Charlotte Observer
Charlotte

Best Overall Niche Publication

2009 Sandhills Bridal Guide
Sales Department & Graphics Department
The Pilot
Southern Pines

Metro Creative Graphics Plus Business Awards

Division A
Kenly News
Kenly
Division B
The State Port Pilot
Southport
Division C
The Smoky Mountain News
Waynesville
Division D
Rocky Mount Telegram
Rocky Mount
Division E
The Gaston Gazette
Gastonia
Division F
The Fayetteville Observer
Fayetteville
Friend of Print Award

Lowes Foods

The 2009 Friend of Print Award goes to Lowes Foods, a unique chain of supermarkets that began in 1954 as a single store in Wilkesboro. Lowes Foods now operates more than 100 stores in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia and is based in Winston-Salem.

There are many advertisers who have been loyal to print through the years and have forged a valuable and trusted relationship with the newspaper industry. However, there are a few advertisers that deserve a very special recognition for their faithful use of newspapers to market their products and services. In 1992, the NCPA Advertising Committee created an award called the "Friend of Print" award as a way to honor these advertisers in the state of North Carolina.