1st Place
El Dilema Laboral
Staff, The Chapel Hill News, Chapel Hill

2nd Place
Fight for Open Meetings
Staff, The Alamance News, Graham

3rd Place
Town library scandal
Michael Roessler & Dale Gowing, Mooresville Tribune, Mooresville

1st Place
Death at the Track, Racing's Human Toll
Staff, The Charlotte Observer

2nd Place
Division of Motor Vehicles Series
Staff, Asheville Citizen-Times

3rd Place
Domestic Violence at Fort Bragg
Staff, The Fayetteville Observer

1st Place
The Herald-Sun, Durham

2nd Place
The News & Observer, Raleigh

3rd Place
Winston-Salem Journal

Community Newspaper Division
1st Place
Fran Arrington
Bertie Ledger-Advance, Windsor
Relgion: Part of the social fabric

Daily Newspaper Division
1st Place
Yonat Shimron
The News & Observer, Raleigh
The Gospel according to Stanley Hauerwas

Community Newspapers
1st Place
Staff, The Mountain Times, Boone

2nd Place
Staff, The Charlotte Business Journal, Charlotte

3rd Place
Staff, The Rhinoceros Times, Greensboro

Daily Newspapers
1st Place
Staff, News & Record, Greensboro

2nd Place
Staff, The Herald-Sun, Durham

3rd Place
Staff, The News & Observer, Raleigh