General
News Reporting 1st
Water supply contamination stories
Michael Moon, Kenly News, Kenly 2nd
Town commissioner pistol assault
Jamie Peterson Strickland, The Angier Independent, Angier 3rd
Cashiers to TWSA: Scrap sewer plan
Jessica Connor, Crossroads Chronicle, Cashiers
News Feature Writing 1st
Partners in life
Tom Bone, Havelock News, Havelock 2nd
High-dollar watercolor caused a big buzz…
Michael Barrett, The Farmville Enterprise, Farmville 3rd
Dike loss causes concern
Jamie Cameron, Tideland News, Swansboro
Feature Writing 1st
Fantastic freefall
Pat Coleman, Havelock News, Havelock 2nd
Determination keeps Gerald Thomas doing what he loves
Mikell Frey, The Weekly Post, Locust 3rd
Christmas wonderland
Michael Barrett, The Farmville Enterprise, Farmville
Profile Feature 1st
Growing into his role
Michael Barrett, The Farmville Enterprise, Farmville 2nd
Island hopping
Pat Coleman, Havelock News, Havelock 3rd
Lending a voice to those now gone
Mary Katherine Creel, Lake Norman Times, Lake Norman
News Enterprise Reporting 1st
A sigh of relief
Pat Coleman & Tom Bone, Havelock News, Havelock 2nd
Jones seniors moving on
Anne Clark, The Jones Post, Trenton 3rd
Building boom
Tom Bone, Havelock News, Havelock
Investigative Reporting 1st
Sex offender in Cashiers
Jessica Connor, Crossroads Chronicle, Cashiers 2nd
Town embezzlement
Jamie Peterson Strickland, The Angier Independent, Angier 3rd
Matthew Inserra murder
Pat Coleman, Havelock News, Havelock
Literacy Feature
1st
Ballet teacher uses craft to teach reading
Tom Bone, Havelock News, Havelock
Sports News Reporting 1st
Bad times
Chris Mackie, The Clemmons Courier, Clemmons 2nd
Pender school athletes may have to pay to play
Ken Clarke, Topsail Voice, Hampstead 3rd
Cougars down Pirates for title
Rich Levey, Tideland News, Swansboro
Sports Feature Writing 1st
Woodard often teams' first line of defense
Michael Moon, Kenly News, Kenly 2nd
En garde
Tom Bone, Havelock News, Havelock 3rd
Brothers at bat
Michael Barrett, The Farmville Enterprise, Farmville
Photography, General News 1st
Minister killed
Tom Bone, Havelock News, Havelock 2nd
Yam Festival events delight thousands
Deuce Niven, Tabor-Loris Tribune, Tabor City 3rd
Four lives saved from burning house
Rick Stewart, Kenly News, Kenly
Photography, Feature 1st
Through a glass, artfully
Jimmy Williams, Tideland News, Swansboro 2nd
En garde
Tom Bone, Havelock News, Havelock 3rd
A father-son moment
Pete Rulon, Tideland News, Swansboro
Photography, Sports 1st
Welcome to softball season, Chandra
David Williams, Princeton News Leader, Princeton 2nd
A little "miss" direction
Chris Mackie, The Clemmons Courier, Clemmons 3rd
Watch out, below!
Rich Levey, Tideland News, Swansboro
Photo Page 1st
Kids day America
Laura Long, The Weekly Post, Locust 2nd
Autumn in the Cashiers Valley
Jessica Connor, Crossroads Chronicle, Cashiers 3rd
Revolutionary Heroes
Laura Long, The Weekly Post, Locust
Photo Illustration 1st
Show time
Michelle Irwin, Havelock News, Havelock 2nd
The North Carolina Yam Festival
Deuce Niven, Tabor-Loris Tribune, Tabor City
Editorials 1st
Ken Ripley, Spring Hope Enterprise, Spring Hope 2nd
Mike Dart, The News in Review, Benson 3rd
Mitchell Oakley, The Times-Leader, Grifton
Lighter Columns 1st
Jessica Connor, Crossroads Chronicle, Cashiers 2nd
Mikell Frey, The Weekly Post, Locust 3rd
Matthew Osborne, The Graham Star, Robbinsville
Serious Columns 1st
Jamie Peterson Strickland, The Angier Independent, Angier 2nd
Mikell Frey, The Weekly Post, Locust 3rd
Deuce Niven, Tabor-Loris Tribune, Tabor City
Sports Columns 1st
Tim Long, The Weekly Post, Locust 2nd
Rich Levey, Tideland News, Swansboro 3rd
Michael Moon, Kenly News, Kenly
Criticism 1st
Ken Ripley, Spring Hope Enterprise, Spring Hope
General Excellence 1st
Staff, Havelock News, Havelock 2nd
Staff, Crossroads Chronicle, Cashiers 3rd
Staff, The Clemmons Courier, Clemmons
Appearance and Design 1st
Staff, Crossroads Chronicle, Cashiers 2nd
Staff, The Weekly Post, Locust 3rd
Staff, Havelock News, Havelock
Special Section 1st
Vietnam remembered
Hunter Bretzius & Tom Bone, Havelock News, Havelock 2nd
NJHS Class of 2005
Staff, Kenly News, Kenly 3rd
Citizen of the year
Staff, The Graham Star, Robbinsville
General
News Reporting 1st
Lakes officer killed by teen
Sarah Peterson & Lisa Stites, The State Port Pilot, Southport 2nd
Rudolph gives up fight
Linda Miller, Cherokee Scout, Murphy 3rd
Military draft effort misses Pamlico
Tony Tharp, The Pamlico News, Oriental
News
Feature Writing 1st
Memories of Hazel
Staff, The State Port Pilot, Southport 2nd
Escape from New Orleans
Anna Fortenberry, news@norman, Denver 3rd
Family counts blessings one day at a time
Nita Hilliard Smith, The Enterprise, Williamston
Feature Writing 1st
A patient's point of view
Michelle Cater Rash, The Business Journal, Greensboro 2nd
Who said money doesn't grow on trees?
Kristina Leighton, The Wake Weekly, Wake Forest 3rd
Living the Open in style
Kim Nilsen, Triangle Business Journal, Raleigh
Profile Feature 1st
Surviving the numbers game
John Carson, Cherokee Scout, Murphy 2nd
DeLaine is Clayton's Citizen of the Year
Joan Plotnick, The Clayton News-Star, Clayton 3rd
Goodbye Cutworm
Becky Long, Clay County Progress, Hayesville
News Enterprise Reporting 1st
Super Wal-Mart on the way
Staff, news@norman, Denver 2nd
Is there room for the independent builder?
Tomas Murawski, The Alamance News, Graham 3rd
Officer suspended after chase ends in shooting
Johnny Whitfield, The Wake Weekly, Wake Forest
Investigative Reporting 1st
Teetering C&A
Lee Weisbecker, Triangle Business Journal, Raleigh 2nd
Hoke Parks and Rec problems
Victoriana Summers, The News-Journal, Raeford 3rd
DWI conviction rates vary widely
Tomas Murawski, The Alamance News, Graham
Literacy Feature 1st
Volunteers help solve mystery of written word
Penny Round, The Pamlico News, Oriental
Sports News Reporting 1st
Duncan wrecks record on way to championship
Tim Candon, The Wake Weekly, Wake Forest 2nd
2005 State champs
Keith T. Barber, The State Port Pilot, Southport 3rd
Painful ending
Keith T. Barber, The State Port Pilot, Southport
Sports Feature Writing 1st Swimming to her own beat
Tim Candon, The Wake Weekly, Wake Forest 2nd
Fishing for business
Michelle Cater Rash, The Business Journal, Greensboro 3rd
Dyer
Tim Candon, The Wake Weekly, Wake Forest
Photography, General News 1st
Officer laid to rest
Jim Harper, The State Port Pilot, Southport 2nd
End congestion?
Michael Bell, Eastern Wake News, Zebulon 3rd
Fatal fire
Joanie Morris, Kannapolis Citizen, Kannapolis
Photography, Feature 1st
The kids of summer
Ed Harper, The State Port Pilot, Southport 2nd
Puckered up
Greg Allen, The Wake Weekly, Wake Forest 3rd
Under the spell
Greg Allen, The Wake Weekly, Wake Forest
Photography, Sports 1st
Hard sliding…
Jeff Davis, The Chatham News, Siler City 2nd
Overtime the right time for CHS booters
Karl DeBlaker, The Clayton News-Star, Clayton 3rd
An automatic facelift
Jeff Davis, The Chatham News, Siler City
Photo Page 1st
Hurricane Ophelia
Allison Breiner & Beth Watson, Lumina News, Wrightsville Beach 2nd
Saddle up, partner
Michael Bell, Eastern Wake News, Zebulon 3rd
Art treads 'offbeat'en path
Shane Snider, Eastern Wake News, Zebulon
Photo Illustration 1st
Tradition never graduates
Robin Snow & Ray Tutterow, Davie County Enterprise-Record,
Mocksville 2nd
Hours before the fall
Suzi Drake, The State Port Pilot, Southport 3rd
Up, up, up
Jim Harper, The State Port Pilot, Southport
Editorials 1st
Mark Tosczak, The Business Journal, Greensboro 2nd
Margaret Ritchie, The Clayton News-Star, Clayton 3rd
Ken Fortenberry, news@norman, Denver
Lighter Columns 1st
Milburn Gibbs, The Chatham News, Siler City 2nd
Suzanne Rook, The Wake Weekly, Wake Forest 3rd
Nancy Morrison, The Avery Journal-Times, Newland
Serious Columns 1st
Pete Hendricks, The Wake Weekly, Wake Forest 2nd
Andy Matthews, The Yadkin Ripple, Yadkinville 3rd
Terry Pope, The State Port Pilot, Southport
Sports Columns 1st
Eliot Duke, The Chatham News, Siler City 2nd
Jim Green, The Clayton News-Star, Clayton 3rd
Tim Candon, The Wake Weekly, Wake Forest
Headline Writing 1st
Joanie Morris, Kannapolis Citizen, Kannapolis 2nd
Mark Townsend, Cherokee Scout, Murphy 3rd
Terry Pope, The State Port Pilot, Southport
General Excellence 1st
Staff, The State Port Pilot, Southport 2nd
Staff, The Wake Weekly, Wake Forest 3rd
Staff, Cherokee Scout, Murphy
Appearance and Design 1st
Staff, The State Port Pilot, Southport 2nd
Staff, Cherokee Scout, Murphy 3rd
Afrique I. Kilimanjaro, Carolina Peacemaker, Greensboro
Special Section 1st
Tradition never graduates
Brian Pitts, Davie County Enterprise-Record, Mocksville 2nd
Best of Highlands
Staff, The Highlander, Highlands 3rd
Montgomery County Rescue Squad
Staff, Montgomery Herald, Troy
Sports Coverage 1st
Tim Candon & Staff, The Wake Weekly, Wake Forest 2nd
Staff, The State Port Pilot, Southport 3rd
Sean Jackson, The Chowan Herald, Edenton
Use of Photographs 1st
Staff, The State Port Pilot, Southport 2nd
Staff, Montgomery Herald, Troy 3rd
Staff, The Wake Weekly, Wake Forest
News Coverage 1st Staff, The State Port Pilot, Southport 2nd
Staff, Cherokee Scout, Murphy 3rd
Staff, Eastern Wake News, Zebulon
General
News Reporting 1st
An eye for an eye
Becky Johnson, The Smoky Mountain News, Waynesville 2nd
Truth shall set you free
Sarah Sue Ingram & Laura Lewis, The Brunswick Beacon, Shallotte 3rd
Children abducted
Jerry Sena, Watauga Democrat, Boone
News Feature Writing 1st
Writing's on the wall for cursive
Patrick Winn, The Chapel Hill News, Chapel Hill 2nd
Generations of pain
Suzette Rodriguez, The Herald, Smithfield 3rd
Another legacy of Vietnam
Dale Cline, The Concord Standard & Mt. Pleasant Times, Concord
Feature Writing 1st
How things work
Matt Dees, The Chapel Hill News, Chapel Hill 2nd
Doing time: A dog's life
Beth Feeback, The Concord Standard & Mt. Pleasant Times, Concord 3rd
Delightfully downsized
Beth Hatcher, The Cary News, Cary
Profile Feature 1st
The Native - Jesse Bryant
Laura Lewis, The Brunswick Beacon, Shallotte 2nd
The Dancer - Ann Hucks
Doug Rutter, The Brunswick Beacon, Shallotte 3rd
Lunch at Baka's has become Wednesday tradition
Valarie Schwartz, The Chapel Hill News, Chapel Hill
News Enterprise Reporting 1st
Where's the justice for Zachary Montognese?
Tara Servatius, Creative Loafing - Charlotte, Charlotte 2nd
NASCAR and the city
Bob Pockrass, NASCAR Scene, Charlotte 3rd
Rating Cary's crime
Ann Claycombe, The Cary News, Cary
Investigative Reporting 1st
Growth rules!
Jennifer Strom, Independent Weekly, Durham 2nd
Inside the medical world
Becky Johnson, The Smoky Mountain News, Waynesville 3rd
Something stinks in Mooresville…
Jaime Gatton, Mooresville Tribune, Mooresville
Literacy Feature 1st
Stitching together new life and language
Wendy Lemus, The Cary News, Cary 2nd
Books and Spanish-speaking kids go together
Valarie Schwartz, The Chapel Hill News, Chapel Hill
Sports News Reporting 1st
A dark day
Kenny Bruce, NASCAR Scene, Charlotte 2nd
Smokin' the field
Mark Ashenfelter, NASCAR Scene, Charlotte 3rd
'Devine intervention,' extraordinary play
D. Clay Best, The Herald, Smithfield
Sports Feature Writing 1st
'Son of Mike Epply' is not that bad
Justin Parker, Huntersville Herald, Huntersville 2nd
A rich, full life celebrated: Jim Pearce
Geoff Neville, The Franklin Times, Louisburg 3rd
The problem with last year
D. Clay Best, The Herald, Smithfield
Photography, General News 1st
Fatal wreck
Ken Martin, The Courier-Times, Roxboro 2nd
Green Hope
Taylor Templeton, The Cary News, Cary 3rd
Tanker explodes
Michael McLoone, The Herald, Smithfield
Photography, Feature 1st
Perspectives
Michael McLoone, The Herald, Smithfield 2nd
Hair spray
Mark Gilchrist, The News Reporter, Whiteville 3rd
Manners do matter
Michael McLoone, The Herald, Smithfield
Photography, Sports 1st
Yadkin County's Zach Nixon
Timothy Wright, The Tribune, Elkin-Jonesville 2nd
Rocket varsity volleyball
Ken Martin, The Courier-Times, Roxboro 3rd
Home field advantage
Jon Gardiner, Independent Weekly, Durham
Photo Page 1st
America, the beautiful
Mark Gilchrist, The News Reporter, Whiteville 2nd
Free as a bird
Darren Miller & Benjamin Hicks, The Mountaineer, Waynesville 3rd
Rocky Mountain high
Mark Sluder, NASCAR Scene, Charlotte
Photo Illustration 1st
War Game Cover
Jodi Ford, Mountain Xpress, Asheville 2nd
Smash hits
York Wilson, Independent Weekly, Durham 3rd
North Carolina's new deal
Greg Russell, Charlotte Business Journal, Charlotte
Editorials 1st
Ben Carlson, The Brunswick Beacon, Shallotte 2nd
Steve Bouser, The Pilot, Southern Pines 3rd
Scott McLeod, The Smoky Mountain News, Waynesville
Lighter Columns 1st
Chris Cox, The Smoky Mountain News, Waynesville 2nd
Jeff Eason, The Mountain Times, Boone 3rd
Raymond Reid, Kernersville News, Kernersville
Serious Columns 1st
Dusty Rhoades, The Pilot, Southern Pines 2nd
Ann Claycombe, The Cary News, Cary 3rd
Mark Schultz, The Chapel Hill News, Chapel Hill
Sports Columns 1st
William Elliott Warnock, The Chapel Hill News, Chapel Hill 2nd
Hunter Chase, The Pilot, Southern Pines 3rd
Mike Hembree, NASCAR Scene, Charlotte
Criticism 1st
Byron Woods, Independent Weekly, Durham 2nd
Godfrey Cheshire, Independent Weekly, Durham 3rd
David Fellerath, Independent Weekly, Durham
Headline Writing 1st
Amber Keister, The Cary News, Cary 2nd
Andrew Warfield, Huntersville Herald, Huntersville 3rd
Herbert L. White, The Charlotte Post, Charlotte
General Excellence 1st
Staff, The Cary News, Cary 2nd
Staff, Huntersville Herald, Huntersville 3rd
Staff, The Chapel Hill News, Chapel Hill
Appearance and Design 1st
Staff, The Chapel Hill News, Chapel Hill 2nd
Staff, The Charlotte Post, Charlotte 3rd
Staff, The Franklin Press, Franklin
Special Section 1st
Bele Chere '05 Festival Guide
Staff, Mountain Xpress, Asheville 2nd Melissa Breedlove, The Pilot, Southern Pines 3rd
A drinking guide to the Triangle
Staff, Independent Weekly, Durham
Editorial Page 1st
Staff, The Chapel Hill News, Chapel Hill 2nd
Staff, The Pilot, Southern Pines 3rd
Scott Bolejack, The Herald, Smithfield
Sports Coverage 1st
Stuart Hall, The Cary News, Cary 2nd
Staff, The Pilot, Southern Pines 3rd
Staff, The Charlotte Post, Charlotte
Use of Photographs 1st
Staff, Independent Weekly, Durham 2nd
Staff, The Cary News, Cary 3rd
Mark Gilchrist, The News Reporter, Whiteville
News Coverage 1st
Staff, The Chapel Hill News, Chapel Hill 2nd
Staff, The Cary News, Cary 3rd
Staff, Carteret County News-Times, Morehead City
General
Excellence 1st
Staff, Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal, Charlotte 2nd
Staff, Triangle Business Journal, Raleigh 3rd
Scott Greig, NASCAR Scene, Charlotte
Appearance
and Design 1st
Staff, Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal, Charlotte 2nd
Dathan Kazsuk, Triangle Business Journal, Raleigh 3rd
Dale Edwards & Lloyd Whittington, The Business Journal, Greensboro
Special Section 1st
Living in the Triangle
Staff, Triangle Business Journal, Raleigh 2nd
Research Triangle's relocation guide
Staff, Triangle Business Journal, Raleigh 3rd
Inside the chase
Staff, NASCAR Scene, Charlotte
Division
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