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2024 Contest Winners

Congratulations to all award winners!

2024 Awards Materials    Posted June 7, 2025

  • View - Top Finishers in each Contest Division
  • View - Awards Program on Publuu
    (booklet listing ALL award winners)

  • Download - Winners lists and Judges comments for Better Newspaper Contest plus other OPA & ONF contests
  • Download - Press release - Text format
  • Download - Press release - PDF format
  • View - Rules and entry guidelines for OPA Better Newspaper Contest
  • View - Rules and info for all other OPA and ONF contests

   

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Better Newspaper Contest Results

Points in the following categories determine the Sequoyah Award winner in each division: News content, layout & design, advertising, editorial writing, photography, sports coverage, sales promotion and community leadership.

Multi-Day & Online-Only Publications
Division 1 - City population more than 40,000

»  Download - Winners List  & Judges' Comments
for all contest categories

Top Finishers for Sequoyah Award:

  • Enid News & Eagle, 650 points
  • The Lawton Constitution, 540 points
  • Stillwater News Press, 410 points

    Multi-Day & Online Only Publications
    Division 2 - City population 18,000 to 40,000

    »  Download - Winners List  & Judges' Comments
    for all contest categories

    Top Finishers for Sequoyah Award:

    • McAlester News-Capital, 510 points
    • El Reno Tribune, 370 points
    • Shawnee News-Star, 360 points

    Multi-Day & Online-Only Publications

    Division 3 - City population less than 18,000

    »  Download - Winners List  & Judges' Comments for all contest categories
     
    Top Finishers for Sequoyah Award:
    • Choctaw Times, 450 points
    • Tahlequah Daily Press, 360 points
    • The Ada News, 280 points

    Weekly Publications
    Division 4 - City population more than 20,000

    »  Download - Winners List  & Judges' Comments
    for all contest categories

    Top Finishers for Sequoyah Award:
    • Midwest City Beacon, 460 points
    • Mustang Times, 430 points
    • The Edmond Way, 290 points
    • OKC Friday, 290 points

    Weekly Publications
    Division 5 - City population between 6,000 - 20,000

    »  Download - Winners List  & Judges' Comments
    for all contest categories

    Top Finishers for Sequoyah Award:
    • The Purcell Register, 310 points
    • The Eufaula Indian Journal, 300 points
    • The Newcastle Pacer, 260 points

      Weekly Publications 
      Division 6 - City population between 2,800 - 6,000

      »  Download - Winners List  & Judges' Comments
      for all contest categories

      Top Finishers for Sequoyah Award:
      • McIntosh County Democrat, 390 points
      • The Marietta Monitor, 370 points
      • The Lincoln County News, 320 points

      Weekly Publications
      Division 7 - City population less than 2,800

      »  Download - Winners List  & Judges' Comments
      for all contest categories

      Top Finishers for Sequoyah Award:
      • Minco-Union City Times, 590 points
      • Vian Tenkiller News, 420 points
      • The Fairfax Chief, 320 points
         

        College News Media

        »  Download - Winners List  & Judges' Comments
        for all contest categories

        Top Finishers for Sequoyah Award:
        • The Cameron University Collegian, 360 points
        • The O'Colly at Oklahoma State University, 310 points
        • Northwestern News at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, 160 points