Congratulations to all award winners!
2024 Awards Materials Posted June 7, 2025
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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