The Clarendon Enterprise received two first place honors in the West Texas Press Association’s 2015 Better Newspaper Contest last Saturday, July 23.
Results of the contest were announced during the WTPA’s 86th annual convention in San Angelo.
The Enterprise won first place in Advertising with display ads designed by Morgan Wheatly for the paper’s 2015 StayCation promotion and by Roger Estlack for Ladies’ Night promotion for Cornell’s Country Store. The paper also received a first place plaque for its 2015 Fall/Winter Welcome Guide.
Estlack received second place honors for Editorials on local business and the challenge of raising money for a local water recreation facility. Estlack also received honorable mention for Columns on Alan Bean and Blue Bell ice cream.
The Enterprise received third place honors for Photography for entries by Morgan Wheatly and Matthew Martinez, both of which featured the Mulkey Theatre.
The Enterprise competed in Division D for small weeklies.
Attending the convention and accepting the awards on the Enterprise’s behalf were Roger, Benjamin, and Ella Estlack. Ben and Ella were also honored at the convention for being the youngest journalists in the WTPA.
The WTPA was led this year by President Randy Mankin of The Eldorado Success, who is being succeed by his son, J.L. Mankin of The Big Lake Wildcat.
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