At least three entries must be submitted in each contest category for the entries to move on to judging. In the following categories, there were only one or two entries so the categories will be disqualified. Refunds will be issued in early June to contestants who submitted entries in these categories.

- Daily Newspapers < 25K circ. (A) – Headlines
- Daily Newspapers < 25K circ. (A) – Editorial Cartoon
- Daily Newspapers < 25K circ. (A) – Business Column
- Daily Newspapers 25,001-50K circ. (B) – Business Column
- Alt+Newsweeklies (D) – Criticism
- Alt+Newsweeklies (D) – Portrait Photography
- Online (G) – Best Site, Commentary
- Radio (H) – General Excellence
- Radio (H) – Photography-Online
- TV, 1-120 (I) – Spot News Reporting
- TV, 1-120 (I) – General Excellence
- TV, 121-210 (J) – General Excellence

Now that the 2011 SPJ NW Excellence in Journalism Awards have been announced, we are starting to receive requests for duplicate awards and corrections. Here’s how re-orders and corrections will work:

1)  Please download this form to request a correction or order a duplicate trophy or certificate.

2)  Submit it to regional director Dana Neuts with your payment by July 15 (note: if it is our error, we’ll pay for the correction).

3)  We’ll make changes to the trophies, certificates and online awards booklet all at once after all of the changes have been submitted.

Because the trophies and awards booklet are being done by outside vendors and there is a cost involved with each change, we are not able to make changes more quickly. Thank you for your understanding.

Congratulations to all of the winners in our 2011 SPJ Northwest Excellence in Journalism Contest! We had more than 2,100 entries this year in 184 categories. Trophies were awarded to 1st place winners and certificates were awarded to 2nd and 3rd place winners at awards ceremonies tonight in Portland, Ore. and Seattle, Wash. Other chapters will host their own events, or will provide awards to the winners on an individual basis.

–> Click here to download the complete list of winners <–

Need to order a corrected trophy or certificate, or order a duplicate? Download the order form here and submit it to regional director Dana Neuts by July 15.

We’d like to thank our out-of-state judges for helping us choose this year’s winners. We couldn’t have done it without you! A special thanks to these chapters and their teams of judges who helped:

- Paul Fletcher, Pat Kane and Virginia Pro SPJ

- Jack Zibluk

- Stirling Morita and Hawaii SPJ

- Nic Garcia, Colorado SPJ

- Jodie Mozdzer, Connecticut SPJ

- Kelly Kissel, Sonny  Albarado & Michael Koretzy, Green Eye Shades

- Bob Lipper, Long Island SPJ

- Sarah Bauer, Minnesota SPJ

- Scott Thiesen, Minnesota SPJ

- Jenn Rowell, Washington D.C. SPJ

- Ginny Frizzi, Pennsylvania SPJ

- Kevin Smith, SPJ past-president and Ethics Chair

- Carol Cole-Frowe, Oklahoma SPJ & freelance committee member

Congratulations to all of our award winners in the 2011 SPJ NW Excellence in Journalism Awards. If you have won an award, you and/or your media organization have already been notified. Awards will be presented to winners in the Greater Oregon and W. Washington Pro chapters this Saturday, May 19 at awards banquets. Other chapters in the region will present awards individually or at a special awards event. Contact your local chapter president for more info.

In addition, we will post the full winners’ list here by midnight, Sunday, May 20 PST.

For those on our media list, we will also send an embargoed press release by noon, Friday, May 18 PST. The list is embargoed and cannot be shared or published before Sunday, May 20 PST.

Once that list has been posted, please contact regional director Dana Neuts with questions about the awards. If there is a mistake on your award, or you want to order a duplicate trophy or certificate, please download this form and submit it to Dana Neuts by July 15, 2012. Re-orders will processed in one batch so the deadline is firm.