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Suffolk News-Herald won the 2023 Advertising Sweepstakes award for excellence in advertising from the Virginia Press Association’s annual awards banquet in Charlottesville on May 4. In addition, SNH earned 23 individual and staff awards in the news and advertising contest for entries published between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2023.

The banquet, an annual statewide gathering of journalists and advertising professionals, was held at The Omni Charlottesville Hotel in Charlottesville.

The newspaper competes in the VPA’s Non-Daily 4 category against some of Virginia’s largest weekly publications. The awards were judged by journalists and advertising professionals from Missouri.

Our page designer, Jen Jaqua, received nine of the 23 awards, including three individual first-place nods and one she shared with our staff reporter James Robinson.

Publisher Lindsay Richardson also won two first-place awards, one in the Food and Drug advertising category.

Troy Cooper, the designer of our Suffolk Living magazine, received a first-place award for Design and Presentation. The magazine won three awards in total. 

Below is a list of the winning entries.

First Place

 

Food and Drug	First Place	Lindsay Richardson
Informational Graphics	First Place	Jen Jaqua
Member Self-Promotion	First Place	Jen Jaqua
Photo-Illustration	First Place	Jen Jaqua, James Robinson
Slideshow or Gallery	First Place	Jen Jaqua
Special Sections (standalone section non-slick cover)	First Place	Lindsay Richardson, Mitzi Lusk

 

Second Place

Food and Drug	Second Place	Lindsay Richardson
General News Writing	Second Place	James Robinson, Ed Pugh
Home and Garden	Second Place	Lindsay Richardson
Illustrations	Second Place	Jen Jaqua
Informational Graphics	Second Place	Jen Jaqua
Lifestyles	Second Place	Lindsay Richardson
Personality or Portrait Photo	Second Place	James Robinson
Picture Story or Essay	Second Place	Jen Jaqua
Small Space Ads	Second Place	Lindsay Richardson
Special Sections or Special Editions	Second Place	Jen Jaqua, James Robinson

 

Third Place

Feature Series or Continuing Story	Third Place	James Robinson
General Make-Up	Third Place	Jen Jaqua
Informational Graphics	Third Place	Jen Jaqua
Real Estate	Third Place	Lindsay Richardson
Slideshow or Gallery	Third Place	Ed Pugh
Sports Writing Portfolio	Third Place	Matthew Hatfield

 

Below is a list of Suffolk Living Magazine awards 

 

First Place

Design and Presentation

First Place

Troy Cooper

 

Second Place

Professional Services (medical and healthcare-related only)

Second Place

Lindsay Richardson

 

Third Place

Education, Churches, and Organizations

Third Place

Lindsay Richardson