2025 NFPW National Winners
Venera Alexandrova, Connecticut
2nd Place – Graphics and Design > 25B - Page Design - Magazine or magapaper for “100 Years Greenwich Association of Realtors”
Melinda Anderson, Connecticut
1st Place – Single Page, Section, or Supplement Edited by Entrant > 18B - Magazine/Magapaper for “The Heart of Gold”
3rd Place – Publication Regularly Edited by Entrant > 19B - Magazine/Magapaper for “Stamford Magazine”
Linda Avellar, Connecticut
3rd Place – Public Relations Materials > 51 - Report for “Annual Report”
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Chandra Bozelko, Connecticut
2nd Place – Writing > 17 - Essay, Chapter, or Section in a Book for “Dead By The Laws Of Men Yet Speaketh: The Intersection Between Prison Writing And Education”
3rd Place – Blog > 37C - Personal for “Accountability for the Nonprofit Terrorist Industrial Complex”
Katharine Calderwood, Venera Alexandrova, Connecticut
2nd Place – Photography > 22 - Photo Essay for “At Her Core”
Katharine Calderwood, Connecticut
2nd Place – Single Photograph > 21B - Sports photo for “Trials and Triumphs”
Nicholas Doscher, Connecticut
1st Place – Special Programming > 29B - Television for “Hidden in Plain Sight: Weir Farm and Meriden Traffic Light”
Conner Drigotas, Connecticut
2nd Place – Website Edited or Managed by Entrant > 34A - Nonprofit, government or educational for “Inside Investigator”
Honorable Mention – Publication Regularly Edited by Entrant > 19C - Newsletter/other publication - non-profit, government, or educational for “Inside Investiagtor: investigative journalism to root out corruption in Connecticut”
Mark Fiorentino, Connecticut
1st Place – Columns > 08A - General for “If You Love Me Like You Love Me”
Marc Fitch, Connecticut
1st Place – News Story > 01C - Online publication for “Drive Time: Former Lamont Chief of Staff racked up personal miles on state cars”
Marc Fitch, Connecticut
1st Place – News Story > 01C - Online publication for “Drive Time: Former Lamont Chief of Staff racked up personal miles on state cars”
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Steven Havira, Connecticut
2nd Place – Collegiate / Education > 62 - Public Relations, Social Media, or Recruitment / Involvement Campaign for “Ambassador Andrew Young presents The Howard Thurman Center”
Anastasia Healy, Connecticut
3rd Place – Specialty Articles > 07T - Travel for “Amazing Iceland”
Adair Heitmann, Connecticut
Honorable Mention – Speeches > 57 - Speech for “This Little Light of Mine”
Elizabeth Keyser, Connecticut
2nd Place – Specialty Articles > 07O - Reviews for “Hometown Haunt: Charlies Tavern Opens in Darien”
Honorable Mention – Specialty Articles > 07E - Food for “Season’s Eatings”
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Emilia Otte, Connecticut
2nd Place – Writing > 03 - In-depth Reporting for “Barriers to State Disability Services Leave Parents of Disabled Young People Scrambling”
Robin DuCharme Pastore, Connecticut
Honorable Mention – Special Programming > 29A - Radio for “WW2 Transport Carrier Rhona, Classified: 1015 U.S. Soldiers Die: a Mandated Sworn Secret: 11/26/43 til 1996”
Honorable Mention – Interview > 30A - Radio for “What Is a Meaningful Life? Interview with Sharon Kallenda”
Amy Polacko, Connecticut
1st Place – Nonfiction Book for Adult Readers > 12D - General Nonfiction “FRAMED: Women in the Family Court Underworld”
2nd Place – Specialty Articles > 07L - Personal essay “I Barely Escaped My Abusive Marriage. If JD Vance Had His Way, I’d Still Be Trapped There.”
Thomas Renner, Connecticut
3rd Place – Information for the Media > 54 - News or Feature Release - Single Release for “Bendheim Channel Glass Brings New Life to the Domino Sugar Refinery Building”
3rd Place – Information for the Media > 56 - Media Pitch for “Kansas City International Airport pitch”
Honorable Mention – Specialty Articles > 07R - Sports for “Meet Stamford’s Generational Sports Talent”
Katherine Revello, Connecticut
Honorable Mention – Specialty Articles > 07C – Business for “Ratioed: How CT licensing laws contribute to the construction worker shortage”
Meira Rosenberg, Connecticut
3rd Place – Children’s Book > 13A - Fiction for “28 Days of Neon”
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Laurel Schwartz, Connecticut
1st Place – Short Form Literature > 15A - Single short story for “Anomaly”
Richard Seltzer, Connecticut
Honorable Mention – Nonfiction Book for Adult Readers > 12A - Autobiography or Memoir for “One Family”
Mary Sharnick, Connecticut
Honorable Mention – Fiction for Adult Readers >11A - Novels for “En Plein Air”
Gregory Stroud, Connecticut
3rd Place – Writing > 04 - Editorial/Op-Ed for “Let Water Go Where it Wants to Go”
Aline Weiller, Connecticut
Honorable Mention – Nonfiction Book for Adult Readers > 12E - Creative Nonfiction for “FUN: Essays on a Life Embraced”
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