1. General News

1st – Dana Massing, Erie Times-News (5 points)
2nd – Betsy Hiel, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (3 points)
3rd – Margaret Harding, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (2 points)
HM – Erin Negley, Reading Eagle (1 point)
HM – Kay Stephens, Altoona Mirror (1 point)

2. Sports

1st – Mike Morsch, Perkasie News-Herald (5 points)
2nd – Walter M. Brasch, Spectrum Features Syndicate (3 points)
3rd – Karen Price, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (2 points)
HM – Erin Negley, Reading Eagle (1 point)
HM – Donald Serfass, The Times News, Lehighton (1 point)

3. Home

1st – Ashley Gurbal, Altoona Mirror (5 points)
2nd – Erin Negley, Reading Eagle (3 points)
3rd – Laura Lenk, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review(2 points)
HM – Kay Stephens, Altoona Mirror (1 point)
HM -Diane Stoneback, The Morning Call, Allentown (1 point)

4. Features

1st – Wendy Zook, Altoona Mirror (5 points)
2nd – Lynn Rebuck, Lititz Record Express (3 points)
3rd – Erica Erwin, Erie Times-News (2 points)
HM – Theresa Hegel, The Intelligencer, Doylestown (1 point)
HM – Heather Cass, Erie Times-News (1 point)

5. Editorials

1st – Helen Colwell Adams, Sunday News, Lancaster (5 points)
2nd – Kay Stephens, Altoona Mirror (3 points)
3rd – Walter Brasch, Spectrum Features Syndicate (2 points)
HM – Gordon Glantz, The Times Herald, Norristown
HM – Lynn Rebuck, Lititz Record Express

6. Columns

1st – Paula Wolf, Sunday News, Lancaster (5 points)
2nd – Jennie Geisler, Erie Times-News (3 points)
3rd – Heather Cass, Erie Times-News (2 points)
HM – Dawn Goodman (1 point)

7. Business

1st – Debra Erdley, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (5 points)
2nd – Diane Stoneback, Allentown Morning Call (3 points)
3rd – Theresa Hegel, Intelligencer, Doylestown (2 points)
HM – Jennie Geisler, Erie Times-News
HM – Daveen Rae Kurutz, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

8. Series

1st – Diane Stoneback, Morning Call, Allentown (5 points)
2nd – Ashley Gurbal, Altoona Mirror (3 points)
3rd – Donald Serfass, Karen Cimms, Linda Koehler, The Times News (2 points)
HM – Erica Erwin, Erie Times-News (1 point)
HM – Dana Massing, Erie Times-News

9. Interviews/Profiles

1st – Larry Alexander, Intelligencer Journal/New Era (5 points)
2nd – Betsy Hiel, Pittsburg Tribune-Review (3 points)
3rd – Helen Colwell Adams, Sunday News, Lancaster (2 points)
HM – Amy Crawford, Tribune-Review, Greensburg (1 point)
HM – Linda Koehler, Times News, Palmerton (1 point)

10. Page Design

1st – Brenda Martin, Erie Times-News (5 points)
2nd – Kelly Valeri, Altoona Mirror (3 points)
3rd – Kristin Bowers, Erie Times-News (2 points)
HM – Melissa Scott, Erie Times-News (1 point)
HM – Sherry Coons, York Daily Record/Sundays News (1 point)

11. In-Depth

1st – Kay Stephens, Altoona Mirror (5 points)
2nd – Debra Erdley, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (3 points)
3rd – Helen Colwell, Sunday News, Lancaster (2 points)
HM – Paula Wolf, Sunday News, Lancaster (1 point)
HM – Jeannette Scott, Sunday News, Lancaster (1 point)

12. Health/Science

1st – Mary Pickels, Tribune-Review, Greensburg (5 points)
2nd – Debra Erdley, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (3 points)
3rd – Donald Serfass, The Times News, Lehighton (2 points)
HM – Erin Negley, Reading Eagle (1 point)
HM – Ashley Gurbal, Altoona Mirror (1 point)

13. Education

1st – Amy Crawford, Tribune-Review, Greensburg (5 points)
2nd – Jeannette Scott, Sunday News, Lancaster (3 points)
3rd – Daveen Rae Kurutz, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (2 points)
HM – Debra Erdley, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (1 point)

14. Travel, Arts, Entertainment

1st – Linda Koehler, Times News, Palmerton (5 points)
2nd – Kathryn Finegan Clark, Bucks County Herald (3 points)
3rd – Karen Cimms, Times News, Lehighton (2 points)
HM – Diane Stoneback, Morning Call, Allentown (1 point)
HM – Theresa Hegel, The Intelligencer, Doylestown (1 point)

15. Headlines

1st – Karen Cimms, Times News, Lehighton (5 points)
2nd – Donald Serfass, Times News, Lehighton (3 points)
3rd – Theresa Hegel, The Intelligencer, Doylestown (2 points)
HM – Kristen Bowers, Erie Times-News (1 point)
HM – Kelly Valeri, Altoona Mirror (1 point)

16. Photography

1st – Scott Spangler, Tribune-Review, Greensburg (5 points)
2nd – Janet Campbell, Erie Times-News (3 points)
3rd – Kristen Mullen, The Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre (2 points)
HM – Linda Anthony, Bethlehem Press (1 point)

17. Online

1st – Betsy Hiel, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (5 points)
2nd – Stephanie Longo, The Villager (3 points)
3rd – Janet Campbell, Erie Times-News (2 points)
HM – Lindsey Poisson, Erie Times-News (1 point)
HM – Daveen Rae Kurutz, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

18. Religion

1st – Jodi Weigand, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (5 points)
2nd – Jennie Geisler, Erie Times-News (3 points)
3rd – Dana Massing, Erie Times-News (2 points)
HM – Daveen Rae Kurutz, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (1 point)
HM – Amy Crawford, Tribune-Review, Greensburg (1 point)

19. Outdoors

1st – Karen Price, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (5 points)
2nd – Jeannette Scott, Sunday News, Lancaster (3 points)
3rd – Lindsey Poisson, Erie Times-News (2 points)
HM – Heather Cass, Erie Times-News (1 point)

20. Rookie of the Year

1st – Amy Crawford, Tribune-Review, Greensburg (5 points)
2nd – Margaret Harding, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review(3 points)
3rd – Jodi Weigand, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (2 points)
HM – Wendy McCardle, Altoona Mirror (1 point)