Walsh is double winner in FWAA writing contest September 2012
Vol. 50, No. 3
Christopher Walsh and Dave Matter were the big winners in the
20th annual
FWAA Best Writing Contest.
Walsh, from BamaOnline.com, became a rare two-time first-place
winner in
the same year when he picked up top places in Game and Column
categories.
Matter, from the Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune, placed first in
Feature and was
second in the Game category behind Walsh.
The other first-place winner was Joe Rexrode for his Enterprise
story in the
Lansing (Mich.) State Journal. Ivan Maisel of ESPN.com and Chris Tomasson
of FOX Sports Florida are the other double placers. All the writers will
be
honored at the annual FWA Awards Breakfast Jan. 7 in South Florida.
GAME
First Place —Christopher Walsh, BamaOnline.com
Second
Place — Dave Matter, Columbia Daily Tribune
Third Place— Pete Thamel, New York
Times
Honorable Mention — Andy Staples, SI.com; Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com; Chris
Tomasson,
FOX Sports Florida
FEATURE
First Place — Dave Matter, Columbia Daily Tribune
Second
Place — Andrea Adelson, ESPN.com
Third Place — Teddy Greenstein, Chicago
Tribune
Honorable Mention — Brett McMurphy, CBSSports.com; Greg Barnes,
InsideCarolina.
com; Thayer Evans, FOXSports.com; Matt Fortuna, ESPN.com
COLUMN
First Place — Christopher Walsh, BamaOnline.com
Second
Place —Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com
Third Place —Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com
Honorable
Mention — Malcolm Moran , published in NY Times; Pat Forde, Yahoo!
Sports;
Brett McMurphy, CBSSports.com
ENTERPRISE
First Place — Joe Rexrode, Lansing State Journal
Second Place — Chris
Tomasson, FOX Sports Florida
Third Place — Michael Rothstein, WolverineNation
Honorable
Mention —Ryan McGee, ESPN.com; Kelly Whiteside, USA TODAY; Don
Kausler Jr.,
The Birmingham News/(Mobile) Press-Register/The Huntsville Times
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