Carmage Walls Commentary Prize

20 entries received in "50,000+" circulation bracket

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Twenty entries have been received in the largest circulation bracket (50,000+) for this year's Carmage Walls Commentary Prize. 

First- and second-place honors will be awarded. Judges also may designate several entries for honorable mention.

Winning entries will be announced Oct. 6-8 at the SNPA News Industry Summit in Charlottesville, Va.

SNPA members are invited to comment at the end of this article on the entries.  Which entries do you feel are the strongest ... and why?

Click on the links below to view the entry materials:

Entry #1: Ned Barnett — The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.

Entry #2: Robin Beres — Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va.

Entry #3: Warren Bolton — The State, Columbia, S.C.

Entry #4: Roger Chesley — The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.

Entry #5: Roger Chesley — The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.

Entry #6: Brian Colligan and Digby Solomon — Daily Press, Newport News, Va.

Entry #7: Todd Culbertson — Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va.

Entry #8: Mike Clark, Roger Brown, Wayne Ezell and Ron Littlepage — The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Fla.

Entry #9: Paul Greenberg — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock, Ark.

Entry #10: Mike Hashimoto — The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas

Entry #11: James A. Haught — The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, W.Va.

Entry #12: A. Barton Hinkle — Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va.

  • entry form
  • five editorials
    • Repeal the marriage amendment
    • A conservative case for gay marriage
    • Loving v. Virginia all over again
    • Loving's legacy lives on in recent rulings
    • A constitutional case for gay marriage

Entry #13: Rodger Jones — The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas

Entry #14: Elsa McDowell — The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.

Entry #15: John Railey — Winston-Salem Journal, Winston-Salem, N.C.

Entry #16: Tod Robberson — The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas

Entry #17: Charles Rowe — The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.

Entry #18: Charles Rowe — The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.

Entry #19: Pam Sohn — Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga, Tenn.

  • entry form
  • six editorials
    • Don't horse around, Governor
    • Breeders inch toward cleaning up soring menace
    • A new day in Walking Horse history
    • Walking Horse poll pans use of pads
    • New horse abuse charged, but no new protections
    • Walk on by

Entry #20: Pam Sohn — Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanooga, Tenn.

  • entry form
  • six editorials
    • Shootings must stop, and patterns offer clues
    • Waiting on the cavalry
    • As MLK said: "Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability"
    • Let's replace guns with caring
    • Serial killer stalks city; apathy is its own witness
    • A Chattanooga intervention: a violence vaccine long overdue

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