Village Living brings home APA awards

Village Living snagged more than a few awards last weekend at the annual Alabama Press Association Better Newspaper Contest.

Chairman of the APA Better Newspaper Contest Committee Dee Ann Campbell honored the winners at the Alabama Press Convention in Destin, Florida, on June 18 with awards for outstanding reporting, photography, design, advertising and multimedia. A total of 110 newspapers across the state submitted 2,775 entries from their 2015 publications.

Village Living won four different awards in Division E:

1st Place - Best News Photo for “Leading the charge” by Ron Burkett

2nd Place - Best Local Education Coverage

3rd Place - Best Use of Photos/Editorial Content

3rd Place - Best Sports Photo for “Spartan Volleyball” by Keith McCoy

In all, Starnes Publishing took home 39 awards across five of its papers — 280 Living, Hoover Sun, The Homewood Star, Vestavia Voice and Village Living.

Starnes Publishing distributes seven monthly papers in total — Hoover Sun, Village Living, 280 Living, The Homewood Star, Cahaba Sun, Vestavia Voice and Iron City Ink – as well as daily e-newsletters.

Some of the other exceptional awards presented to Starnes Publishing this year focused primarily on serving the local Birmingham community. These included:

280 Living

3rd Place - Best Local Economic Coverage

3rd Place - Best Local News Coverage

The Homewood Star

1st place - General Excellence

1st place - Best Local News Coverage

1st place - Freedom of Information (FOI)/First Amendment award

2nd place - Best Public Service

Vestavia Voice

1st place - Best Public Service

Hoover Sun

3rd place for Best Public Service

Awards from previous years can be found on the Starnes Publishing’s website at http://starnespublishing.com. To view previous Village Living awards, visit the website here.