SAM staff bring home 23 contest awards, place second in Class A sweepstakes

Summerland Advocate-Messenger personnel brought home 23 awards from the 2023 Better Newspaper Contest for the Nebraska Press Association. Awards were presented Saturday evening, at the awards banquet held at the Cornhusker Marriot Hotel in Lincoln.

SAM finished second in Class A, which includes weekly newspapers with a circulation up to 699 subscriptions. The Stanton Register won the division.

In advertising categories, publisher LuAnn Schindler won seven awards.

An ad featuring financial services at Brunswick State Bank, promoting FFA Week, placed first in Creative Ad Writing.

An ad for the R...