2025 WNAF Collegiate Better Newspaper Contest
2025 WNAF Collegiate Better Newspaper Contest
Contest entries are accepted starting Monday, December 8, 2025
All print and digital entries must have been published during the entry period. Jan. 1, 2025 - Dec. 7, 2025. If you have questions or problems, please contact 2025 WNA Contest Coordinator, Laura Niemi at laura@mna.org or 612-278-0226.
NO MAIL IN ENTRIES ACCEPTED. Payment can be made by credit card or Paypal.
If you are submitting URL's. Make sure the link works and a paywall access is provided (if required).
Contest Deadline
Monday, January 12, 2026
All entries must be uploaded by 10:59 p.m.
Submission Period
Jan. 1, 2025 - Dec. 7, 2025
All print and digital entries must have been published during the entry period.
Entry Divisions
Division A: Undergraduate enrollment of 13,000 or more
Division B: Undergraduate enrollment of 12,999 - 5,000
Division C: Undergraduate enrollment of 4,999 or less
Entries will be merged to the next highest division if a category received three or fewer entries.
Eligibility
Any student enrolled in a Wisconsin public, parochial or private college or university is eligible.
Number of entries allowed
Unless otherwise specified, each entrant may submit as many entries in each contest as desired.
Payment
There is a $7.50 entry fee for each entry. Payment must be made before the contest deadline and can be submitted via credit card or PayPal.
Judging
Experienced newspaper professionals from the Colorado Press Associations will be selected as judges.
Awards
Winning newspapers will be notified of their awards after judging has been completed. Awards will be presented during the luncheon at the WNA’s Annual Convention on Thursday, March 5, 2026, in Madison.
