LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Results from 2012 APSE contest judging held at the Doubletree Lake Buena Vista Hotel. Category: Beat  writing 30,000-75,000.

Listed in alphabetical order by name of newspaper. Final top 5 and honorable mention to be announced.

Leighton Ginn, The Desert Sun (Palm Spring, Calif.)
Chadd Cripe, Idaho Statesman (Boise)
Norm Wood, Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)
Gary Meenaghan, The National (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)Dan DeLuca, The News-Press (Fort Myers, Fla.)
Scott Bair, North County (Calif.) Times
Tom Musick, Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.)
Chris Murray, Reno (Nev.) Gazette-Journal
Seth Emerson, The Telegraph (Macon, Ga.)
Kellis Robinette, The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle