Divisions for the 2024 APSE Contest have been determined.
Divisions this year were set through a combined print and digital subscriber circulation for legacy newsrooms, while unique visitors were used for websites, and subscribers for Substack and newsletter-driven sites.
In all, 178 members will participate in the contest.
APSE Contest Chair Paul Barrett is still seeking judges, both remote and in person at the APSE Winter Conference, scheduled for Feb. 23-27 in Orlando, Fla. To be a judge, please fill out this online form by Jan. 24: https://forms.gle/5Y6PZY8rLV9QHRCi7
Remote judging of sections will begin the week of Jan. 27, with judging of writing categories planned for soon after.
If you have questions or want to move up a division, please reach out to Paul at apsecontest@gmail.com.
DIVISIONS FOR THE 2024 CONTEST
A Division
AL. com; Bay Area News Group; CBS Sports; Chicago Tribune; Detroit Free Press; ESPN.com; FloSports; Houston Chronicle; Los Angeles Times; Miami Herald; Newsday; NJ Advance Media (Newark); Southern California News Group; Sports Business Journal; Star Tribune (Minnesota); Tampa Bay Times; The Advocate | The Times-Picayune; The Arizona Republic; The Athletic; The Boston Globe; The Dallas Morning News; The Denver Gazette; The Denver Post; The Philadelphia Inquirer; The San Francisco Chronicle; The Seattle Times; The Washington Post; USA Today; USA Today Network-Wisconsin; Yahoo Sports.
B Division
Advance Media NY; Andscape; Bama Central; Chron.com; Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.); Gambling.com Group; Greensboro News and Record; IndyStar (Indianapolis); JohnCanzano.com; Knoxville News Sentinel; Las Vegas Review-Journal; LoneStarLive.com; MassLive; Naples Daily News; Omaha World-Herald; Orlando Sentinel; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; San Antonio Express-News; Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune; St. Louis Post-Dispatch; The Baltimore Banner; The Baltimore Sun; The Buffalo News; The Blade (Toledo, Ohio); The Charlotte Observer; The Cincinnati Enquirer; The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch; The Des Moines Register; The Kansas City Star; The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.); The Oklahoman; The Oregonian; The Palm Beach Post; The Post & Courier (Charleston, S.C.); The Salt Lake Tribune; The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Wash.); The Tennessean (Nashville); The Villages Daily Sun; The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk); WholeHogSports.com.
C Division
Asheville Citizen Times; Capital Gazette; Clarion Ledger; Daytona Bech News-Journal; Erie Times-News; Evansville Courier & Press; Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Go Long; Idaho Statesman; Lehigh Valley Live; Lexington Herald-Leader; Lincoln Journal Star; Lubbock Avalanche-Journal; Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal; Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.); Peoria Journal Star; PennLive; Pensacola News Journal; Santa Cruz Sentinel; South Bend Tribune; Tallahassee Democrat; The Citizens’ Voice (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.); The Commercial Appeal (Memphis); The Daily Memphian; The Daily Sun (Port Charlotte, Fla.); The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, Calif.); The Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville); The Gainesville Sun; The Gazette (Colorado Springs); The Greenville (S.C.) News; The News-Gazette (Champaign, Ill.); The News-Press (Fort Myers, Fla.); The Record (Bergen, N.J.); The Roanoke Times; The Scranton Times-Tribune; The State (Columbia, S.C.); The Stein Line; The Topeka Capital-Journal; The Wichita Eagle; Wilmington (N.C.) StarNews; Wisconsin State Journal.
D Division
3 Wire Sports; All Fields; Athens Banner-Herald; Augusta Chronicle; Bozeman Daily Chronicle; Burlington Free Press; Carroll County Times; Columbia Daily Tribune; Corpus Christi Caller-Times; Daily Record (Rockaway, N.J.); Denton Record-Chronicle; Gadsden Times; Grand Forks Herald; Hagerstown (Md.) Herald-Mail; Hattiesburg American; Journal & Courier (Lafayette, Ind.); Laramie Boomerang; Las Cruces Sun News; Legacy Hockey Daily; Lock Haven Express; Mansfield News-Journal; Marietta Daily Journal; Metro Sports STL; MetroWest Daily News; Montgomery Advertiser; Muddy River Sports; On Montlake; Petoskey News-Review; Pocono Record (Stroudsburg, Pa.); Rockford Register Star; San Angelo (Texas) Standard-Times; Savannah Morning News; Southwest Times-Record (Fort Smith, Ark.); Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader; Starnes Media; The Aegis (Hartford County, Md.); The Bryan-College Station Eagle; The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette, La.); The Daily News Journal (Murfreesboro, Tenn.); The Daily Press (Victorville, Calif.); The Fayetteville Observer; The Florence Morning News; The Herald-Times (Bloomington, Ind.); The Holland Sentinel; The Houma (La.) Courier; The Jackson (Tenn.) Sun; The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville, Tenn.); The Missoulian; The Patriot-Ledger (Quincy, Mass.); The Pine Belt News (Hattiesburg, Miss.); The Poughkeepsie Journal; The Rose Garden Report; The Star Press (Muncie, Ind.); The State Journal-Register (Springfield, Ill.); The Telegraph (Alton, Ill.); The Times (Shreveport, La.); The Tribune-Star (Terre Haute, Ind.); The Tuscaloosa News; Tide Illustrated; Times Media Group; Visalia Times-Delta; Wichita Falls Times Record; Williamsport Sun-Gazette; Wyoming Tribune-Eagle (Cheyenne); Yankton Press & Dakotan; York (Pa.) Daily Record; Zanesville Times Record.
