Best Writing Contest

FWAA Best Writing Contest

The FWAA's annual Best Writing Contest now stretches over 30 years and has become one of the organziation's institutions. Each year, winners are awarded if four categories and then a Beat Writer of the Year is named in honor of Steve Ellis. Cash prizes and commemorative footballs from The Big Game are among the prizes awarded to the winners each year of the contest presented by collegepressbox.

Call for entries: Submit your work for the 32nd Annual FWAA Best Writing Contest Best Writing Contest Winner: Enterprise Best Writing Contest Winner: Column Best Writing Contest Winner: Features Best Writing Contest Winner: Game Story Past presidents headline 31st Best Writing Contest winners FWAA Best Writing Contest Open for Entries Call for entries to 31st Annual Best Writing Contest Houston Chronicle's Zwerneman claims FWAA Beat Writer of the Year Award

30TH ANNUAL BEST WRITING CONTEST PRESENTED BY COLLEGEPRESSBOX RESULTS

GAME

  • First Place — Dennis Dodd, CBSSports.com: Michigan clinches College Football Playoff berth, giving Wolverines one more round to prove themselves
  • Second Place — James Crepea, The Oregonian
  • Third Place — Ivan Maisel, On3.com
  • Honorable Mention — Max Olson, The Athletic; Ryan McGee, ESPN.com; Matt Baker, Tampa Bay Times

FEATURE

  • First Place — Rich Scarcella, Reading Eagle: Adam Taliaferro’s walk at Beaver Stadium 20 years ago remains ‘truly special’
  • Second Place — David Ubben, The Athletic
  • Third Place — David Hale, ESPN.com
  • Honorable Mention — Steve Kornacki, The Kornacki Wolverine Report, Substack.com; David Teel, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Dennis Dodd, CBSSports.com

COLUMN

  • First Place — Dave Wilson, ESPN.com: The history of college football conference lame ducks, and what it means for Texas and Oklahoma
  • Second Place — Mike Griffith, AJC-DawgNation
  • Third Place — Ryan McGee, ESPN.com
  • Honorable Mention — Drew Davison, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Chris Vannini, The Athletic; Dennis Dodd, CBSSports.com

ENTERPRISE

  • First Place — Tom Shanahan, TomShanahan.Report: The 1962 Rose Bowl’s 60th anniversary: UCLA’s Black students and players stared down Bear Bryant with Jim Murray’s break from 1960s media customs
  • Second Place — Drew Davison, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
  • Third Place — Audrey Snyder, The Athletic
  • Honorable Mention — Chris Vannini, The Athletic; Brent Zwerneman, Houston Chronicle; Matt Fortuna and Pete Sampson, The Athletic