

Crystal Ballroom at the Mayo Hotel
May 5, 2023
11:30 a.m. - 1:00p.m.
The Great Plains Journalism Awards promote the highest standards of journalism. The annual awards are presented by the Tulsa Press Club and Benevolent Association. We invite journalists from newspapers and magazines across the region to enter their best work from the past calendar year.
The eight-state competition includes Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota.
2023 Finalists Announced
40/29 News — KHBS/KHOG Fort Smith-Fayetteville
Adam Call Roberts
605 Magazine
Dawn Geertsma
Alana Snyder
John Snyder
Cailyn Patterson
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Wally Hall
Philip Martin
Stan Denman
Emily Gist
Gwen Faulkenberry
Thomas Metthe
Stephen Swofford
Colin Murphey
Teresa Moss
Joshua Snyder
Sarah Campbell-Miller
Maggie McNeary
ArtDesk Magazine
Jezy Gray
Associated Press
Bobby Ross Jr
The Black Wall Street Times
Deon Osborne
Cherokee Phoenix
Will Chavez
Stacie Boston
Curbside Chronicle
Becky Carman
Dusty Gilpin
Nathan Poppe
Miguel Rios
Amanda Simcoe
Colin Strickland
Marcus Eakers
Sydni Nasada
Sam Washburn
Edible OKC
Nicole Jocleen
Charlie Neunshcwander
El Perico
Bridget Fogarty
Flatwater Free Press
Yanqi Xu
Natalia Alamdari
Matthew Hansen
Matt Wynn
Alexandra Stone
The Frontier
Reese Gorman
Brianna Bailey
Kayla Branch
Kassie McClung
Cary Aspinwall
Amy Yurkanin
Clifton Adcock
Jennifer Palmer
Reese Gorman
Dylan Goforth
Brianna Bailey
Steve Lackmeyer
Nathan Poppe
Kaiser Health News
Sarah Jane Tribble
Lauren Weber
Rae Ellen Bichell
Nathan Payne
Kelly Johnson
Lauren Weber
Hannah Recht
Bram Sable-Smith
KETV — Omaha
Joey Safchik
Tyler White
KHGI/KFXL — Lincoln
Jeremy Dubas
Dave Griek
Taylor Leverett
Risell Ventura
KJRH, Channel 2 Tulsa
Justin Ayer
Drew Barker
Cori Duke
Karen Larsen
Naomi Keitt
Shea Smith
Brady Halbleib
Tony Russell
Amanda Slee
Jeanette Quezada
Micah Farnsworth
Avery Fulton
Wes DeHart
Gary Griggs
Shaun McGhee
Dennis Meister
Marisa Wojtalewicz
Gena Asaadi
Kevin Beers
TJ Clark
Christian Tacket
Scott Marion
Sharon Phillips
Chris Reynolds
Rebecca Walters
Jordan Eggleston
Pete Knutson
Denis Meister
Cathy Tatom
Ryan Love
Cayden McFarland
KOKI-TV FOX23 News
Rick Maranon
KOSU — Oklahoma State University
Robby Korth
Kateleigh Mills
KOTV, Channel 6 Tulsa
Amy Slanchik
Reagan Ledbetter
Michael Woods
Mark Pinkerton
Lori Fullbright
Craig Day
Reagan Ledbetter
Dustin Stone
Emory Bryan
Ashlyn Brothers
McKenzie Gladney
Kristen Weaver
Michael Woods
Rodney Stringer
Jon Jussero
Patrick Bender
Nicholas Hale
Alex Isaak
Grant Stephens
Brian Dorman
Cal Day
Richard Clark
Paul Stephenson
Dan Hawk
Scott Pfeil
KWGS News
Max Bryan
Lincoln Journal Star
Andrew Wegley
Peter Salter
Amie Just
L. Kent Wolgamott
Justin Wan
Kenneth Ferriera
Midlands Business Journal
Savannah Behrends
Midwest Living
Julia Sayers Gokhale
Missouri Life Magazine
Merit Myers
Sandy Selby
The Oklahoman
Dave Cathey
Carmen Foreman
Steve Lackmeyer
Joe Mussatto
Jenni Carlson
Jacob Unruh
Berry Tramel
Brandy McDonnell
Doug Hoke
Bryan Terry
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
Ray Carter
Oklahoma Eagle
Gary Lee
Samantha Levrault
John Neal
Oklahoma Gazette
Evan Jarvicks
Oklahoma Humanities
Kimberly Roblin
Oklahoma State University — Daily O’Collegian
O’Colly Staff
Mackenzie Janish
Oklahoma Today
Natasha Alterici
Shane Bevel
Nathan Gunter
Steven Walker
Tommy Woods
Karlie Ybarra
Oklahoma Watch
Whitney Bryen
Paul Monies
Miranda Green
Keaton Ross
Omaha Magazine
Julius Fredrick
Sarah Lemke
Bill Sitzmann
Matt Wieczorek
Omaha World Herald
Emily Nitcher
Dirk Chatelain
Todd Cooper
Henry J. Cordes
Marjie Ducey
Nancy Gaarder
Shelley Larsen
Emily Nitcher
Anna Reed
Kristin Donovan
Josie Whelan
Sam McKewon
Pam Richter
Frank Hassler
Lily Smith
Paul Goodsell
Pam Richter
Z Long
Charlotte Higgins
Sam McKewon
Nancy Gaarder
Joel Lorenzi
Tom Shatel
Paul Goodsell
Sheritha Jones
Oral Roberts University — The Oracle
Elizabeth McCullough
Rapid City Journal
Matt Gade
The Reader
Bridget Fogarty
Ryan Syrek
The Riverfront Times
Monica Obradovic
Danny Wicentowski
South Dakota News Watch
Bart Pfankuch
Stu Whitney
St. Louis Magazine
Nicholas Phillips
Kevin A. Roberts
Amanda Woytus
Mike Miller
Jenny L. Bird
Jan Kallwejt
Emily Wells
Tom White
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Jesse Bogan
Austin Huguelet
Katie Kull
Michele Munz
Annika Merrilees
Daniel Shular
St. Louis Public Radio
Avery Lea Rogers
Danny Wicentowski
Emily Woodbury
Sunflower Publishing
Nick Krug
Jared Nally
Amber Fraley
Nathan Pettengill
TulsaPeople Magazine
Connie Cronley
Tulsa Kids Magazine
Dr. Tamecca Rogers
Alicia Kobilnyk
Tulsa World
Andrea Eger
Corey Jones
Eli Lederman
Ginnie Graham
Ian Maule
Mike Simons
Daniel Shular
Wichita Eagle
Michael Stavola
Marcia Werts
Chance Swaim
Matthew Kelly
Michael Roehrman
Julie Mah
Jaime Green
Matthew Kelly
Chance Swaim
Carrie Rengers
Taylor Eldridge
Travis Heying
University of Arkansas — Arkansas Traveler
Mary Beth Kemp
Sarah Komar
Robert Stewart
University of Arkansas — The Hill
Victoria Hernandez
Blaise Keasler
University of Central Oklahoma
Ben Anderson
Kelly Merka
Trey Guzman
Jocelyn Schifferdecker
University of Iowa — The Daily Iowan
Hannah Pinski
Grace Smith
Marandah Mangra-Dutcher
Liam Halawith
Kate Perez
Staff
University of Iowa — DITV
Ashley Weil
University of Kansas — University Daily Kansan
Kansan Staff
Lily Witkowski
Caroline Soro
Playmakers Staff
University of Nebraska Student Broadcast
Brody Wilken
Jen Maier
Kate Cordes
Lexi Goeman
Madysen Early
Grant Hansen
Emma Krab
University of Tulsa — The Collegian
Celeste McAtee
Madison Walters
WIBW-TV — Topeka
Doug Brown
Melissa Brunner
Jeremy Goodwin
13 NEWS Team
Freelance Finalists
Daniel Shular
Sarah Komar
Shane Bevel
