The Summit Daily News and the Summit County Journal combined to win a total of 27 awards at Colorado Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. The awards were announced Friday at a banquet in Denver.

The editorial categories the Summit Daily News and the Summit County Journal collected 18 awards, including nine first-place finishes.

Summit Daily News:

FIRST PLACE

• Best Sustained Coverage (SDN staff)

• Best Serious Column Writing (Ben Trollinger)

• Best Feature Story (Ben Trollinger)

SECOND PLACE

• Best News Story (Caddie Nath)

THIRD PLACE

• Best Health Feature Story (Caddie Nath)

• Best Humorous Column Writing (Jeff McAbee)

• Best Series (Caddie Nath)

Summit County Journal:

FIRST PLACE

• Best Sports Photograph

• Best Sports Event Story (Jessica Smith)

• Best Photo Essay (Mark Fox)

• Best Health Enterprise Story (Joe Moylan)

• Best Education Story (Jessica Smith)

• Best Business Feature Story (Caddie Nath)

SECOND PLACE

• Best Feature Photograph (Ben Trollinger)

• Best Sports Photograph (Sebastian Foltz)

• Best News Story (Caddie Nath)

THIRD PLACE

• Best News Page Design

• Best Education Story (Jessica Smith)

In advertising categories, the Summit Daily News collected 9 awards:

FIRST PLACE

• Best/Newspaper/House Ad Promotion (Rob Fair, Maggie Butler, Matt Sandberg)

• Best Automotive Ad (Ben Rogers, Rob Fair)

• Best Advertising Slogan

SECOND PLACE

• Best Automotive Ad (Rob Fair, Ben Rogers)

• Best Use of of Multimedia Advertising (Cindy Boisvert)

• Best Use of Color in an Ad

• Best Newspaper/House Ad Promotion (Maggie Butler, Matt Sandberg, Rob Fair, Carly Hoover)

THIRD PLACE

• Best Use of Multimedia Advertising (Cindy Boisvert, Kristy Passard)

• Best Newspaper/House Ad Promotion (Matt Sandberg, Maggie Butler, Ben Trollinger)