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Sun earns three statewide awards

UPDATED JULY 19, 2021 at 12:39 p.m. – The Anna Maria Island Sun has earned three awards in the 2021 Florida Press Association Weekly Newspaper Contest.

Steve Borggren earned first place in the Original Local Editorial Cartoon category for “I miss red tide.” Judges praised its originality on a “broad topic all cartoonists are drawing.”

The Sun earned second place in Website Excellence for amisun.com. Judges called it “A great array of news well displayed.”Eric Nalpas earned second place in the Reader-Generated Photo category. Judges asked, “Does Eric want a job?”

Swell surf
Surfer Jack Coleman sizes up the wall of water crashing against one of the erosion control groins at Twin Piers in Bradenton Beach on Oct. 27. Tropical Storm Zeta churned up the Gulf of Mexico into a good surf day. – Eric Nalpas | Submitted

Awards were announced at the Florida Media Conference last week in Sarasota.

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