Class A
First Place
Michele Marcotte, Matthew Stoff and Christy Wooten, The Daily Sentinel (Nacogdoches)
Second Place
Gerard MacCrossan and Mark Koopmans, Herald-Zeitung (New Braunfels)
Honorable Mention
B.J. Pollock, Russell Autrey, Bob Haenel and Germaine Compton, Fort Bend Herald
Class AA
First Place
Flooding kills two, Sherman Herald Democrat
Second Place
Standoff at Workforce Center, Killeen Daily Herald
Honorable Mention
Blaze guts Indeco, Temple Daily Telegram
Class AAA
First Place
Coverage of Hurricane Humberto, Beaumont Enterprise
Second Place
80-car pileup on ice-slick Interstate 40, Amarillo Globe News
Honorable Mention
Hospital chaos from woman being shot, Tyler Morning Telegraph
Class AAAA
First Place
Dale Lezon, Lindsay Wise, Rosanna Ruiz, Steve Veckert and staff, Houston Chronicle
Second Place
Rudolph Bush, Grover Jeffers, Dave Levinthall and staff, The Dallas Morning News
Honorable Mention
Dave Koenig, Associated Press (Dallas)