2021 Winners and Runners-up
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Beat Reporting (over 25,000 circulation)
Winner: Susan Clairmont, Hamilton Spectator
- Runner-up: Maria Iqbal, Hamilton Spectator
- Runner-up: Catherine Thompson, Waterloo Region Record
Beat Reporting (under 25,000 circulation)
Winner: Susan Gamble, Brantford Expositor
- Runner-up: Elliot Ferguson, Kingston Whig-Standard
- Runner-up: Joelle Kovach, Peterborough Examiner
Column/Opinion Writing
Winner: Mark McNeil, Hamilton Spectator
- Runner-Up: Robin Baranyai, London Free Press
- Runner-Up: Anam Latif, Waterloo Region Record
COVID-19 Writing
Winner: Jeff Outhit, Waterloo Region Record
- Runners-up: Joanna Frketich, Maria Iqbal and Steve Buist, Hamilton Spectator
- Runners-up: Grant LaFleche and Karena Walter, The St. Catharines Standard
Enterprise Reporting
Winner: Nicole O’Reilly, Hamilton Spectator
- Runner-up: Susan Clairmont, Hamilton Spectator
- Runner-up: Terry Pender, Waterloo Region Record
Feature Photography (over 25,000 circulation)
Winner: Dax Melmer, Windsor Star
- Runner-up: Mike Hensen, London Free Press
- Runner-up: Cory Smith, Stratford Beacon Herald/ Woodstock Sentinel Review
Feature Photography (under 25,000 circulation)
Winner: John Lappa, Sudbury Star
- Runner-up: Elliot Ferguson, Kingston Whig-Standard
- Runner-up: Clifford Skarstedt, Peterborough Examiner
Feature Writing (over 25,000 circulation)
Winner: Nicole O’Reilly, Hamilton Spectator
- Runner-up: Sebastian Bron, Hamilton Spectator
- Runner-up: Katrina Clarke, Hamilton Spectator
Feature Writing (under 25,000 circulation)
Winner: Cory Smith, Stratford Beacon Herald
- Runner-up: Elliot Ferguson, Kingston Whig-Standard
- Runner-up: Denis Langlois, Owen Sound Sun Times
General News Feature
Winner: Sebastian Bron, Hamilton Spectator
- Runner-up: Joanna Frketich, Hamilton Spectator
- Runner-up: Trevor Wilhelm, Windsor Star
Sports Photography (over 25,000 circulation)
Winner: Dan Janisse, Windsor Star
- Runner-up: Mike Hensen, London Free Press
- Runner-up: Cory Smith, Stratford Beacon Herald
Sports Photography (under 25,000 circulation)
Winner: Mark Malone, Chatham Daily News
- Runner-up: Clifford Skarstedt, Peterborough Examiner
- Runner-up: Elliot Ferguson, Kingston Whig-Standard
Sports Writing
Winner: Steve Milton, Hamilton Spectator
- Runner-up: Josh Brown, Waterloo Region Record
- Runner-up: Cory Smith, Stratford Beacon Herald
Spot News Photography (over 25,000 circulation)
Winner: Nick Brancaccio, Windsor Star
- Runner-up: Mike Hensen, London Free Press
- Runner-up: Dan Janisse, Windsor Star
Spot News Photography (under 25,000 circulation)
Winner: Clifford Skarstedt, Peterborough Examiner
- Runner-up: Brian Thompson, Brantford Expositor
- Runner-up: Luke Hendry, Belleville Intelligencer
Spot News Writing (over 25,000 circulation)
Winner: London Free Press team entry, Patrick Maloney, Jonathan Juha, Jane Sims, Randy Richmond, Dale Carruthers, Jennifer Bieman, Norman De Bono and Heather Rivers
- Runner-up: London Free Press team entry, Dan Brown, Calvi Leon, Dale Carruthers and Megan Stacey
- Runner-up: Trevor Wilhelm, The Windsor Star
Spot News Writing (under 25,000 circulation)
Winner: Harold Carmichael, Sudbury Star
- Runner-up: Galen Simmons, Stratford Beacon Herald
- Runner-up: Luke Hendry, The Belleville Intelligencer
Video Production
Winner: Mike Hensen, London Free Press
- Runner-up: Brad Demers, St. Catharines Standard