FWAA Best Writing Contest

The FWAA's annual Best Writing Contest now stretches over 32 years and has become one of the organziation's institutions. Each year, winners are awarded if four categories and then a Beat Writer of the Year is named in honor of Steve Ellis. Cash prizes and commemorative footballs from The Big Game are among the prizes awarded to the winners each year of the contest presented by collegepressbox.

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32ND ANNUAL BEST WRITING CONTEST PRESENTED BY COLLEGEPRESSBOX RESULTS (2023 SEASON)

GAME STORY

1. Matt Fortuna, The Inside Zone: The end of the trail for Pac-12 football
2. Jesse Temple, The Athletic
3. Matt Baker, Tampa Bay Times
Honorable Mention: Ron Higgins (ShreveportBossierJournal.com), Rich Scarcella (Reading Eagle).

ENTERPRISE

1. David Hale, ESPN.com: The unusual story of Isi Etute
2. Adam Sparks, Knoxville News Sentinel
3. Dave Wilson, ESPN.com
Honorable Mention: Alex Scarbrough and Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com), Chris Low (ESPN.com), Ross Dellenger (Yahoo Sports).

FEATURE

1. Chris Low, ESPN.com: Fifty-three years later, memories from the Marshall tragedy remain vivid
2. David Barron, Houston Chronicle
3. Alex Scarbrough, ESPN.com
Honorable Mention: Ron Higgins (ShreveportBossierJournal.com), Eric Hansen (Inside ND Sports), Chris Hummer (247Sports), Ian Taylor (Seneca Journal).

COLUMN

1. Ross Dellenger, Yahoo Sports: NCAA creating weird rules during weird times
2. Chris Hummer, 247Sports
3. Ryan McGee, ESPN.com
Honorable Mention: Tom Shatel (Omaha World-Herald), David Hale (ESPN.com), Brian Howell (Boulder Daily Camera).