Chronicle brings home TPA Ideas awards

CROSSVILLE The Crossville Chronicle brought home a number of awards from the Tennessee Press Association (TPA) Ideas Contest, including sweeps of best self-promotion of a newspaper and best Internet banner or tile ad categories.

Pauline Sherrer, publisher, said, "I am so proud of our entire newspaper staff, from the advertising and composition staff, to the editorial staff, circulation, classified advertising and bookkeeping departments, mail room/inserters and press room, for their hard work and dedication to promoting our local businesses in a first-class newspaper. We are thankful for the support of our local business and retail community for allowing us to serve the Upper Cumberland region both in the newspaper and online."

The TPA contest included more than 820 entries from 30 newspapers and were judged by the Arkansas Press Association.

The Crossville Chronicle took first, second and third place in the best self-promotion of a newspaper in the non-daily newspaper with 5,000 and greater paid circulation for the Spot on Advertising campaign and Readers' Choice publication. Other awards include:

Second place for best sales promotion for a retailer for McCulley Siding and Windows;

First place, best black and white ad, Brownstone Day Spa;

Second place, best feature page or pages, Breast Cancer Awareness;

Third place, best feature page or pages, Spring Cleaning Time;

First place best 1/4-page or smaller ad, Villa Del Funk;

Second place best furniture and/or appliance ad, Mayberry's Home Furnishings;

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Chronicle brings home TPA Ideas awards