TULSA, Okla. (AP) - The Oklahoman, the Stillwater News Press and The Claremore Daily Progress won top awards Saturday in the Associated Press/Oklahoma News Executives competition.
Each newspaper finished first among newspapers of similar size in the general excellence category. The Oklahoman won among larger newspaper, the Stillwater News Press won among medium-size newspapers and The Claremore Daily Progress won among smaller newspapers.
The newspapers were judged based on total content over a period of three consecutive days selected at random during 2013.
The winners were announced Saturday night in Tulsa. AP-member newspapers in Idaho, Utah and Washington state judged the contest.
The AP/Oklahoma News Executives competition is open to newspapers that are regular members of The Associated Press news cooperative. The competition attracted more than 600 entries across 20 writing and photography categories.
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