Up & Coming Weekly has a long tradition of winning awards for story writing, graphic design, and photography, and we are excited to continue that tradition through 2025.
UCW writer Anna White has been announced as the third place winner in the Lifestyle Reporting category in the 2025 Green Eyeshade Awards. The journalism contest has been open to journalists and publications across the southeastern United States since 1950. Awards are given for print, digital, radio and television media.
Known as one of the oldest regional journalism contests in the nation, the Green Eyeshades are managed by the Society of Professional Journalists.
The awards are open to journalists from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Articles for submission are judged by professional journalists, both active and retired.
White's winning article, Dorothy Gilmore Adaptive Recreation Center, Where Abilities and dis-Abilities become POSS-Abilities, was a feature article in our Sept. 4, 2024 edition. Readers can find the article online at https://bit.ly/4lFA7Du
White has been writing for Up & Coming Weekly for a year and a half, and it has been my pleasure to edit her articles each week. Her ability to interview people in the community and get to the heart of the subject come through with every article she writes. From articles about the trails at Carvers Creek to features detailing the latest events at the Cape Fear Botanical Garden, White's UCW resume covers a lot of ground in Cumberland County.
On behalf of the entire Up & Coming Weekly team, congratulations, Anna White!