Best Design and Layout
Finalists Burwood Bulletin and Winchelsea Star
Winner Thomson Times
Best Photograph
Finalists Landsborough & District News and The Koo Wee Rup Blackfish
Winner The Blackwood Times
Best Editorial Comment
Finalists Chewton Chat and Stratford Town Crier
Winner Ferntree Gully News
Best News Feature
Finalists The Pinnacle and Lorne Independent
Winner Chewton Chat
Best History Story
Finalists Thomson Times, Winchelsea Star and The Foothills
Winner Burwood Bulletin
Best article by a person 18 years or younger
Finalists The Otway Light and Rowville-Lysterfield Community News
Winner Tallangatta Herald
Best Sports Reporting
Finalists Great Gisborne Gazette and Flemington-Kensington News
Winner Churchill & District News
Best Community Content
Finalists The Pinnacle and Studfield Wantirna News
Winner The New Woodend Star
Best Newspaper
Finalists Carisbrook Mercury and Winchelsea Star
Winner Traf News