Best Design and Layout
Finalists Waranga News, Ferntree Gully News and Traf News
Winner Warrandyte Diary
Best News Feature Story
Finalists Churchill and District News and Warrandyte Diary
Winner Carisbrook Mercury
Best Editorial
Finalists Signpost Community Magazine and The Local
Winner Landsborough and District News
Best Photograph
Finalists Warrandyte Diary and Tallangatta Herald
Winner Winchelsea Star
Best community content
Finalists Landsborough and District News and Winchelsea Star
Winner Warrandyte Diary
Best History Story
Finalists Creswick District News and Village Bell
Winner Chewton Chat
Best sports reporting
Finalists Carisbrook Mercury and Warrandyte Diary
Winner Traf News
Best article by a person 18 years or younger
Finalists The Pinnacle and Stratford Town Crier
Winner Ferntree Gully News
Best Newspaper
Finalists Ferntree Gully News and Traf News
Winner Warrandyte Diary