2006 CNAV Awards

Best Layout Finalists    Lorne Independent and Stratford Town Crier Winner    Burwood Bulletin Best Young People’s article Finalists    Carisbrook Mercury and Traf News Winner    Upper Gully News Best Editorial Finalists    Thomson Times and Philippine Times Winner  ...

2007 CNAV Awards

Best Layout Finalists Traf News and Great Gisborne Gazette Winner Warrandyte Diary Best Historic article Finalists Yackity Yak and Burwood Bulletin Winner Great Gisborne Gazette Best Sports article Finalists Beeac district News and Traf News Winner Heyfield &...

2008 CNAV Awards

Best editorial writing Finalists Thomson Times and Beeac District News Winner Lorne Independent Best publication 12 pages or under Finalists Kyneton Connect and Bass Valley News Winner Carisbrook Mercury Best article by someone under 18 Finalists Upper Gully News and...

2009 CNAV Awards

  Best young people’s article Finalists Signpost Magazine and Stratford Town Crier Winner Traf News Best news reporting Finalists Bass Valley News and Welcome Record Winner Thomson Times Best Newsletter Finalists Newstead Echo and Bass Valley News Winner Kyneton...

2010 CNAV Awards

Best Community Reporting Finalists Meredith & District News and East Loddon Community News Winner Waranga News Best Editorial Finalists Springdale Messenger and Traf News Winner Noojee News Best General Feature Story Finalists The Pinnacle Winner Ferntree Gully...

2011 CNAV Awards

Best News Reporting Finalists Bass Valley News and Lorne Independent Winner Carisbrook Mercury Best Community Content Finalists Waranga News and Carisbrook Mercury Winner Blackwood News Best Editorial Comment Finalists Lorne Independent and Chewton Chat Winner...

2012 CNAV Awards

Best Feature Story Finalists Lorne Independent and Bayswater Buzz Winner The Otway Light Best News Report Winner The Guildford Globe Best Editorial Comment Finalists Bayswater Buzz and Signpost Community Magazine Winner Chewton Chat Best History Story Finalists...

2013 CNAV Awards

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...

2014 CNAV Awards

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...

2015 CNAV Awards

Best Design and Layout Finalists The GREAT Gisborne Gazette and Waranga News Winner Warrandyte Diary There is no doubt the CNAV Annual Awards stimulate the drive for excellence among member newspapers. The overall quality of design in the 13 entries in this section is...

2016 CNAV Awards

Best Design and Layout – Winner Studfield Wantirna News This is a wonderful community newsletter: a pleasure to scan for articles and read. What is excellent about this newsletter is the choice of size, paper, colour and tone of heading typeface. It is a good...

2016 Conference

CNAV’s 2016 conference was held at Bendigo on Saturday, 8 October See the Conferences page for more details.

2017 CNAV Awards

  Best Community Content It has been a formidable task to read and judge nineteen community newsletters/newspapers submitted from all around Victoria. My initial and overall impression was one of admiration and total respect for all of the volunteers who...

2017 Conference

14 October 2017 CNAV’s 2017 conference was held at Traralgon on Saturday, 14 October See the Conferences page for more info, including photos of the day.

2018 CNAV Awards

  Best layout and design Winner: Studfield Wantirna Community News This newsletter has a traditional format but cleverly uses a modern friendly typeface and brush stroke col- ours in the background to make it feel more ‘for the community’ rather than a corporate...

2018 Conference

13 October 2018 CNAV’s 2018 conference venue has been decided – RACV Goldfields Resort near Creswick. The date is 13th October 2018, which is the 2nd Saturday of October. See the Conferences page for more info.

2019 CNAV Awards

CNAV Awards 2019 On Saturday, 12 October sixteen different papers were recognised across nine categories for their work.  Award winners and finalists, with judges comments are listed below, together with hyperlinks to the winning entries (where they are available)....

2019 Conference

Saturday 12 October 2019 CNAV’s 2019 conference venue will be The York on Lilydale. The date is 12th October 2019, which is the 2nd Saturday of October. See the Conferences page for more info.

2020 CNAV Awards

On Saturday, 14 November the annual CNAV Awards were livestreamed to our membership – allowing the association to celebrate the achievements of its member publications in a COVID Safe way. Winners, Finalists and Special Mentions are listed below with links...

2023 Conference

Saturday 21 October 2023 CNAV’s 2023 conference venue will be Mercure Hotel North Melbourne. For more information and for award nominations and booking, see the Conference page