Arts FeatureDivision AASecond PlaceWBUR - “Why A Plymouth Native Saved His Town's Historic Summer Stock Stage”First PlaceWBUR - “Beatboxer ‘Beardyman’ Stretches Limits Of The Human Voice”

Division ASecond PlaceVermont Public Radio - “After More Than 40 Years, Passionate Music Teacher Puts Down His Baton”First PlaceWLRN News - “Don Quixote at 400: Why The Spanish Loon Flies Higher Than Ever”

Division BSecond PlaceInterlochen Public Radio - “Opera: relevant or outdated?”First PlaceWCAI - “Creative Life: Carmina Burana”

Division CSecond PlaceWPSU - FM - “"Good Kids" Dramatizes The Steubenville, Ohio Rape Case At Penn State”First PlaceMarfa Public Radio - “Marfa’s Famous 'Food Shark' Gets Its Own Emoji”

Best Multi-Media PresentationDivision AASecond PlaceKWMU - FM - “One year in Ferguson”First PlaceWNYC Radio - “Being 12: The Year Everything Changes”

Division ASecond PlaceInside Energy LJC - “Blackout: Reinventing The Grid”First PlaceKPCC - “Officer Involved”

Division BSecond PlaceNew England Public Radio - “Words in Transit”First PlaceWFYI - “Intersections: Indy's Bold Effort To Address Crime At Its Roots”

Division CFirst PlaceWFIU - “Indiana's Response To The HIV Epidemic”

Best Use of SoundDivision AASecond PlaceKWMU - FM - “Bugs do their sexting via plant stem”First PlaceWHYY - FM - “Is your surgeon listening to Metallica? Possibly.”

Division ASecond PlaceNorthwest News Network - “Dry Vegetation Fuels Wildfire Near Walla Walla”First PlaceWABE - “Confedrate Flag Rally”

Division BSecond PlaceHawaii Public Radio - “Buried But Not Forgotten: Pāhoa Families Return to Cemetery”First PlaceAlabama Public Radio - “Bloody Sunday”

Division CSecond PlaceWSKG - “Hospitality Students Eye Future Resort At Tioga Downs”First PlaceJefferson Public Radio - “To Shoot Or Not To Shoot”

Best WritingDivision AASecond PlaceChicagoPublic Radio/WBEZ - “Need to get out of swim class? Find Dr. Fong.”First PlaceWBUR - “Tsarnaev Relatives Take Stand In Emotional Day Of Testimony”

Division ASecond PlaceNorthwest News Network - “Amid Fires, Downed Fences Make Good Neighbors”First PlaceMaine Public Broadcasting Network - “Saying Goodbye To The Family, On His Own Terms”

Division BSecond PlaceWVXU - “Take A Trip Inside Ohio's Lucky Cat Museum”First PlaceNashvillePublic Radio - “Oral Histories Reveal Decades Of Closeted LGBT Lives In Nashville”

Division CFirst PlaceWCMU-FM/CMU Public Radio - “Reindeer Man”

Breaking NewsDivision AASecond PlaceWNYC Radio - “East Village Explosion”First PlaceWHYY - FM - “WHYY/NewsWorks coverage of Amtrak train 188 crash”

Division ASecond PlaceWFAE - “Randall Kerrick Hung Jury”First PlaceWLRN News - “The First Fifteen Hours of Same Sex Marriage in Florida”

Division BSecond PlaceWFDD - “One Student Fatally Shot At Winston-Salem State University”First PlaceKBIA - FM - “A Historic Day at the University of Missouri”

Division CSecond PlaceMarfa Public Radio - “Recap of West Texas Weekend Blizzard”First PlaceWBGO - “Governor Christie Runs For President”

Call-in ProgramDivision AASecond PlaceChicagoPublic Radio/WBEZ - “Morning Shift: Reactions to the Laquan McDonald video”First PlaceWBUR - “Tsarnaev Sentenced To Death: Special Coverage”

Division ASecond PlaceKQED Public Radio - “Is the Tech Boom the New Gold Rush? A History of California's Booms and Busts”First PlaceWLRN News - “The Florida Roundup: Family Searches For Answers In Shooting Death Of Corey Jones”

Division BFirst PlaceWVXU - “Cincinnati Edition: Learning More About The Muslim Community In Greater Cincinnati”

Division CSecond PlaceJefferson Public Radio - “The Jefferson Exchange: The Umpqua Aftermath And Other School Shootings”First PlaceKGNU - “What happens to our bodies after death?”

CommentaryDivision AASecond PlaceKERA - 90.1 Dallas - “Secrets In The Classroom”First PlaceWGBH - “'Tomorrow Is Not Promised': Life After Hurricane Katrina”

Division ASecond PlaceKALW - “The problem with "sounding white"”First PlaceVermont Public Radio - “Mulley: Not One More”

Division BSecond PlaceWIUM/WIUW - FM - “The "F" Word”First PlaceWUWM/Milwaukee Public Radio - “Auslander”

Division CSecond PlaceYouth Radio - “Parenting A Parent”First PlaceMarfa Public Radio - “A Conquered Flag Whose Time has Come to Furl”

Continuing CoverageDivision AASecond PlaceWNYC Radio - “Pope Francis Visits NYC”First PlaceWBUR - “Inside The Boston Marathon Bombing Trial”

Division ASecond PlaceMinnesota Public Radio - “Crisis on the Iron Range”First PlaceNew Hampshire Public Radio - “Abuse and Neglect at Lakeview”

Division BSecond PlaceWITF FM - “Central Pennsylvania's Heroin Epidemic”First PlaceNorth Country Public Radio - “Dannemora: escape, manhunt and repercussions”

Division CSecond PlaceWPSU - FM - “Proposed Student Housing Complex Raises Worries Over State College Water Supply”First PlaceWUFT FM - “Florida Black Bear Hunt”

Enterprise/InvestigativeDivision AASecond PlaceCapital Public Radio - “Investigating Use of Force (Compilation)”First PlaceKJZZ 91.5 FM - “Arizona Corporation Commission Investigation”

Division ASecond PlaceNew Hampshire Public Radio - “Abuse and Neglect at Lakeview”First PlaceKPCC - “Officer Involved”

Division BSecond PlaceWyoming Public Radio - “Should We Put Kids On The Sex Offender Registry?”First PlaceKUNM FM - “Poisoned Earth: Albuquerque's Toxic Secret”

Division CSecond PlaceWKMS - “Double Homicide Remains Unsolved 35 Years Later, Family and Law Enforcement Reach Out to FBI”First PlaceWFIU - “The Hidden Price Of Prison: Calls Cost Inmates’ Families”

InterviewDivision AASecond PlaceWBUR - “‘Juror 83’ Is First Tsarnaev Juror To Speak About Trial Experience, Death Penalty Decision”First PlaceMichigan Radio - “Living through the Flint water crisis”

Division ASecond PlaceKPLU - “Meet The Doctor Who Saves Doctors”First PlaceWNPR - Connecticut Public Radio - “Beyond Mark Twain: A Conversation with Hal Holbrook”

Division BSecond PlaceKMUW - “Wichita Native Sheinelle On Her Journey To The Today Show”First PlaceNorth Country Public Radio - “SUNY Potsdam professor who received hate letters speaks out”

Division CSecond PlaceWBGO - “David Hyde Pierce”First PlaceWPSU - FM - “Take Note: The Ford Pinto Case”

Long DocumentaryDivision AASecond PlaceMichigan Radio - “Not Safe to Drink”First PlaceKERA - 90.1 Dallas - “Surviving Ebola”

Division ASecond PlaceKPLU - “Renaissance Beach: A KPLU News Special On One Southeast Seattle School's Turnaround”First PlaceWAMU - “Breaking Ground: Lower Income, Higher Ed”

Division BFirst PlaceKMUW - “The Pieces That Remain; Remembering the Wichita State Plane Crash”

Division CSecond PlaceKAZU - “Monterey Bay Chronicles”First PlaceKUAR - “Sundays With TJ”

Student Hard FeatureDivision DSecond PlaceWIUM/WIUW - FM - “Deleted But Not Gone”First PlaceWest Virginia Public Radio - “West Virginia's Syrian Story”

Student NewscastDivision DSecond PlaceWFUV - “Katie Meyer Newscast 12-4-15”First PlaceWFUV - “Rob Palazzolo Newscast 11-4-15”

Student Soft FeatureDivision DSecond PlaceNorth Country Public Radio - “They had 24 hours to make a movie. Lots went wrong. But they won.”First PlaceWLRN News - “A Rock Camp For Girls Will Come To Miami This Summer”

Student Spot NewsDivision DSecond PlaceWLRN News - “A French Musician Finds Niche With South Florida Audiences”First PlaceWFUV - “Navigating the Subway with a Disability”

Nationally Edited Breaking NewsAll DivisionsSecond PlaceKCUR - “Racial Unrest at the University of Missouri”First PlaceNashvillePublic Radio - “Restaurant Sets An Empty Table For Chattanooga Shooting Victims”

Nationally Edited Continuing CoverageAll DivisionsSecond PlaceWSHU Public Radio - “Sandy Homeowners Victimized Twice: First by the Storm, then by Insurance Companies”First PlaceWCPN ideastream - “137 Shots: The Trial of Michael Brelo”

Nationally Edited News FeatureAll DivisionsSecond PlaceGeorgia Public Radio - “Infant Mortality: A Health Crisis in the AFrican American South”First PlaceKeystone Crossroads LJC - “The Immigrants It Once Shut Out Bring New Life To Pennsylvania Town”

Nationally Edited SeriesAll DivisionsFirst PlaceNorth Country Public Radio - “All You Know is the Room in Here: a close look at solitary confinement”

Nationally Edited Soft FeatureAll DivisionsSecond PlaceNorth Country Public Radio - “Is this the most beautiful swimming hole in the Adirondacks?”First PlaceKPLU - “The Unlikely Stars Of Americans' Favorite Video Games”

News FeatureDivision AASecond PlaceChicagoPublic Radio/WBEZ - “Illinois' child welfare system leaves kids stuck in jail”First PlaceKUOW-FM - “Why Is There So Much Prostitution On Aurora Avenue In Seattle?”

Division ASecond PlaceKeystone Crossroads LJC - “Pennsylvania’s municipal pensions are underfunded by $7.7 billion, and here's why”First PlaceNew Hampshire Public Radio - “Report: N.H. Judges Illegally Jail Poor People Who Can't Pay Fines”

Division BSecond PlaceNew England Public Radio - “In Heroin Crisis, Grandparents Seek Allies Raising Grandchildren”First PlaceNorth Country Public Radio - “Massena absorbs a body blow, and asks what's next after Alcoa”

Division CSecond PlaceWFIU - “Syrian Refugees Seek Homes In Indiana”First PlaceKUAR - “911 Systems In Arkansas Decentralized, Underfunded”

News/Public Affairs ProgramDivision AASecond PlaceKERA - 90.1 Dallas - “One Crisis Away At The Holidays: A Special From Texas Standard”First PlaceWHYY - FM - “The Pulse Goes to School”

Division ASecond PlaceWAMU - “The 51st State, Or The Last Colony?”First PlaceKUHF - Houston Public Radio - “Houston Matters: Remembering Katrina”

Division BSecond PlaceWyoming Public Radio - “Open Spaces”First PlaceKBIA - FM - “Intersection - Voices from a Historic Monday at the University of Missouri”

Division CSecond PlaceWFIU - “A Talk At The Uptown With Outgoing Bloomington Mayor Kruzan”First PlaceWFUV - “Cityscape: Tawking the Tawk”

NewscastDivision AASecond PlaceWBUR - “WBUR Newscast 06/25/15”First PlaceKERA - 90.1 Dallas - “North Texans Left To Deal With Tornado Aftermath”

Division ASecond PlaceWKSU - FM - “WKSU 'All Things Considered'”First PlaceVermont Public Radio - “VPR 2016 PRNDI Entry: Newscast”

Division BSecond PlaceWFDD - “WFDD Newscast July 14, 2015”First PlaceNashvillePublic Radio - “September 11, 6:04 am newscast”

Division CSecond PlaceWFUV - “Morning Newscast 11-19-15”First PlaceWBGO - “WBGO News Update with Glenn Crespo”

PodcastDivision AASecond PlaceWNYC Radio - “The Season, Episode 8: "The Worst Part About Our Sport"”First PlaceWBUR - “Finish Line”

Division ASecond PlaceWest Virginia Public Radio - “Us & Them”First PlaceKQED Public Radio - “When a Stranger Gives You $125 Million”

Division BSecond PlaceWyoming Public Radio - “Human Nature: When A Search & Rescue Becomes A Search For Something Else”First PlaceNashvillePublic Radio - “Movers & Thinkers #4: Negotiators”

Division CSecond PlaceWBGO - “SportsJam with Doug Doyle”First PlaceWFUV - “Issues Tank: Gimme Shelter”

Independent DivisionSecond PlaceOut There - “Failure in Success”First PlaceValley of Smoke - “Your Boyfriend's No Rocket Scientist, Part 1”

SeriesDivision AASecond PlaceWNYC Radio - “The Season”First PlaceWNYC Radio - “The Long Way Home”

Division ASecond PlaceKeystone Crossroads LJC - “Pennsylvania Pensions: Is the Promise Broken?”First PlaceKPCC - “Future of Water”

Division BSecond PlaceNew England Public Radio - “Pipeline Road Trip”First PlaceWYPR - “On the Watch: Fixing the Fractured Relationship Between Baltimore's Police and Its Communities”

Division CSecond PlaceMarfa Public Radio - “Lines in the Land: Stories about Lines that Define Life in West Texas”First PlaceMarfa Public Radio - “Central American Migration: New Concerns As Numbers Rise”

Short DocumentaryDivision AASecond PlaceWHYY - FM - “Turnaround: A Year Inside A Strawberry Mansion Elementary School”First PlaceCapital Public Radio - “Undocumented Student “Feels Like An American Girl””

Division ASecond PlaceWLRN News - “How A Tourist Murder Shaped Juvenile Sentencing in Florida”First PlaceWLRN News - “South Florida's Graffiti Problem In the '90s Had An Emblem: Crook Crome”

Division BSecond PlaceNew England Public Radio - “The Path To Primary Care: Who Will Be The Next Generation Of Front-line Doctors?”First PlaceAlabama Public Radio - “More Bridges To Cross”

Soft FeatureDivision AASecond PlaceWNYC Radio - “A Child Moves from 'She' to 'He' With Confidence”First PlaceKUT 90.5 FM - “KUT: The Missing Tortoise of South Austin”

Division ASecond PlaceKALW - “How to stake your place in line for California’s precious water”First PlaceKALW - “Band of volunteers keeps an eye on SF bond projects”

Division BSecond PlaceKUNC - “One Way to Ease Dementia? Try Bringing Nature into the Nursing Home”First PlaceInterlochen Public Radio - “Behind bars, transformation through poetry”

Division CSecond PlaceWBAA - “Changing Opinions Make Harvest An Ordeal For Farmers On The Road”First PlaceKCBX - “Local Lingo: How do you say Cambria?”

Sports FeatureDivision AASecond PlaceKCUR - “Win Or Lose, Someone In The Butera Family Is Going To The World Series”First PlaceKUOW-FM - “The Surprising Place Where Some Seahawks Fans Gather”

Division ASecond PlaceWCPN ideastream - “Cavs Look to End Northeast Ohio’s 51 Year Title Drought”First PlaceWLRN News - “Shark Attack On The Beach! Footvolley's Popularity Taking Off In Florida, The U.S.”

Division BSecond PlaceWyoming Public Radio - “Bullfighters Take Their Jobs Seriously”First PlaceNashvillePublic Radio - “Black And White Basketball Teams First Faced Off In Nashville 50 Years Ago”

Division CSecond PlaceMarfa Public Radio - “An International Race Reconnects El Paso & Juarez”First PlaceWSKG - “Dads, College Guys Test Their Rides At Watkins Glen Opening Day”

Spot NewsDivision AASecond PlaceKUOW-FM - “Guess Who's Helping Seattle Homeless Veterans? Syrian Refugees”First PlaceWHYY - FM - “Skatable sculptures visit Paine's Park”

Division ASecond PlaceWLRN News - “Farmers Ask For A State Of Emergency As Crops Drown In The Field”First PlaceNorthwest News Network - “Gun Rights Rally Spills Into Capitol Building”

Division BSecond PlaceWYPR - “Freddie Gray Protests Continue Amid Fury, Calling For Accountability”First PlaceNashvillePublic Radio - “Nashville Gets A Museum To The Negro Leagues — Created By Second Graders”

Division CSecond PlaceWFUV - “Digital Divide: Foster Kids Face Down Digital Barriers”First PlaceWBGO - “2015 NYC Disability Pride Parade”