The Anna Maria Island Sun won three awards in the Florida Press Association’s 2020 weekly Newspaper Contest on July 31.
First place in the Outdoor and Recreation category was awarded to Cindy Lane for a series of articles on duck hunting near Perico Preserve, Robinson Preserve and Neal Preserve.
Second place in the humorous column category went to Cindy Lane for “Florida flotsam washes up on European beaches,” a story about plastic cups from an Anna Maria Island beach restaurant that were discovered along Europe’s Atlantic coastline.
Third place in local government reporting was awarded to Joe Hendricks for a series on the removal of Australian pine trees from Coquina Beach in the city of Bradenton Beach.
