There were about 570 entries in this year's contest.

Some judges braved long drives through several inches of new snow to help pick the winners of this year’s In-Print contest on March 31.

The judging took place in Salt Lake City, in the offices of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Printing Division. LDS staff members Karen Pixton, Judy Alred and Emily Butler had graciously spent weeks sorting and cataloging the 567 entries.

Fresh snow covered the ground on the morning of the judging, but the hardy judges (one of whom had a 90-mile drive) all made it. They were:

• Ron Anderson, Weber State University

• Larry Clements, Redlands Community College

• Kevin Field, City of Virginia Beach, IPMA Awards Chairman

• Terry Johnson, Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators

• Brent Pulley, formerly of Banta, now with xpedx

• Dale Smith, Utah State University

A hard-working, dedicated group, they discussed the merits (and flaws) of entries in detail, checking entry forms for additional information and giving careful thought to each decision they made. The winners list included a mixture of new names (e.g. Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, Montana State University) and familiar ones.

The top winner, once again, was this month’s cover story subject, the University of Oklahoma, which claimed 11 awards. The University of Delaware won an impressive seven awards, while the University of North Texas was close behind with six. Collecting five prizes were the University of Texas-Houston and the Church of Jesus Christ of LDS.

Overall, 85 winners were picked. The prizes—elegant laminated plaques featuring a photo of the winning piece—will be presented at an awards ceremony on June 7, in Tunica, Miss., the final day of the IPMA conference. That’s also when the In-Print Best of Show winner will be revealed. Debuting soon on the IPG Web site will be a video of the judging.

To find out which in-plants won, visit one of these two links:

• Winners Listed by Company/Organization: www.ipgonline.com/story/story.bsp?sid=95817&var=story

• Winners Listed by Category: www.ipgonline.com/story/story.bsp?sid=95816&var=story