
| Category Number & Name | Entrant | Title | Place | Venue | |
| 2 | Continuing coverage or unfolding news | Janet Boyer | Six-article series on Army range expansion plans | 1st | Delta Wind |
| 2 | Investigative/ Enterprise Reporting | Sonya Senkowsky | "ASTF End in Sight" | 1st | Science Scene, Anchorage Chronicle |
| 6A | Feature Story (non-daily newspaper) | Linda McCarriston | "Making Meaning: The Elves of Orwell's Workshop | 1st | Art Matters, supplement to the Anchorage Press |
| 6C | Feature Story (publication for general or specialized circulation) | Dee Gould | "Life's Voice Lessons | HM | NorthVIEW News Magazine |
| 6C | Feature Story (publication for general or specialized circulation) | Sonya Senkowsky | "High-tech surveillance: Adapting new technology | 1st | Bioscience Magazine |
| 7 | Personality Profile | Dee Gould | "Interview: Ken Freedman" | HM | NorthVIEW News Magazine |
| 7 | Personality Profile | Sonya Senkowsky | "Gangloff's Gang" | 1st | Alaska Magazine |
| 8E | Special Articles (science, ecology, environment) | Sonya Senkowsky | "In Search of the Stinkbug" and "Icebreaking Expedition Leads to Arctic Discovery" | 1st | Science Scene, Anchorage Magazine |
| 8E | Special Articles (science, ecology, environment) | Sonya Senkowsky | "Testing the Waters of the Yukon" and "Biologists Study Alaska Bugs' Antifreeze" | 2nd | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and National Geographic News |
| 8H | Special Articles (history | Marilyn Jordan | "They Brought ‘Em and Forgot ‘Em: Aleut Relocation To Southeast Alaska" and "Petersburg Writers Celebrate 16 Years" | 1st | Alaska Southeaster Magazine |
| 9A | Personal Columns (general) | Elise Patkotak | "Chalk Up Another of Life's Lessons" and "If the End is Near, Have a Pop Tart" | 1st | Voice of the Times, Anchorage Daily News |
| 9B | Personal Columns (general) | Dee Gould | "Spotlight on a Sponsor: Ken Freedman" and "Spotlight on a Sponsor: Jill Hoelting" | 3rd | Alaska Women Speak |
| 9B | Personal Columns (general) | Elise Patkotak | "There are Alternatives to the Pledge" and "Abuse Thrives in Isolated Islands" | 2nd | Voice of the Times, Anchorage Daily News |
| 9B | Personal Columns (general) | Sonya Senkowsky | "Backyard Camera Reveals More Than We Want to Know" and "Close-up Look Blurs Lines of Distinction" | 1st | Home on the Edge, Anchorage Chronicle |
| 17B | Photography in Non-daily Newspaper (feature photo) | Dee Gould | "Inspiration (Susitna Sunset)" | HM | Art Matters, supplement to the Anchorage Press |
| 19E | Photograph in Printed Publication Other Than Daily Newspaper (rotating subject: America the Beautiful) | Dee Gould | "Turnagain Arm, Anchorage" | HM | Alaska Women Speak |
| 22 | Photographer- Writer | Sonya Senkowsky | "Foresters Take First Steps in War on Birch-leaf Miners | 2nd | The Anchorage Chronicle |
| 24A | Prepared Report (radio) | Sonya Senkowsky | "Devil's Club: Alaska's Thorny Future" | 1st | |
| 24B | Prepared Report (TV) | Rhonda McBride | "In a Different Light" | 1st | KTUU-TV |
| 25B | Special Programming (TV) | Rhonda McBride | "Drug Court: Lives in the Balance, Parts 1-3" | 1st | KTUU-TV |
| 26B | Special Reporting Series (TV) | Rhonda McBride | "Wrangell Institute: Legacy of Shame, Parts 1-3" | 1st | KTUU-TV |
| 29B | Interview (TV) | Rhonda McBride | "Consider This: Patti Godfrey, One Year Later" | 1st | KTUU-TV |
| 29B | Talk Show (TV) | Rhonda McBride | "Consider This: From Holy Cross to Hollywood" | 2nd | KTUU-TV |
| 32A | Writing for the Web (not for profit or educational organization) | Dee Gould | "Building Alaska's Dream Homes" | 2nd | Alaska Women's Network |
| 32B | Writing for the Web (corporate or for-profit corporation) | Judith Fuerst Griffin | www.wordwrangling.com | 2nd | (web site) |
| 32E | Writing for the Web (feature article written specifically for the web) | Pam Eldridge | "Adventures in Publishing" | 1st
| Alaska Press Women Acrticulation |
| 34B | Web Site Development/Creation (corporate or For-profit organization) | Judith Fuerst Griffin | www.wordwrangling.com | 1st | web site |
| 45B | Audiovisuals (video productions) | Margaret Lanier Kossler | "Sounds and Silence" | 1st | Alaska Department of Health and Social Services |
| 46A | Annual Report (external) | Carol Gales | "Promoting Healthy Choices: Norton Sound Health Corp. 2002 Annual Report" | 1st | Norton Sound Health Corporation |
| 46A | Annual Report (external) | Judy Koskela | "Girl Scouts Susitna Council 2002 Report to the Community" | 3rd | Girl Scouts Susitna Council |
| 46A | Annual Report (external) | Sherrie Simmonds | "AHFC 2002 Annual Report" | 2nd | Alaska Housing Finance Corporation |
| 49A | Newsletter (one-to three-color) | Pat Richardson | "Esprit de Corps" | 2nd | Public Affairs Office, Army Corps of Engineers |
| 49B | Newsletter (four-color) | Carol Gales | "Kaniqsirugut News #54" | 1st | Kaniqsirugut News |
| 50B | Brochure (four-color) | Margaret Lanier Kossler | "ONHS Brochure Series" | 1st | Alaska Department of Health and Social Services |
| 57 | Speeches | Marilyn Jordan George | "Let Me Go To Where the Cement Grows" | 2nd | Cruise West |
| 57 | Speeches | Marilyn Jordan George | "'There can be no compromise' were President Teddy Roosevelt's Instructions to the 1903 Border Tribunal" | HM | Alaska Historical Society |
| 61A | Nonfiction Book (general) | Elaine Rhode | "Wild Wonders, Wild Lands--National Wildlife Refuges of Alaska | 2nd | |
| 63 | Juvenile Book | Dianne Barske | "Two Bears There—The Story of Ahpun and Oreo | 2nd | |