Better Newspapers Competition (BNC) 
General Excellence 2019

Class A

Best Overall

1. Fort Macleod Gazette
2. Elk Point Review
3. Bashaw Star

Best Editorial Page

1. Bashaw Star
2. Fort Macleod Gazette
3. Westwind Weekly News

Best Front Page

1. Fort Macleod Gazette
2. Elk Point Review
3. High Prairie South Peace News

Best Sports Page/Section

1. Consort Enterprise
2. Bashaw Star
3. Fort Macleod Gazette

Class B

Best Overall

1. Claresholm Local Press
2. Sundre Round-Up
3. Pincher Creek Shootin' the Breeze

Best Editorial Page

1. Pincher Creek Shootin' the Breeze
2. Sundre Round-Up
3. Drayton Valley Western Review

Best Front Page

1. Claresholm Local Press
2. Sundre Round-Up
3. Grande Prairie Town & Country News

Best Sports Page/Section

1. Taber Times
2. Claresholm Local Press
3. Grande Prairie Town & Country News

Class C

Best Overall

1. Rocky Mtn House Mountaineer
2. Athabasca Advocate
3. St. Paul Journal

Best Editorial Page

1. Athabasca Advocate
2. Rocky Mtn House Mountaineer
3. Westlock News

Best Front Page

1. Barrhead Leader
2. St. Paul Journal
3. Wainwright Star/Edge

Best Sports Page/Section

1. Westlock News
2. Rocky Mountain House Mountaineer
3. Barrhead Leader

Class D

Best Overall

1. Rocky Mountain Outlook
2. Mountain View Gazette
3. Ponoka News

Best Editorial Page

1. Rocky Mountain Outlook
2. Bonnyville Nouvelle
3. Olds Albertan

Best Front Page

1. Rocky Mountain Outlook
2. Ponoka News
3. Olds Albertan

Best Sports Page/Section

1. Rocky Mountain Outlook
2. Olds Albertan
3. Innisfail Province

Class E

Best Overall

1. St. Albert Gazette
2. Okotoks Western Wheel
3. Cochrane Eagle

Best Editorial Page

1. St. Albert Gazette
2. Okotoks Western Wheel
3. Cochrane Eagle

Best Front Page

1. Cochrane Eagle
2. Okotoks Western Wheel
3. St. Albert Gazette

Best Sports Page/Section

1. Okotoks Western Wheel
2. St. Albert Gazette
3. Lloydminster Meridian Source