The results for the 30th Annual FWAA Best Writing Contest presented by collegepressbox include one writer who claimed a first place for a second straight year, one writer who had three awards and two first-time winners. 

Dave Wilson of ESPN.com won first place in Column after winning in Feature last year. Dennis Dodd of CBSSports.com took first in Game Story and added two honorable mentions. Rich Scarcella of the Reading Eagle (Features) and Tom Shanahan of the TomShanahan Report (Enterprise) were first-time first-place winners.

Three other writers — Drew Davison, formerly of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ryan McGee of ESPN.com and Chris Vannini of The Athletic — each claimed two awards.  

First-place winners will receive game balls from Big Game and collegepressbox.  Finishers 1-3 receive cash prizes and certificates. Honorable mentions receive certificates. The first-place entries are  displayed in The Fifth Down. Follow the links below to read those stories.

To read the first-place stories, click on the links below.

GAME

First Place — Dennis Dodd, CBSSports.com

Second Place — James Crepea, The Oregonian

Third Place — Ivan Maisel, On3.com

Honorable Mention — Max Olson, The Athletic; Ryan McGee, ESPN.com; Matt Baker, Tampa Bay Times

FEATURE

First Place — Rich Scarcella, Reading Eagle

Second Place — David Ubben, The Athletic

Third Place — David Hale, ESPN.com

Honorable Mention — Steve Kornacki, The Kornacki Wolverine Report, Substack.com; David Teel, Richmond Times-Dispatch; Dennis Dodd, CBSSports.com

COLUMN

First Place — Dave Wilson, ESPN.com

Second Place — Mike Griffith, AJC-DawgNation

Third Place — Ryan McGee, ESPN.com

Honorable Mention — Drew Davison, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Chris Vannini, The Athletic; Dennis Dodd, CBSSports.com

ENTERPRISE

First Place — Tom Shanahan, TomShanahan.Report

Second Place — Drew Davison, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Third Place — Audrey Snyder, The Athletic

Honorable Mention — Chris Vannini, The Athletic; Brent Zwerneman, Houston Chronicle; Matt Fortuna and Pete Sampson, The Athletic