Mainebiz took home five awards in the 2025 New England Better Newspaper Competition, including first place honors for longtime contributing photographer Tim Greenway.
Winners were announced by the New England Newspaper & Press Association at a gala dinner Saturday evening in Portsmouth, N.H., following a two-day conference.
NENPA, based in Woburn, Mass., is a professional trade association for print and digital news outlets of all sizes across Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Greenway, a Portland-area freelance photographer who has worked with Mainebiz for more than two decades, won first place in the niche publications category for “Beyond Vacationland,” a photo story about manufacturing in Maine published in the 2025 Mainebiz Fact Book. The cover features a selection of photos from the series.
Contributing photographer Jim Neuger won second place in the same category for his oyster-themed “Slurpin’ USA” photo cover story published in June 2025.
Two awards for ‘Portland at a crossroads’
“Portland at a crossroads,” a cover story published in July 2025, was recognized with awards in two categories.
Mainebiz Deputy Editor Renee Cordes won second-place honors in “Business/Economics Reporting — Specialty Publications” for the article, while Mainebiz Art Director Matt Selva won second place for “Best Front Page — Specialty Publications.”
Selva also earned second place in the combined category of “Overall Design and Presentation of a Print Newspaper,” for the Dec. 16, 2024, edition of Mainebiz focused on manufacturing.
NENPA said it will release the full list of contest winners and judges’ comments at the end of this week.
