HEIDELBERG, Germany - Installation Management Command-Europe has announced its region-level winners for the 2007 Army Keith L. Ware Journalism Awards.

The Keith L. Ware competition recognizes the journalistic excellence of Army military and civilian journalists. The competition is named in memory of Maj. Gen. Keith L. Ware, a former Army chief of public affairs. Ware received the Medal of Honor in World War II and was killed while commanding the 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam in 1968.

First place awardees will be forwarded to the Department of the Army Public Affairs for consideration in the Army-wide competition.

The winners are:

Moss-Holland Civilian Journalist of the Year

1st Place: Susan Huseman - USAG Stuttgart

2nd Place: Art McQueen - USAG Heidelberg

Tabloid-Format Newspaper

1st Place: Bavarian News - USAG Grafenwoehr

2nd Place: Herald Union - USAG Wiesbaden

3rd Place: Herald Post - USAG Heidelberg

Magazine-Format Publication

1st Place: Benelux Edge - USAG Benelux

News Article

1st Place: Adriane Foss - USAG Grafenwoehr

2nd Place: Karl Weisel - USAG Wiesbaden

3rd Place: Dave Melancon - USAG Heidelberg

Feature Article

1st Place: Kelli Bland - USAG Heidelberg

2nd Place: Chrystal Smith - USAG Wiesbaden

3rd Place (tie): Art McQueen - USAG Heidelberg; Ronald Toland - USAG Ansbach

Commentary

1st Place: Susan Huseman - USAG Stuttgart

2nd Place: Art McQueen - USAG Heidelberg

Sports Article

1st Place: Adriane Foss - USAG Grafenwoehr

2nd Place: Jim Hughes - USAG Ansbach

3rd Place: Karl Weisel - USAG Wiesbaden

Story Series

1st Place: Susan Huseman - USAG Stuttgart

2nd Place: Brandon Beach - USAG Stuttgart

Single/Stand-Alone Photograph

1st Place: Brandon Beach - USAG Stuttgart

2nd Place: Juan MelAfAndez - USAG Heidelberg

3rd Place: Dave Melancon - USAG Heidelberg

Photojournalism

1st Place: Art McQueen - USAG Heidelberg

2nd Place: Gary Kieffer - USAG Vicenza

3rd Place: Laura Kreider - USAG Vicenza

Art/Graphics in Support of a Publication

1st Place: Art McQueen - USAG Heidelberg

Contribution by Stringer (Writer)

1st Place: Amy Buenning-Sturm - USAG Darmstadt

2nd Place: Ute Wolf - USAG Hessen

3rd Place: Carole Mann - USAG Wiesbaden

Contribution by Stringer (Photographer)

1st Place: Gene Knudsen - USAG Heidelberg

2nd Place: Jennifer Stewart - USAG Vicenza

3rd Place: Sgt. First Class Brad Polensky - USAG Vicenza

Special Achievement in Print Media

1st Place: Bavarian News - USAG Grafenwoehr

2nd Place: The Citizen - USAG Stuttgart

Web-based Publication

1st Place: Herald Post - USAG Heidelberg

2nd Place: Herald Union - USAG Wiesbaden

3rd Place: Schweinfurt Dispatch - USAG Schweinfurt