The winners of the 2020 New England Newspaper of the Year were announced today on the last day of the virtual New England Newspaper Conference & Awards program.

Thanks to everyone who entered this year and for the hard work you do every day covering our communities.

Congratulations to all the newspapers recognized as Distinguished Newspaper of the Year and to all the winners of Newspaper of the Year!

There are eight circulation categories for Newspaper of the Year.

Specialty Publications

Distinguished Newspaper: Worcester Magazine, Worcester, MA.
Newspaper of the Year: Providence Business News, Providence RI

Weekly newspapers with circulation less than 5,000

Distinguished Newspapers: Mount Desert Islander, Bar Harbor, ME and the Provincetown Independent, Provincetown, MA
Newspaper of the Year: The Vermont Standard, Woodstock VT

Weekly newspapers with circulation more than 5,000

Distinguished Newspapers: Ellsworth American, Ellsworth, ME and The Martha’s Vineyard Times, Vineyard Haven, MA
Newspaper of the Year: Seven Days, Burlington, VT

Daily newspapers with a weekday circulation of less than 10,000

Distinguished Newspapers: Gloucester Daily Times, Gloucester, MA and Keene Sentinel, Keene, NH
Newspaper of the Year: Concord Monitor, Concord, NH

Daily newspapers with a weekday circulation between 10,000-25,000

Distinguished Newspapers: The Day, New London, CT and Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA
Newspaper of the Year: The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA

Daily newspapers with a weekday circulation over 25,000

Distinguished Newspapers: The Republican, Springfield, MA and Republican-American, Waterbury, CT
Newspaper of the Year: The Providence Journal, Providence, RI

Sunday newspapers with circulation less than 25,000

Distinguished Newspapers: Record-Journal, Meriden, CT and The Eagle-Tribune, North Andover, MA
Newspaper of the Year: The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, MA

Sunday newspapers with circulation more than 25,000

Distinguished Newspapers: Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, MA and The Republican, Springfield, MA
Newspaper of the Year:  Providence Sunday Journal, Providence, RI