The Daily Egyptian won 22 awards at the Illinois College Press Association convention Saturday, surpassing last year’s record-breaking haul by two awards.

The DE placed second behind the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, which won 25 awards.

Twenty-seven college and university newspapers from across Illinois were represented at the 16th annual awards banquet in Chicago.

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The DE won first and third places in editorial writing, first and third places in feature page design, and third place and an honorable mention for spot news photography.

The DE also placed second for its classified section, third for advertisement less than a full page and advertising campaign, and won honorable mentions for advertising campaign and advertisement less than a full page.

News Editor Christopher Miller, won first place for feature page design and honorable mentions for front page layout and headline writing.

Managing Editor William Hatfield and Voices Editor Jason Freund, won top honors for an editorial about greeks at SIUC preparing to battle Select 2000.

Former Editor-in-Chief Marc Chase won first place for his feature story on Carbondale’s homeless.

Other staff members who also won awards include Jon Preston, Sara Eastman, Devin Miller, Travis Akin, Tim Robinson, Ken Gass, Jon Prevett, Brent Coder, Jerry Bush, Tamara Robbins, Monica Mahon, Landon Williams and Suzanne Schweitzer.