BOISE - The Idaho Housing and Finance Association has received multiple Idaho Press Club Awards for the fifth consecutive year, IHFA officials announced.

IHFA’s Communications Department competed in the Public Relations category with other Idaho companies and agencies:

• 1st place in the Nonprofit Campaign subcategory for the Finally Home! home buyer education program;

• 2nd place in the Newsletter subcategory for the 1999 Cornerstones newsletters;

• 3rd place in Web Site General Excellence for www.ihfa.org; and

• 3rd place in Script Writing for the "Family Self-Sufficiency Program" video script.

This year’s Idaho Press Club Awards received a nearly 1,000 total entries. Shannon Preim, APR, with the Oregon School Board, judged entries in the Public Relations division based on reader/viewer interest, originality, technical/writing excellence, fitting category criteria, impact of story lead and writing style. Web sites were judged by Mark Giese with the University of Houston School of Communications. Other divisions of competition included Daily and Weekly Newspaper, Magazine, Television, Radio, Student and Arts in Idaho.

The Idaho Press Club’s membership includes media and communication professionals around the state.