The Bainbridge Island Review was presented with 13 awards for outstanding advertising and journalism in the Washington Newspaper Publisher Associations’s 2015 Better Newspaper Contest.

Winners in the annual statewide competition were announced during the association’s annual convention, held this year from Oct. 8-10 in Everett.

The Review earned awards in advertising, news writing, arts-and-entertainment coverage, photography and page design.

“I am tremendously proud of our team for winning so many coveted awards,” said Lori Maxim, publisher and a vice president of Sound Publishing. “It’s a tribute to the exceptionally talented staff we have working for our company. Our team shares these awards with our readers and advertisers in the community. Without their stories, this wouldn’t have been possible.”

Marleen Martinez won the top prize in advertising for the second time in the past three years. Advertising for Bainbridge Island Organic Distillers won the “Ad of the Year” category in the contest.

The competition drew more than 2,000 entries from 58 Washington newspapers.

The Review won three other first-place awards.

Vanessa Calverley and Martinez were first in multiple advertiser ads, and the Review also won second place in the category.

Review editor Brian Kelly took first in the “News of the Weird” category for a story on the city of Bainbridge Island’s tongue-in-cheek cheese ban prior to the playoff game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Green Bay Packers.

Kelly also won first and second place in feature page design.

Review reporter Luciano Marano took second place, along with Kelly, for best news story for their coverage of the breakdown of the ferry Tacoma last year, which left thousands of passengers stranded off the shore of Bainbridge on the broken-down vessel.

Marano also won second place for best arts story, and in the color feature photo category.

Kelly was also awarded second place for best front page design and spot news photography.

Martinez picked up two other honors; second place for best branding ad, and third place for best ad promoting a sale or event.

In all, Sound Publishing’s Kitsap group of newspapers received 40 awards. Included are the Review, North Kitsap Herald, Central Kitsap Reporter, Bremerton Patriot and the Port Orchard Independent.

The competition was judged by the Kansas Press Association.