JACKSON — The Natchez Democrat staff won 34 total awards, including 11 first-place awards and first in the overall advertising excellence category, Saturday at the Mississippi Press Association’s Mid-Winter Conference Better Newspaper Advertising Awards contest.

Among the first-place awards were honors for Profile 2015.

In most categories, The Democrat competes against other Mississippi newspapers with a similar circulation size — between 9,000 and 15,000 daily — including The Hattiesburg American, The Vicksburg Post, The Commercial Dispatch (Columbus), The (McComb) Enterprise-Journal and others. In other categories, The Democrat competes against either all daily newspapers in the state or against larger dailies.

First-place awards included:

– Advertising Excellence — Democrat staff.

-Institutional Advertisement (black and white) — Natchez Food and Wine Festival — Nona Colombo.

-Healthcare Advertisement (black and white) — Dr. Dennis Laravia — Pascha Brown.

-Institutional Advertisement (color) — City of Natchez — Justin Clarkston.

-Service Advertisement (color) — Paul Green and Associates — Rita Brooks.

-Financial Advertisement (color) — Old South Federal Credit Union — Lynn Beach Smith.

-Grocery or Restaurant Advertisement (color) — El Torito Mexican Restaurant — Lauren Smith.

-Theme Page — The Cartoon Map — Democrat staff.

-Online Advertisement — Mon’ Amie — Clarkston

-House Advertisement (website) — Sports Action: Anytime, Anywhere — Tim Givens.

-Silver Dollar Idea — Profile 2015 — Democrat staff.

Second-place awards included:

-Institutional Advertisement (black and white) — Natchez Children’s Home Chili Cook-off —Clarkston.

-Healthcare Advertisement (black and white) — Riverpark Hearing Center — Catherine Boone.

-Financial Advertisement (black and white) — Concordia Bank —Boone and Brown.

-Political Advertisement (black and white) — Vote for Bob Dearing — Colombo.

-Auto Advertisement (black and white) — Natchez Ford — Colombo.

-Retail Advertisement (color) — Moreton’s — Clarkston.

-Financial Advertisement (color) — Old South Federal Credit Union — Lauren Smith.

-Editorial Special Section (newsprint) — Veterans Day 2014 — Democrat staff.

-Editorial Special Section (glossy) — Cathedral Baseball Championship Edition — Democrat staff.

-Theme Page — High School Football Roster Preview — Democrat staff.

-Online Advertisement — El Torito Mexican Restaurant — Lauren Smith.

-Classified Page or Section — The Natchez Democrat Classifieds —Brooks.

-House Advertisement (editorial) — Merry Christmas Cards —Givens.

Third-place awards included:

-Institutional Advertisement (black and white) — City of Vidalia Ragin’ Cajun Cook-off — Brown.

-Financial Advertisement (black and white) — Tensas State Bank —Brown.

-Retail Advertisement (color) — Sports Center since 1946 — Clarkston.

-Institutional Advertisement (color) — Trinity Episcopal, Have Faith — Clarkston.

-Grocery or Restaurant Advertisement (color) — C&M Crawfish — Brown.

-Advertising Special Section — Football 2015 — Democrat staff.

-Series of Advertisements — Natchez Children’s Home — Brooks and Clarkston.

-Online Advertisement — Lakeside Ford — Colombo.

-Magazine Advertisement — Blankenstein’s — Clarkston.

-Niche Product — Calendar 2015 — Democrat staff.