7:30 p.m. update

We're just a bit beyond dinner (pizza, calzones and ice cream!) now and the judges have gone back to work for another couple of hours. We are at about 350 winning entries now, with a little more than 4,500 entries judged.

Your latest Award of Excellence to land at the SNDIWD? The Detroit Free Press, for its coverage of Super Bowl XL, in Special News Topics/Sports.