The Daily Northwestern took home 10 awards from the 2013 Illinois College Press Association Awards held over the weekend.

At the organization’s annual conference, held Friday and Saturday in Chicago, The Daily won three first place awards, two second place awards, three third place awards and two honorable mentions.

The paper won third place in the “general excellence” category for daily newspapers, behind first-place The Daily Illini, of the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, and second-place Northern Star, of Northern Illinois University.

For the full award list, see below.

First place:

Sports column: Rohan Nadkarni, “He’s out of my league”

Sports feature story: John Paschall, “After receiving golden opportunity, Seetane scores in U.S.”

In-depth reporting: The search for Harsha Maddula

Second place:

Feature page design: “Daily Decision” spread (Nov. 7) and “Our Harsha” spread (Sept. 28)

Sports page design: Gameday covers (Nov. 9 and Nov. 20)

Third place:

Feature photo: Rafi Letzter, “The Color ROAR”

Sports game story: Dan Ryan, “Spartan Stunner: Northwestern knocks off No. 7 Michigan State”

General excellence: The staff of The Daily Northwestern

Honorable mention: 

Column: Derrick Clifton, “I’ll eat my fried chicken with pride”

Sports column: Dan Ryan, “Tough to judge season’s success”