The Vance Trophy honors the Jim Vance family of Worthington. V.M. Vance was the first family member to get into newspapering when he worked on the Des Moines Register in the 1920s. V.M. bought the Worthington Daily Globe (then a weekly) in 1929. His sons, Bob and Jim, later continued the newspaper tradition.
Recipients:
1985 St. Cloud Times
1986 St. Cloud Times
1987 St. Cloud Times
1988 St. Cloud Times
1989 St. Cloud Times
1990 St. Cloud Times
1991 St. Cloud Times
1992 St. Cloud Times
1993 St. Cloud Times
1994 Tie – Post-Bulletin, Rochester / St. Cloud Times
1995 Post-Bulletin, Rochester
1996 Post-Bulletin, Rochester
1997 St. Cloud Times
1998 St. Cloud Times
1999 St. Cloud Times
2000 Post-Bulletin, Rochester
2001 Post-Bulletin, Rochester
2002 St. Cloud Times
2003 St. Cloud Times
2004 The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead
2005 St. Cloud Times
2006 St. Cloud Times
2007 St. Cloud Times
2008 St. Cloud Times
2009 The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead
2010 St. Cloud Times
2011 St. Cloud Times
2012 St. Cloud Times
2013 St. Cloud Times
2014 The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead
2015 St. Cloud Times
2016 The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead
2017 St. Cloud Times
2018 Post-Bulletin, Rochester
2019 Post-Bulletin, Rochester
2020 The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead
2021 The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead
2022 Post-Bulletin, Rochester