NPPA's 2013 Best of Photojournalism Annual Contest "the contest designed for photojournalists by photojournalists"
National Press Photographers Association's 2013 Best Of Photojournalism Competition Results

BEST OF PHOTOJOURNALISM 2013: STILL PHOTOJOURNALISM DIVISION

STILL PHOTOJOURNALISM FINALS JUDGES:
Jack Gruber, Boyzell Hosey and Amy Sancetta
Judged at Ohio University's School of Visual Communication

WINNERS:

PHOTOJOURNALIST OF THE YEAR (Large Markets)
First Place:                    RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post
Second Place:               Damon Winter, The New York Times
Third Place:                   Tyler Hicks, The New York Times
Award of Excellence:     Patrick Smith, Freelance

PHOTOJOURNALIST OF THE YEAR (Smaller Markets)
First Place:                    David Weatherwax, The Herald (Jasper, IN)
Second Place:               Tom Kelly IV, Freelance
Third Place:                   Gerry Melendez, The State (Columbia, SC)
Award of Excellence:     Michael Holahan, The Augusta Chronicle

SPORTS PHOTOJOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
First Place:              Patrick Smith, Freelance
Second Place:         Quinn Rooney, Getty Images
Third Place:             Bill Frakes, Sports Illustrated

CLIFF EDOM'S "NEW AMERICA AWARD"
Winner:                  Aaron Huey, Freelance for National Geographic Magazine, "In The Shadow Of Wounded Knee"
Awards of Merit:     Joe Amon, The Denver Post
Awards of Merit:    April Saul, The Philadelphia Inquirer

THE RETURNING VETERANS, COMING HOME:
First Place:                    Jay Janner, Austin American-Statesman
Second Place:               Lisa Krantz, San Antonio Express-News
Third Place:                   Tyler Hicks, The New York Times
Award of Excellence:     Patrick Smith, Freelance

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SINGLE:
First Place:                   Manas Paran, Associated Press
Second Place:              Goran Tomasevic, Reuters
Third Place:                  Esteban Felix, Associated Press
Award of Excellence:    Paul Hansen, Dagens Nyheter

INTERNATIONAL NEWS PICTURE STORY:
First Place:                   Bernat Armangue, Associated Press
Second Place:              Paul Hansen, Dagens Nyheter
Third Place:                  Kirill Ovchinnikov, Russian Reporter Magazine
Award of Excellence:    Elio Colavolpe, Emblema
Award of Excellence:    Cesar Manso, Agence France-Presse
Award of Excellence:    Altaf Qadri, Associated Press

GENERAL NEWS SINGLE:
First Place:                   John Moore, Getty Images
Second Place:        RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post
Third Place:                  Patrick Smith, Freelance
Award of Excellence:    Heather Charles, Chicago Tribune
Award of Excellence:    Pete Marovich, Freelance for European Press Agency
Award of Excellence:     Valerie Mosley, Springfield News-Leader

DOMESTIC NEWS SINGLE:
First Place:                   Adrees Latif, Reuters
Second Place:              Gregory Shaver, The Journal-Times
Third Place:                  Bill Roth, Anchorage Daily News
Award of Excellence:    Mike Eliason, ZUMA Press
Award of Excellence:    Michelle McLoughlin, Freelance for Reuters
Award of Excellence:    Peter Pereira, The Standard-Times

DOMESTIC NEWS PICTURE STORY:
First Place:                    Adrees Latif, Reuters
Second Place:               Adrees Latif, Reuters
Third Place:                   Jessica Hill, Associated Press
Award of Excellence:     Robert Stolarik, Freelance for The New York Times

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES SINGLE:
First Place:                   Vadim Ghirda, Associated Press
Second Place:              Roberto Schmidt, Agence France-Presse
Third Place:                  Manish Swarup, Associated Press
Award of Excellence:    Jimmy Alford, Wise County Messenger
Award of Excellence:    Rebecca Blackwell, Associated Press
Award of Excellence:    Jacquelyn Martin, Associated Press
Award of Excellence:    Arkasha Stevenson, Los Angeles Times

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES STORY:
First Place:                   Johnny Hanson, Houston Chronicle
Second Place:              Alejandro Cartagena, Freelance for Newsweek
Third Place:                  Craig F. Walker, The Denver Post
Award of Excellence:    Jacob Ehrbahn, Politiken
Award of Excellence:    Emilio Morenatti, Associated Press

FEATURE SINGLE:
First Place:                   Wally Skalij, Los Angeles Times
Second Place:              Andrew Harnik, The Washington Times
Third Place:                  Kacper Kowalski, Panos Pictures
Award of Excellence:    Karim Sahib, Agency France-Press
Award of Excellence:    Jacob Ehrbahn, Politiken
Award of Excellence:    Daniel Ochoa de Olza, Associated Press
Award of Excellence:    Probal Rashid, OnAsia Images

PORTRAIT AND PERSONALITY SINGLE:
First Place:          Alex Garcia, Chicago Tribune
Second Place:     Arkasha Stevenson, Los Angeles Times
Third Place:         Tyrone Turner, Freelance for National Geographic Magazine

PORTRAIT SERIES:
First Place:                   Andrea Gjestvang, Moment Agency
Second Place:              Mila Teshaieva, Laif
Third Place:                  Colin Delfosse, Out Of Focus
Award of Excellence:    Jay L. Clendenin, Los Angeles Times

ENVIRONMENT SINGLE:
First Place:                   Michael Chow, The Arizona Republic
Second Place:              Mark Kelley, Alaska Magazine
Third Place:                  Betinna Hansen, The Seattle Times
Award of Excellence:    Andrey Antov
Award of Excellence:    Andrey Antov (Two Different Images)
Award of Excellence:    Sam Dean, The Roanoke Times

ENVIRONMENT PICTURE STORY:
First Place:                    Ivan Kashinsky, Freelance for National Geographic
Second Place:               James Morgan
Third Place:                   Mario Tama, Getty Images South America
Award of Excellence:     Dan Bates, The Herald
Award of Excellence:     Alex Hofford, European Press Agency

SPORTS ACTION SINGLE:
First Place:                   Jessica Hill, Associated Press
Second Place:              Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle
Third Place:                  Andrew Harnik, The Washington Times
Award of Excellence:    Vernon Bryant, The Dallas Morning News
Award of Excellence:    Bill Frakes, Sports Illustrated
Award of Excellence:    Kai-Huei Yau, Tri-City Herald

SPORTS FEATURE SINGLE:
First Place:                   Mike Roemer, Freelance for Associated Press
Second Place:              Ben Brewer, Deseret News
Third Place:                  Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News
Award of Excellence:    Scott Barbour, Getty Images AsiaPac
Award of Excellence:    Mathieu Belanger, Reuters
Award of Excellence:    Patrick Smith, Freelance for Getty Images
Award of Excellence:    Suzanne M. Tylander

SPORTS PICTURE STORY:
First Place:                   Patrick Smith, Freelance for Getty Images
Second Place:              Majid Saeedi
Third Place:                  Carlos Gonzales, Star Tribune
Award of Excellence:    Andrew Harnik, The Washington Times

OLYMPIC ACTION SINGLE:
First Place:                   David J. Phillip, Associated Press
Second Place:              Brian Peterson, Star Tribune
Third Place:                  David J. Phillip, Associated Press
Award of Excellence:    Al Bello, Getty Images
Award of Excellence:    Simon Bruty, Sports Illustrated
Award of Excellence:    Philip Noble, Reuters
Award of Excellence:    Suzanne Plunkett, Reuters

OLYMPICS FEATURE:
First Place:                   Adrian Dennis, Agency France-Press
Second Place:              Tim Clayton
Third Place:                  Ezra Shaw, Getty Images
Award of Excellence:    Erza Shaw, Getty Images
Award of Excellence:    Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times

OLYMPIC STORY:
First Place:          David Goldman, Associated Press
Second Place:     Ezra Shaw, Getty Images
Third Place:         Chris McGrath, Getty Images

PICTORIAL SINGLES:
First Place:                   Erika Schultz, The Seattle Times
Second Place:        Tom Kelly IV, Freelance
Third Place:                  Brian Cassella, Chicago Tribune
Award of Excellence:    Benjamin Krian, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Award of Excellence:    Robin Loznak, ZUMA Press
Award of Excellence:    Jonathan Newton, The Washington Post
Award of Excellence:    Christopher Pike, The National
Award of Excellence:    RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post

BEST PUBLISHED PICTURE STORY (Large Markets):
First Place:                   Melissa Lyttle, Tampa Bay Times
Second Place:        Matthieu Paley
Third Place:                  Aaron Huey, Freelance for National Geographic
Award of Excellence:    Lisa Krantz, San Antonio Express-News

BEST PUBLISHED PICTURE STORY (Smaller Markets):
First Place:                   Jill Nance, The News & Advance
Second Place:              Jill Nance, The News & Advance
Third Place:                  Brian Powers, Sun-Times Media
Award of Excellence:    Dave Weatherwax, The Herald
Award of Excellence:    Dave Weatherwax, The Herald (Two Different Images)

NON-TRADITIONAL PHOTOJOURNALISM PUBLISHING:
First Place:         Niclas Hammarstrom/Kontinent, ZUMA Press
Second Place:    Sayed Asif Mahmud, Freelance
Third Place:        Christopher Capozziello, Freelance

ROAD TO OFFICE PICTURE STORY:
First Place:                   Damon Winter, The New York Times
Second Place:              Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images
Third Place:                  Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images
Award of Excellence:    Adam Dean, Panos Pictures
Award of Excellence:    Brooks Kraft, Corbis

ROAD TO OFFICE SINGLE:
First Place:                   Brooks Kraft, Corbis
Second Place:              Max Whittaker, Freelance for Getty Images
Third Place:                  Jerry Wolford, News & Record (Greensboro, NC)
Award of Excellence:    Doug Mills, The New York Times
Award of Excellence:    Joe Raedle, Getty Images
Award of Excellence:    Damon Winter, The New York Times

BEST OF PHOTOJOURNALISM 2013: PHOTOJOURNALISM EDITING DIVISION

PHOTOJOURNALISM EDITING JUDGES:
Bert Fox, Matt Moyer and Molly Roberts
Judged, April 20 + 21 at Ohio University's School of Visual Communication

WINNERS:

THE PREMIERE AWARDS: BEST USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS + PICTURE EDITORS OF THE YEAR AWARDS

For Newspapers with less than 75,000 circulation:

1st Place:       Eric Strachan & Michel Fortier, Naples Daily News
2nd Place:     Justin Rumbach, The Herald (Jasper, IN)
3rd Place:      Justin Best, The Herald, (Everett, WA)
HM:                Rob Romig, The Register-Guard

For Newspapers with 75,000 circulation or more:

1st Place:     Michele McNally and the New York Times Photo Staff
2nd Place:    Colin Crawford, The Los Angeles Times
3rd Place:     Kenneth D. Lyons, The Denver Post

For magazines:

1st Place:    Carol Nakagawa, of The Seattle Times' Pacific Northwest Magazine

For Electronic Publications:

NPPA Best Use Of Photography By Electronic Publications Title:
1st Place:     Scott Mc Kiernan, zReportage.com a Vision of ZUMA PRESS
2nd Place:    Andrew Piper, coloradoseen.com

NPPA Newspaper Picture Editor of the Year:

NEWSPAPER PICTURE EDITOR OF THE YEAR: Mark Edelson, The Palm Beach Post
Runner-Up: Mary Cooney, Los Angeles Times
Honorable Mention: Michele McNally, The New York Times

NPPA Newspaper Picture Editor of the Year (Team):

NEWSPAPER PICTURE EDITOR OF THE YEAR (TEAM): The Los Angeles Times Photography Editing Staff

NPPA Magazine Picture Editor of the Year:

MAGAZINE PICTURE EDITOR OF THE YEAR: Jamie Wellford, Newsweek

The FULL LIST OF MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER EDITING WINNERS

1) PHOTOJOURNALISM EDITING NEWSPAPERS

Newspaper Editing - Newspaper Front Page (EN01)
1st Place:     Mark Edelson, The Palm Beach Post for "Our Hearts Are Broken Today," coverage of the Newtown shooting
2nd Place:    Kenneth D. Lyons and Tim Rasmussen, The Denver Post
3rd Place:    Michele McNally, Nancy Weinstock and Sara Barrett, The New York Times
HM:              Robert St. John, The Los Angeles Times
HM:          Brian Kratzer and Josh Nichol-Caddy, Columbia Missourian

Newspaper Editing - News Section (Other Than Front Page) (EN02)
1st Place:     Michele McNally and Cornelius Schmid, The New York Times for "Election 2012"
2nd Place:    Michele McNally and Cornelius Schmid, The New York Times for "Election 2012"
3rd Place:     Matt Craig, The Wall Street Journal, Review Section: "UNDER ATTACK"

Newspaper Editing - Newspaper Sports Section Front (EN03)
1st Place

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