Complete List of Winners of the 54th Annual Pictures of the Year

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Newspaper Photographer of the Year
First Place: Carol Guzy - Washington Post
Second Place: Wally Skalij - Daily Breeze (Torrance, CA)
Third Place: Bill Greene - Boston Globe

Magazine Photographer of the Year
First Place: Yunghi Kim - Contact Press Images
Second Place: Tom Stoddart - Independent Photographers Group

Canon Photo Essayist
First Place: Brian Peterson - Minneapolis Star Tribune "Testing the Human Spirit"
Judges' Special Recognition: Stephen Dupont - Freelance/Katz Pictures "India's Last Steam Trains"
Judges' Special Recognition: Brian Plonka - Herald-News (Joliet, IL) "Generations/Under the Influence"
Judges' Special Recognition: Bob Self - Florida Times-Union "Death of a Neighborhood"
Judges' Special Recognition: Larry Towell - Magnum "Mexican Mennonite Migrant Workers"
Judges' Special Recognition: David Turnley - Detroit Free Press/Black Star "Taliban in Afghanistan"

Kodak Crystal Eagle
Don Doll - Creighton University, Omaha, NE, "Vision Quest"

Community Awareness Award
First Place: Gail Fisher - Los Angeles Times/Orange County Edition "Shelter on Stage"
Judges' Special Recognition: David Butow - SABA "Dreaming of Stars"
Judges' Special Recognition: Mary Beth Meehan - Providence Journal-Bulletin "Our Times"
Judges' Special Recognition: Benjamin Rusnak - Ft. Myers (FL) News Press "Neglected Neighbors"

Angus McDougall Overall Excellence
in Editing Award for Newspapers
Palm Beach (FL) Post

Spot News
General Division
First Place: Andrew Cutraro - Freelance/Associated Press "Keshia Thomas"
Second Place: Robert Allison - TIME/Contact Press Images "Binti-Jua: Rescue in Chicago"
Third Place: Kirk D. McKoy - Los Angeles Times "Arrest"
Award of Excellence: Mike Bordo - The Herald Star (Steubenville, OH) "Taken Hostage"
Award of Excellence: Jose Caruci - Associated Press "Molotov Cocktail"
Award of Excellence: Allison Corbett - York Daily Record (PA) "Drug Bust"
Award of Excellence: Peter Diana - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Arrested Development"
Award of Excellence: Chuck Fadely - Miami Herald "Cops Shot Grandad"
Award of Excellence: Carol Guzy - Washington Post "Revenge"
Award of Excellence: Nati Harnik - Associated Press "Land Protest"
Award of Excellence: Mark Lennihan - Associated Press "Woman Mourns"
Award of Excellence: Jim MacMillan - Philadelphia Daily News "One Desperate Man"
Award of Excellence: John McConnico - Associated Press "Rescuers"
Award of Excellence: Daniel Morel - Associated Press "Slum Violence"
Award of Excellence: Patrick Schneider - Indianapolis Star/News "Innocent Victim"
Award of Excellence: Christopher Simone - Agence France Presse "Monrovia Execution"

General News
General Division
First Place: Brian Walski - Boston Herald "Unbroken Spirit"
Second Place: Dario Lopez Mills - Associated Press "Sad Homecoming"
Third Place: Michael Williamson - Washington Post "Crack Bust"
Award of Excellence: John Beale - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Charged with Murder"
Award of Excellence: Robert Goebel - Indianapolis Star-News "Last Goodbye"
Award of Excellence: Jim Hollander - Reuters "Bomber's Funeral"
Award of Excellence: Jonathan Lurie - Freelance "Beating the Klan"
Award of Excellence: Evy Mages - NY Daily News "Atonement"
Award of Excellence: Doug Mills - Associated Press "The Stare"
Award of Excellence: Anne O'Neill - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Bearing her Cross"
Award of Excellence: Francine Orr - Freelance/Los Angeles Times "Vigil"
Award of Excellence: Mark T. Osler - Beacon-News (Aurora, IL) "Flood Rest"
Award of Excellence: Kurt E. Smith - Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Winter Chores"
Award of Excellence: Adrin Snider - Newport News (VA) Daily Press "Give Daddy a Kiss"

'96 Olympics
First Place: Joey Ivansco - Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Born in the USA"
Second Place: Michael Probst - Associated Press "Devers Win"
Third Place: Marlene Karas - Atlanta Journal-Constitution "The Landing"
Award of Excellence: Rich Addicks - Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Last Attempt"
Award of Excellence: Stan Behal - Toronto Sun "Gail-Force Win"
Award of Excellence: Barry Chin - Boston Globe "Solid Gold Hit"
Award of Excellence: Robert Deutsch - USA Today "Carl Cries"
Award of Excellence: Richard Lipski - Washington Post "Photo Finish Celebration"
Award of Excellence: Denis Paquin - Associated Press "Joyner-Kersee"
Award of Excellence: Denis Paquin - Associated Press "Donovan Wins"
Award of Excellence: Anacleto Rapping - Los Angeles Times "Jubo"
Award of Excellence: Anacleto Rapping - Los Angeles Times "Hug"
Award of Excellence: Paul E. Rodriguez - Orange County Register "Roll to Victory"
Award of Excellence: Jeff Wheeler - Minneapolis Star Tribune "Gold Medal Thanks"

News Picture Story
General Division
First Place: P.F. Bentley - TIME "Bob Dole: Behind the Headlines"
Second Place: Carol Guzy - Washington Post "Street Justice"
Third Place: Thomas Michael Alleman - Daily Breeze (Torrance, CA) "National Political Conventions"
Award of Excellence: Stanley Greene - Agence Vu/New York Times Magazine "What Happened to Fred Cuny?"
Award of Excellence: Diana Walker - TIME "The Last Campaign"
Award of Excellence: Brian Walski - Boston Herald "Our Churches are Burning"

Olympics Special Report
First Place: Atlanta Journal-Constitution "CLICK - Photos of the XXVI Olympiad"
Second Place: Sports Illustrated
Third Place: The State (Columbia, SC) "'96 Atlanta Summer Olympics"

Issue Reporting
Newspaper Division
First Place: Clarence J. Williams III - Los Angeles Times "Three Strikes"
Second Place: Brian Peterson - Minneapolis Star Tribune "I Love You Mom"
Third Place: Vicki Cronis - Virginian-Pilot "Makeup Quiz"
Award of Excellence: Alan Berner - Seattle Times "Organic Farming"
Award of Excellence: Bradley E. Clift - Hartford Courant "Bebe: Crash Asleep at the Wheel"
Award of Excellence: Bill Greene - Boston Globe "Down and Out"
Award of Excellence: Bill Greene - Boston Globe "Tobacco Road"
Award of Excellence: Bill Greene - Boston Globe "Violent Upbringing"
Award of Excellence: Joanna B. Pinneo - St. Petersburg Times "Showing Dad She's a Winner"
Award of Excellence: Joseph Raedle - Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) "Children of the Fields"
Award of Excellence: Mindy Schauer - Orange County Register "Ignored"
Award of Excellence: Alan Spearman - Concord Monitor "1 to 4 Without Michael"
Award of Excellence: Judy Walgren - Dallas Morning News "Elderly Immigrants Lose Aid"
Award of Excellence: Clarence J. Williams III - Los Angeles Times "So Crowded"

Global News
Newspaper Division
First Place: Carol Guzy - Washington Post "Plead"
Second Place: Corinne Dufka - Reuters "Prisoner Execution"
Third Place: David Guttenfelder - Associated Press "Wounded Comrade"
Award of Excellence: B.K. Bangash - Associated Press "Taliban"
Award of Excellence: Jean-Marc Bouju - Associated Press "Civil War"
Award of Excellence: Corinne Dufka - Reuters "Execution (2)"
Award of Excellence: Corinne Dufka - Reuters "Stabbing"
Award of Excellence: David Guttenfelder - Associated Press "Tide of refugees"
Award of Excellence: Carol Guzy - Washington Post "Bus"

Feature Picture
Newspaper Division
First Place: David P. Gilkey - Detroit Free Press "Tiny Ballet"
Second Place: Richard Messina - Hartford Courant "Water Outage"
Third Place: Brian Plonka - Herald-News (Joliet, IL) "Double Dutch"
Award of Excellence: Kathy Borchers - Providence Journal-Bulletin "Bearfoot in the Park"
Award of Excellence: Jim Gehrz - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel "Culture Shock"
Award of Excellence: Carol Guzy - Washington Post "Baby"
Award of Excellence: Samuel Hoffman - Freelance "Brides to Be"
Award of Excellence: Brian Plonka - Herald-News (Joliet, IL) "Pageant Pouters"

Sports Action
Newspaper Division
First Place: Scott Threlkeld - Times-Picayune "Head Game"
Second Place: Shawn Spence - Freelance/USA Today "Ultimate Effort"
Third Place: Randy Tobias - Wichita Eagle "Bullseye"
Award of Excellence: James D. Baird - San Diego Union-Tribune "First Hurdle"
Award of Excellence: Mary Chind - Tucson Citizen "Championship at Stake"
Award of Excellence: Tim Clayton - Sydney Morning Herald "Wipeout"
Award of Excellence: Chuck Fadely - Miami Herald "Inferno"
Award of Excellence: Karl M. Ferron - Baltimore Sun "Maier's Moment"
Award of Excellence: Eugene Garcia - Freelance/The Orange County Register "Ring Around the Ball"
Award of Excellence: Richard Graulich - Palm Beach Post "Flag Football"
Award of Excellence: Jack Gruber - Detroit News "Tractor Traylor"
Award of Excellence: Richard Hartog - The Outlook (Santa Monica, CA) "Forced Out"
Award of Excellence: Lennox McLendon - Associated Press "Stomp!"
Award of Excellence: M. Scott Moon - Peninsula Clarion (Kenai, AK) "Face to Face"
Award of Excellence: Mark Reis - Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph "Extreme Wipeout"
Award of Excellence: Al Schaben - Los Angeles Times/Orange County Edition "Determination Takes Over"
Award of Excellence: Martin Seppala - Associated Press "Crash 2"
Award of Excellence: Jim Virga - Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) "Hot Wheels"

Sports Feature
Newspaper Division
First Place: Jerry McCrea - Star Ledger (Newark, NJ) "Batter Up"
Second Place: L. Todd Spencer - Freelance/Virginian-Pilot "Red Top"
Third Place: Colin Hackley - Tampa Tribune "Jump for Joy"
Award of Excellence: Jennifer Sue Altman - Riverdale Press (Bronx, NY) "When Things Were Simple"
Award of Excellence: Tim Clayton - Sydney Morning Herald "Backstroke Mosaic"
Award of Excellence: Tim Clayton - Sydney Morning Herald "Norman"
Award of Excellence: Bill Greene - Boston Globe "Cheap Seats"
Award of Excellence: Pat Greenhouse - Boston Globe "Baseball Worship"
Award of Excellence: David Guttenfelder - Associated Press "Eye on the Prize"
Award of Excellence: Richard Hartog - The Outlook (Santa Monica, CA) "Semi-Final Soccer Loss"
Award of Excellence: John Lee - Chicago Tribune "Scared Bears"
Award of Excellence: Odell Mitchell Jr. - St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Tears of Retirement"
Award of Excellence: David Peterson - Des Moines Register "Healing Hand"
Award of Excellence: Rich Riggins - Patuxent Publishing Co. (Columbia, MD) "Moment of Truth"
Award of Excellence: Steven G. Smith - Memphis Commercial Appeal "Homecoming Pride"
Award of Excellence: Doug Wells - Des Moines Register "Shot"

Portrait/Personality
Newspaper Division
First Place: Ron Cortes - Philadelphia Inquirer "Final Bond"
Second Place: Gail Fisher - Los Angeles Times/Orange County Edition "Iron Will"
Third Place: Xin Liu - Palm Beach Post "Cope Together"
Award of Excellence: Peter Ackerman - Asbury Park Press "The Woodsman"
Award of Excellence: Aurelio Jose Barrera - Los Angeles Times "Payasito"
Award of Excellence: Carol Cleere - Freelance/Reuters "Voodoo"
Award of Excellence: Barbara Davidson - Washington Times "Piano Lesson"
Award of Excellence: Sean Dougherty - Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) "Tadpole"
Award of Excellence: Douglas Engle - Associated Press "Celebration of the Palms"
Award of Excellence: Lisa Kyle - North Jersey Herald & News (Passaic, NJ) "James and Marjorie"
Award of Excellence: Preston Mack - Sun "Sentinel A Round of Kisses . . ."
Award of Excellence: Dennis Nett - Syracuse Newspapers "Home is Where the Heart Is"
Award of Excellence: William N. Steber Jr. - Nashville Tennessean "David Johnson"
Award of Excellence: Mary Lommori Vignoles - Fresno Bee "Ti Vanji"
Award of Excellence: Bill Warren - Ithaca (NY) Journal "Southside Girl"

Pictorial
Newspaper Division
First Place: Andy Sawyer - Times-News (Twin Falls, ID) "Ranch Morning"
Second Place: Brian Plonka - Herald-News (Joliet, IL) "Remains of the Day"
Third Place: David A. Rodgers - Portland Newspapers "Damariscove Island"
Award of Excellence: Debra Bicking-Byers - Courier-Post (Cherry Hill, NJ) "So Many Fish"
Award of Excellence: Bradley E. Clift - Hartford Courant "The Quilt: Lighting the Way"
Award of Excellence: Tom Copeland - News & Record (Greensboro, NC) "God's Light"
Award of Excellence: Lisa L. DeJong - Muskegon Chronicle "Reach"
Award of Excellence: John B. Gibbins III - San Diego Union-Tribune "Desert Tail"
Award of Excellence: Brian Kratzer - Moscow-Pullman Daily News "Winter's Release"
Award of Excellence: Xin Liu - Palm Beach Post "Reflections"
Award of Excellence: Tomas Ovalle - Valley Times (Pleasanton, CA) "Waterdance"
Award of Excellence: Steven G. Smith - Memphis Commercial Appeal "Oil Spill"
Award of Excellence: Patrick Tehan - San Jose Mercury News "Surf Rider"

Product Illustration
Newspaper Division
First Place: Kenneth D. Lyons - Newport News (VA) Daily Press "Teflon Suits"
Second Place: Adrin Snider - Newport News (VA) Daily Press "Flight . . . at last"
Third Place: Kevin Manning - St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Fast Lane Weddings"
Award of Excellence: Nadia Borowski - Orange County Register "Baby Vegetables"
Award of Excellence: Mary Circelli - Columbus Dispatch "Orchard Apple"
Award of Excellence: J. Kyle Keener - Detroit Free Press "Static Zing"
Award of Excellence: Susan T. Pollard - Contra Costa Times (Concord, CA) "Winter Squash"
Award of Excellence: Al Schaben - Los Angeles Times/Orange County Edition "Chanel Brooch"

Issue Illustration
Newspaper Division
First Place: J. Kyle Keener - Detroit Free Press "Gloomsday"
Second Place: Bonnie Heath - Athens (GA) Daily News "Gun Shy No Longer"
Third Place: Pat McDonogh - Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) "Russian Brides"
Award of Excellence: Pat McDonogh - Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) "Religious Broadcasting"
Award of Excellence: Drew Perine - Herald (Everett, WA) "At Peace with your PC"
Award of Excellence: Cloe Poisson - Hartford Courant "Ash Wednesday"

Campaign '96
Newspaper Division
First Place: Brian Walski - Boston Herald "Opposites Reflect"
Second Place: Beth A. Keiser - Associated Press "Hello"
Third Place: Rick T. Wilking - Reuters "Dole Falls to Earth"
Award of Excellence: Eric Draper - Associated Press "George"
Award of Excellence: Bob Fila - Chicago Tribune "Celebrate"
Award of Excellence: Luke Frazza - Agence France Presse "Campaign Rain"
Award of Excellence: Eric Mencher - Philadelphia Inquirer "Pat Buchanan Supporters"

Issue Reporting Picture Story
Newspaper Division
First Place: Mindy Schauer - Orange County Register "An Awesome Reponsibility"
Second Place: Bill Greene - Boston Globe "The Hidden Massachusetts"
Third Place: Alan Spearman - Concord Monitor "1 to 4 Without Michael"
Award of Excellence: Aurelio Jose Barrera - Los Angeles Times "18th Street Gang"
Award of Excellence: Bradley E. Clift - Hartford Courant "Bebe: The Ultimate Child Laborer's Life Over The Edge"
Award of Excellence: Carolyn Cole - Los Angeles Times "California's Fragile Future"
Award of Excellence: Stephanie Welsh - Newhouse News Service "The Gone Ones"

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Global News Picture Story
Newspaper Division
First Place: Corinne Dufka - Reuters "Liberia: From a Dead Man's Wallet"
Second Place: Erich Schlegel - Dallas Morning News "Bosnia, Perils of Peace"
Third Place: David Guttenfelder - Associated Press "Liberia in Turmoil"
Award of Excellence: Erich Schlegel - Dallas Morning News "Zaire to Rwanda, The Long Journey Home"

Feature Picture Story
Newspaper Division
First Place: Francine Orr - Freelance/The Outlook (Santa Monica, CA) "Beyond the Negative"
Second Place: Carol Guzy - Washington Post "Nomads"
Third Place: Stephanie Welsh - Palm Beach Post "Tracy's Dance"
Award of Excellence: Roger Jerkovich - Visalia Times-Delta "To Make a Man Whole"
Award of Excellence: Joyce Marshall - Fort Worth Star-Telegram "Faith Hope and Devotion"
Award of Excellence: Pamela Miller - Newport News (VA) Daily Press "Anni's Fight for Life"
Award of Excellence: Anne O'Neill - Pittsburgh Post -Gazette "Heart of Friendship"
Award of Excellence: Wally Skalij - Daily Breeze (Torrance CA) "Darby Dixon: Where Killing Finds a Home"
Award of Excellence: R. Todd Wharton - Flint (MI) Journal "Out of the Ashes"

Sports Picture Story
Newspaper Division
First Place: Brian Davies - Marysville (CA) Appeal-Democrat "Derek's Dream"
Second Place: Bill Greene - Boston Globe "Bush League"
Third Place: Ron Cortes - Philadelphia Inquirer "Who Needs a Track?"
Award of Excellence: David Peterson - Des Moines Register "Trials and Tribulations"
Award of Excellence: Mark Zaleski - San Bernardino County Sun "1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, GA"

Sports Portfolio
Newspaper Division
First Place: Richard Hartog - The Outlook (Santa Monica, CA)
Second Place: James D. Baird - San Diego Union-Tribune
Third Place: Anacleto Rapping - Los Angeles Times
Award of Excellence: Barry Chin - Boston Globe
Award of Excellence: Michael Goulding - Orange County Register
Award of Excellence: Smiley N. Pool - Houston Chronicle
Award of Excellence: Rich Riggins - Patuxent Publishing Co. (Columbia, MD)

One Week's Work
Newspaper Division
First Place: John Beale - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Second Place: Richard Hartog - The Outlook (Santa Monica CA)
Third Place: Khue Bui - Washington Post
Award of Excellence: Wally Skalij - Daily Breeze (Torrance CA)
Award of Excellence: Wally Skalij - Daily Breeze (Torrance CA)
Award of Excellence: Annie Wells - Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, CA)

Issue Reporting
Magazine Division
First Place: Yunghi Kim - Contact Press Images/TIME-Asia Edition/U.S. News & World Report "Comfort Women"
Second Place: Joseph Rodriguez - Black Star "What Immigration Crisis?"
Third Place: Sebastian Bolesch - Black Star/Das Fotoarchiv "This Land is Mine"
Award of Excellence: Stephen Dupont - IPG/Katz "Eco-Warrior"
Award of Excellence: Tom Stoddart - Independent Photographers Group "Airstrip"

Global News
Magazine Division
First Place: Yunghi Kim - Contact Press Images "Chasing Food"
Second Place: James Nachtwey - Magnum/TIME "A Brother Mourned"
Third Place: Yunghi Kim - Contact Press Images "Pushed"

Feature Picture
Magazine Division
First Place: Steve McCurry - Freelance/National Geographic "Fishermen"
Second Place: Steve Liss - TIME "Community"
Third Place: Tom Stoddart - Independent Photographers Group "Girls"
Award of Excellence: Richard Baker - Independent Photographers Group/Le Figaro Magazine "Highlanders"
Award of Excellence: Tom Stoddart - Independent Photographers Group "Fish"

Sports Action
Magazine Division
First Place: Rick Rickman - Inside "The Float"
Second Place: Rick Rickman - Matrix "Levitation"
Third Place: George Tiedemann - Sports Illustrated "Agony of Da-Feet"
Award of Excellence: Peter Essick - Freelance/National Geographic "Japanese Archer"

Sports Feature
Magazine Division
First Place: Bill Frakes - Sports Illustrated "Flag Flier"
Second Place: Thomas Ulrich - Freelance/LIFE Magazine "Hang Time"
Third Place: Joel Sartore - National Geographic "Goose Hunter"
Award of Excellence: Lucien Clergue - Contact Press Images "Christina Sanchez-First Female Grand Matador"
Award of Excellence: Albert Dickson - Sporting News "Fan Tackle"
Award of Excellence: Stephen Dunn - Allsport USA "Fan Restraint"

Award of Excellence: Heidi Bradner - Freelance "Face of the Opposition"
Portrait/Personality
Magazine Division
First Place: Patrick Robert - Sygma/TIME "Young Street Fighter"
Second Place: Bill Frakes - Sports Illustrated "Faded Glory"
Third Place: James LoScalzo - U.S. News & World Report "Addict"
Award of Excellence: Heidi Bradner - Freelance "Refugee Boy"
Award of Excellence: Bill Frakes - Sports Illustrated "Rounding Third"
Award of Excellence: Gregory Heisler - Freelance/Sports Illustrated "The Look"
Award of Excellence: Brenda A. Kenneally - Freelance "Prosthetic Clinic"
Award of Excellence: James LoScalzo - U.S. News & World Report "Pride"
Award of Excellence: Joseph McNally - Freelance/LIFE Magazine "Gail"
Award of Excellence: Per-Anders Petersson - Black Star "Born into Slavery"
Award of Excellence: Susie Post - Freelance/National Geographic "Maureen"

Pictorial
Magazine Division
First Place: Frans Lanting - Frans-Lanting Photography "Emperor Penguin"
Second Place: Pete Souza - Freelance/National Geographic "Dawn"
Third Place: Scott Nielsen - Freelance/National Wildlife "Full Geese Rising"
Award of Excellence: Frans Lanting - Frans-Lanting Photography "Emperor Penguin Colony"

Science/Natural History
Magazine Division
First Place: Ron & Valerie Taylor - Freelance/LIFE Magazine "Who's For Lunch"
Second Place: Frans Lanting - Frans-Lanting Photography "Emperor Greetings"
Third Place: Joel Sartore - Freelance/National Geographic "Peaceful Rest"
Award of Excellence: Fred Bavendam - Freelance/International Wildlife "Sea Feathers"
Award of Excellence: Paul Glendell - Freelance/LIFE Magazine "Horror at Sea"
Award of Excellence: Richard Haberkern - Freelance/International Wildlife "Living Rainbow"
Award of Excellence: Russell C. Hansen - Freelance/National Wildlife "Landing Approach"
Award of Excellence: Mark Moffett - Freelance/National Geographic "Fresh Look for Mr. Ugly"
Award of Excellence: Lennart Nilsson - Freelance/LIFE "The Dawn of Life"

Campaign '96
Magazine Division
First Place: P.F. Bentley - TIME "Sneak Preview"
Second Place: P.F. Bentley - TIME "The Long Walk"
Third Place: David Hume Kennerly - Newsweek "TWA Tragedy"
Award of Excellence: P.F. Bentley - TIME "Dole Announces He's Quitting the Senate"

Issue Reporting Picture Story
Magazine Division
First Place: Colin H. Finlay - SABA "Child Labor - Cairo"
Second Place: Nicola Kurtz - Freelance "Texas Dustbowl"
Third Place: Yunghi Kim - Contact Press Images/TIME-Asia Edition/U.S. News & World Report "Forgotten Women: Comfort Women"
Award of Excellence: Alexandra Avakian - Contact Press Images/National Geographic "Gaza: Where Peace Walks a Tightrope"

Global News Picture Story
Magazine Division
First Place: Yunghi Kim - Contact Press Images "The Deadly Road Home"
Second Place: Luc Delahaye - Magnum/Newsweek "Afghanistan that Still Bleeds"
Third Place: Christopher Morris - Black Star/TIME "Return to Sarajevo"
Award of Excellence: Patrick Robert - Sygma/TIME "Liberia"

Feature Picture Story
Magazine Division
First Place: Steve Liss - TIME "Community Policing"
Second Place: Steve Liss - TIME "Working Mom"
Third Place: Mark Leong - Freelance/New York Times Magazine "The China Left Behind"
Award of Excellence: Steve McCurry - Freelance/National Geographic "Sri Lanka: A Continuing Ethnic War Tarnishes the Pearl of the Indian Ocean"

Sports Picture Story
Magazine Division
First Place: Lynn Johnson - Freelance/ Sports Illustrated "Romania's Gymnasts"
Second Place: Tom Wagner - Saba Photos "Sumo Wrestler Camp"
Third Place: David Modell - Independent Photographers Group "English Soccer Fans at the European Championship"
Award of Excellence: Frazer Dryden - Freelance "Young Professionals"
Award of Excellence: Joseph McNally - Freelance/LIFE Magazine "Olympic Body"

Sports Portfolio
Magazine Division
First Place: Bill Frakes - Sports Illustrated
Second Place: Rick Rickman - Matrix
Third Place: Jed Jacobsohn - Allsport Photography USA

Newspaper Single Page News Story
Editing Division
First Place: Sonya Doctorian, Kelly Smith, Elizabeth Krebs and Kjerstin Gabrielson - St. Petersburg Times "Violence Erupts After Police Shoot Man"
Second Place: Doug Parker and Ted Jackson - Times-Picayune "Three Family Members Killed in Massacre in Mid-City"
Third Place: John Sale - Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) "Into the Heart of Darkness"
Award of Excellence: John C. Hansen, David Pickel and Gene Furr News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) "On the Heels of Fran, Soaking Rain"
Award of Excellence: Doug Parker and Rusty Costanza - Times-Picayune "Deputy James Clarius, 1962 - 1996"
Award of Excellence: Pauline Lubens - Detroit Free Press "Israel Vows Retaliation"
Award of Excellence: Greg Griffo and Charlie Nye - Indianapolis Star-News "Super Close"
Award of Excellence: John C. Hansen, David Pickel and Gene Furr News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) "Fran Leaves State of Ruin"

Newspaper Single Page Feature Story
Editing Division
First Place: Bill Gugliotta, Jamie Francis and Don Reynolds - The State (Columbia, SC) "On Poverty's Edge"
Second Place: Don Tormey - Los Angeles Times/Orange County Edition "Santa Ana at Dusk"
Third Place: Joan Carlin and Marc Piscotty - Albuquerque Tribune "Kids Show Critters for Cash"
Award of Excellence: Eric Strachan, Bill Blanton, and Lance Murphey - Naples Daily News "The Coven"
Award of Excellence: Mark Edelson - Palm Beach Post "Firewalkers"
Award of Excellence: Mark Edelson - Palm Beach Post "Margaret's Long Goodbye"
Award of Excellence: Casey Madison - News Tribune (Tacoma, WA) "Coming of Age in a Silent World"
Award of Excellence: Robert Pope, Rich Saal, Linda Fraembs - The State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) "A Test for Life"
Award of Excellence: Celia Prestamo - Hartford Courant "How Sweet It Is"
Award of Excellence: Susan F. B. Ryan and Brian Plonka - The Herald-News (Joliet, IL) "Divine Providence"
Award of Excellence: Leslie A. White - Dallas Morning News "Training the Boys of Summer"

Newspaper Multiple Page News Story
Editing Division
First Place: Paula Nelson - Dallas Morning News "Perils of Peace"
Second Place: Thomas McGuire and John Scanlan - Hartford Courant "Mama, Can You Save Me?"
Third Place: Ken Riddick - Fresno (CA) Bee "Ruben's Gift"
Award of Excellence: John C. Hansen, David Pickel and Gene Furr - News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) "Hurricane Fran"
Award of Excellence: Mike Smith, Pauline Lubens, Rob St. John and Todd Winge - Detroit Free Press "Clinton II"

Newspaper Multiple Page Feature Story
Editing Division
First Place: Michele Cardon, Jodie Steck and Mindy Schauer - Orange County Register "Teen Parenthood: An Awesome Responsibility"
Second Place: Mark Edelson - Palm Beach Post "Tracy's Dance"
Third Place: Elizabeth Krebs - St. Petersburg Times "Girls: A Portrait of Change"
Award of Excellence: Renee C. Byer - The Oregonian "The Gone Girls"
Award of Excellence: Elana Winsberg - Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Children of the Shadows"

Newspaper Series
Editing Division
First Place: Scott Sines, Bart Rayniak and John Sale - Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) "The War Within"
Second Place: Michele Cardon, Jodie Steck and Bruce Strong - Orange County Register "The Fight for Minnie Street"
Third Place: Mike Smith - Detroit Free Press "The Sword of Afghanistan - The Taliban"
Award of Excellence: Scott Demuesy, Mark Damon, Sue Morrow, Linda Baron and Giuliana Nakashima - San Jose Mercury News "Visual Reality - A Look at Silicon Valley's Technology and State of Mind"
Award of Excellence: Robin Donina Serne, Elizabeth Krebs and Vic DeRobertis - St. Petersburg Times "About Face"
Award of Excellence: Mike Smith - Detroit Free Press "Who Cares? Inside Michigan's Nursing Homes"

Newspaper Special Section
Editing Division
First Place: Victoria Kettlewell - Minneapolis Star Tribune "With Unending Grace"
Second Place: Colin Crawford and Gail Fisher - Los Angeles Times/Orange County "Shelter on Stage"
Third Place: Geoff Forester, Peter Southwick, Lucy Bartholomay, Aldona Charlton, Michele McDonald and LeeAnn Burden - The Boston Globe "Choosing a Good Death"
Award of Excellence: John Sale - Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA) "Into the Heart of Darkness"

Newspaper Picture Editing/Individual
Editing Division
First Place: Mark Edelson - Palm Beach Post
Second Place: John Sale - Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
Third Place: Mike Smith - Detroit Free Press
Award of Excellence: Rick Shaw - Sacramento Bee

Newspaper Picture Editing/Team
Editing Division
First Place: Pete Cross, Mark Edelson, Loren Hosack, Sherman Zent and John J. Lopinot - Palm Beach Post
Second Place: Scott Sines, John Sale, Bart Rayniak, Dan Pelle and Sandra Bancroft-Billings - Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
Third Place: Lorren Au, Chris Carlson, Michele Cardon, Jebb Harris, Mike Pilgrim and Jodie Steck - Orange County Register
Award of Excellence: Thea Breite & The Photo Staff of the Providence Journal-Bulletin - Providence Journal-Bulletin
Award of Excellence: Paula Nelson and Leslie A. White - Dallas Morning News

Magazine Multiple Page News Story
Editing Division
First Place: Hillary Raskin - TIME "Going the Hard Way"
Second Place: Kathy Ryan - New York Times Magazine "Savage Spite"
Third Place: Kathy Ryan - New York Times Magazine "What Happened to Fred Cuny?"
Award of Excellence: James Colton - Newsweek "The Mind of the Unabomber"

Magazine Multiple Page Feature Story
Editing Division
First Place: Kathy Ryan - New York Times Magazine "James is a Girl"
Second Place: Robert Stevens - TIME "Death of a City"
Third Place: Dennis Dimick and Bill Marr - National Geographic Magazine "Emperors of the Ice"
Award of Excellence: David Friend - LIFE "Through the Gates of Hell"
Award of Excellence: Sue Morrow - San Jose Mercury News/West Magazine "Fair's Fare"
Award of Excellence: Rhonda Prast and Alan Berner - Seattle Times/Pacific Magazine "The West"

Magazine Picture Editing/Individual
Editing Division
First Place: Kathy Ryan - New York Times Magazine
Second Place: Bert L. Fox - Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine
Third Place: James Colton - Newsweek

Magazine Picture Editing/Team
Editing Division
First Place: Dennis Dimick, Bill Marr, David Griffin and Connie Phelps - National Geographic Magazine
Second Place: Sue Morrow and Tracy Cox - San Jose Mercury News
Third Place: John Echave, Constance Phelps, David Allen Harvey, Alex Webb, Stuart Franklin, Tomasz Tomaszewski - National Geographic Magazine
Award of Excellence: David Friend, Bobbi Baker Burrows, Jay Lovinger, Pat Cadley, Lee Dudley, Marie Schumann and Pam Steibel - LIFE

Best use of photography
Newspapers Circulation <25,000
Editing Division
First Place: News-Review (Roseburg, OR)
Second Place: Jackson Hole (WY) News
Third Place: Concord Monitor
Award of Excellence: Journal Tribune "(Biddeford, ME)

Best use of photography
Newspapers Circulation 25,000 - 150,000
Editing Division
First Place: Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
Second Place: Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
Third Place: The State (Columbia, SC)

Best use of photography
Newspapers Circulation >150,000
Editing Division
First Place: Palm Beach (FL) Post
Second Place: San Jose Mercury News
Third Place: Chicago Tribune
Award of Excellence: Seattle Times
Award of Excellence: Dallas Morning News
Award of Excellence: Providence Journal-Bulletin

Best use of photography
Magazines
Editing Division
First Place: National Geographic Magazine
Second Place: Sports Illustrated
Third Place: National Wildlife
Award of Excellence: Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine

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