Category: Print Magazine/Media Visual Editing

First Place

Kurt Mutchler / National Geographic Magazine
“Katie’s New Face”

Second Place

Vaughn Wallace / National Geographic Magazine
“Plastic”

Third Place

Kathy Moran / National Geographic Magazine
“Feeding China”

Award of Excellence

Sadie Quarrier / National Geographic Magazine
“Palm Oil”

Award of Excellence

Sadie Quarrier / National Geographic Magazine
“Antarctica”

Award of Excellence

Jennifer Samuel / National Geographic Magazine
“Japanese Internment”

First Place

“Katie’s New Face”

This story is difficult to look at. Yet we are asking you to go on the remarkable journey of how a young woman received face transplant because it reveals something profound about our humanity. Our face conveys who we are, telegraphing a kaleidoscope of emotions. It’s our doorway to the sensory world, allowing us to see, smell, taste, hear and feel the breeze. Are we our faces? Katie Stubblefield lost hers when she was 18. When she was 21, doctors gave Katie a new face. This is a story of trauma, identity, resilience, devotion and amazing medical miracles.