2013 Winners
First Place Winner - 2013 Spot News
A Pakistani man carrying a child rushes away from the site of a blast shortly after a car exploded in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013. "Bomb Attack"
Photo by Mohammad Sajjad / Associated Press
First Place Winner - 2013 Sports Action
Sadie Bezzant is crushed by a sheep during the pre-rodeo entertainment of mutton busting during the Strawberry Days Rodeo on June 19, 2013 in Pleasant Grove, Utah.
Photo by Patrick Smith / Freelance
First Place Winner - 2013 General News
A Palestinian man kisses the hand of a dead relative in the morgue of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Nov. 18, 2012. "Last Kiss"
Photo by Bernat Armangué / Associated Press
First Place Winner - 2013 Feature
Ariel Pedigo and her family relax outside grandmother Elizabeth Pedigo's home in Bowling Green on Thursday, September 26, 2013.
Photo by Brian Powers / Freelance
First Place Winner - 2013 Portrait/Personality
Soviet Jewish World War Two veteran Yaakov Vilkovich, 90, poses for a portrait at his house in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod. Vilkovich joined the Red Army in 1941, served in the 31st Army's infantry battalion and fought in the Battle of Berlin in 1945. He immigrated to Israel in 1998. "Veteran"
Photo By Oded Balilty / Associated Press
First Place Winner - 2013 Sports Feature
Southwestern high school cheerleaders, in class 2A - small, walk up to receive their second place trophy at the KHSAA Competitive Cheer Championships on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at E.A. Diddle Arena is Bowling Green, Ky.
Photo by Jabin Botsford / Western Kentucky University
First Place Winner - 2013 Chris Hondros Memorial International News
A Free Syrian Army fighter feeds a cat bread in the old city of Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. "Syria Civil War" This photo is part of a series.
Photo by Andoni Lubaki / Associated Press
First Place Winner - 2013 Pictorial
People watch fireworks from inside their hotel room windows along Point State Park on Light Up Night in downtown Pittsburgh on Friday, November 16, 2012. Light Up Night brings Christmas tree lighting ceremonies and other holiday festivities to the streets of the downtown, as well as fireworks shows over Pittsburgh's three rivers converging at Point State Park.
Photo by Stephanie Strasburg / Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Below is a list of the winners from the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar's 2013 photo contest. Thank you to everyone who entered and participated in the contest, and congratulations to the winners!
Click on category titles to view images from those categories.
Best In Show
- Andoni Lubaki / Associated Press
Rich Mahan Best Student Portfolio
- Coty Giannelli / The Daily Kent Stater
Best Portfolio
- Andrew Biraj / Reuters
Spot News
- 1st Place – Mohammad Sajjad / Associated Press
- 2nd Place – Munir uz Zaman / Agence France-Presse
- 3rd Place – Sue Ogrocki / Associated Press
- Honorable Mention – Charles Krupa / Associated Press
- Honorable Mention – Karen Quincy Loberg / Ventura County Star
- Honorable Mention – Jessica Hill / Associated Press
General News
- 1st Place – Bernat Armangue / Associated Press
- 2nd Place – Bernat Armangue / Associated Press
- 3rd Place – Bernat Armangue / Associated Press
- Honorable Mention – Brian Powers / Freelance
- Honorable Mention – Scott Strazzante / Chicago Tribune
Feature
- 1st Place – Brian Powers / Freelance
- 2nd Place – Daniel Ochoa de Olza / Associated Press
- 3rd Place – Scott Barbour / Getty Images
- Honorable Mention – Andoni Lubaki / Associated Press
- Honorable Mention – Kevin Frayer / Associated Press
Sports Action
- 1st Place – Patrick Smith / Freelance
- 2nd Place – Patrick Smith / Freelance
- 3rd Place – David Phillip / Associated Press
- Honorable Mention – Mark Terrill / Associated Press
- Honorable Mention – Susana Vera / REUTERS STRINGER
Sports Feature
- 1st Place – Jabin Botsford / Western Kentucky University
- 2nd Place – Oded Balilty / Associated Press
- 3rd Place – Francis Gardler / Lincoln Journal Star
- Honorable Mention – Scott Barbour / Getty Images
- Honorable Mention – Gerald Herbert / Associated Press
Portrait/Personality
- 1st Place – Oded Balilty / Associated Press
- 2nd Place – Jabin Botsford / Western Kentucky University
Pictorial
- 1st Place – Stephanie Strasburg / Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
- 2nd Place – Robin Laird / University of Southern California
- 3rd Place – Justin Sullivan / getty images
- Honorable Mention – David Goldman / Associated Press
News Picture Story
- 1st Place – Kevin Frayer / Associated Press
- 2nd Place – Andrew Biraj / Reuters
- 3rd Place – Daniel Ochoa de Olza / Associated Press
- Honorable Mention – David Guttenfelder / Associated Press
Feature Picture Story/Essay
- 1st Place – Rodrigo Abd / Associated Press
- 2nd Place – David Goldman / Associated Press
- 3rd Place – Matt McClain / The Washington Post
- Honorable Mention – John Moore / Getty Images
Sports Picture Story
- 1st Place – Patrick Smith / Freelance
- 2nd Place – Stefan Wermuth / REUTERS
- 3rd Place – Patrick Smith / Freelance
- Honorable Mention – David Ramos / Getty Images
Chris Hondros Memorial International News
- 1st Place – Andoni Lubaki / Associated Press
- 2nd Place – Bernat Armangue / Associated Press
- 3rd Place – Justin Merriman / Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
- Honorable Mention – Narciso Contreras / Associated Press
Product Illustration
- Honorable Mention – Larry McCormack / The Tennessean
Issue Illustration
- No awards given
Multimedia Slideshow
- 1st Place – Christopher Capozziello
Multimedia Interactive Presentation
- No awards given