2021 Winners

First Place - 2021 Spot News

Police with guns drawn watch as rioters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.

J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press

First Place - 2021 General News

Relatives and neighbors wail during the funeal of Waseem Ahmed, a policeman who was killed in a shootout, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, June 13, 2021. Two civilians and two police officials were killed in an armed clash in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday, police said, triggering anti-India protests who accused the police of targeting the civilians.

Dar Yasin / Associated Press

First Place - 2021 Feature

A Palestinian man carries an olive tree as he crosses illegally into Israel from the West Bank, through a gap in the separation barrier, south of the West Bank town of Hebron, Monday, March. 8, 2021.

Oded Balilty / Associated Press

First Place - 2021 Sports Action

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson scores a touchdown in the second half of an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, in Baltimore.

Julio Cortez / Associated Press

First Place - 2021 Sports Feature

Riders of the French cycling team train as a woman receives Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at the National Velodrome in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, west of Paris, Monday, March 29, 2021, that has been transformed into a mass vaccination center. The French government count of COVID-19 patients in ICUs and hospital surveillance units climbed to 4,872 on Sunday night.

Christophe Ena / Associated Press

First Place - 2021 Portrait/Personality

lvaro Puig Moreno watches television while eating a his Christmas Eve dinner at his home in Barcelona, Spain, Dec. 24, 2020. "The solitude gets to me these days, I often feel depressed," Puig said. "These holidays, instead of making me happy, make me sad. I hate them. Most of family has died, I am one of the last ones left. I will spend Christmas at home alone because I don't have anyone to spend them with."

Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press

First Place - 2021 Olympics Action

Raven Saunders, of the United States, competes in the final of the women's shot put at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo.

David j. Phillip / Associated Press

First Place - 2021 Elections

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - JANUARY 04: David Cowan, sign language interpreter, smacks his head as he interprets Gabriel Sterling, Georgia's Voting System Implementation manager, as he speaks during a press conference addressing Georgia's alleged voter irregularities and President Donald Trumps phone call at the Georgia State Capitol on January 04, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. In a one-hour phone call Saturday with Brad Raffensperger, Georgia's Secretary of State, President Trump urged him to overturn his defeat in the November election against President-elect Joe Biden.

Michael Santiago / Getty Images

First Place - 2021 Olympics Feature

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 07: Sifan Hassan of Team Netherlands competes in the Women's 10,000m Final on day fifteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 07, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

Matthias Hangst / Getty Images

Below is a list of the winners from the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar's 2021 photo contest. Thank you to everyone who entered and participated in the contest, and congratulations to the winners!

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