2023 Winners

First Place - 2023 General News

An aerial view of migrants making their way across a lily weed choked part of the Rio Grande to enter the United States on May 11, 2023 in Matamoros, Mexico. A surge of migrants are expected with the end of the U.S. government's Covid-era Title 42 policy, which for the past three years has allowed for the quick expulsion of irregular migrants entering the country.

Joe Raedle / Getty Images

First Place - 2023 Feature

"Costaleros", who carry on their backs the portable dais platform which supports a statue of Jesus Christ of the "Padre Jesus Nazareno" brotherhood, participate in the holy week procession in Priego de Cordoba, southern Spain, Friday, April 7, 2023. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week.

Manu Fernandez / Associated Press

First Place - 2023 Sports Action

TEAHUPO'O, FRENCH POLYNESIA - AUGUST 19: Australian surfer Olivia Ottaway dives under a breaking wave on August 19, 2023 in Teahupo'o, French Polynesia. Teahupo'o has been hosting the WSL Tahiti Pro event for over two decades and will next year host the surfing event for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Ryan Pierse / Getty Images

First Place - 2023 Sports Feature

7/21/2023Cynthiana, Kentucky Competitors chase a pig at the greased pig contests Friday, July 21, 2023, at the Harrison County Fair in Cynthiana, KY. A local pig is lathered in a mixture of grease and various other viscous liquids to make it slippery, and contestants attempt to tackle and hold the pig. The winner will have held the pig anywhere from 30 to 60 seconds. In the upper age groups, the contestants must take the pig back to the trailer.

Lukas Flippo / Yale University

First Place - 2023 Portrait

Levi Price, 6, (right) and Asher Moore, 5, (left) stand for a portrait after playing in mud Monday, June 19, 2023, in Berry, KY. Levi Price, 6, Dawson Price, 3, Asher Moore, 5, Ryleigh Preston, 2, and Axton Moore, 1, who played in the backyard while Ernie fed the chickens, were all watched by Brenna Price, who runs a babysitting business out of her home. Brennas husband, Ernie Price, works at the Kentucky Department of Transportation.

Lukas Flippo / Yale University

First Place - 2023 Domestic (U.S.) Spot News

Rep. Justin Pearson, Rep. Justin Jones, and Rep. Gloria Johnson leave the Tennessee State Capitol after a vote at the Tennessee House of Representatives to expel two Democratic members for their roles in a gun control demonstration at the statehouse the previous week, in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., April 6, 2023.

Cheney Orr / Reuters

First Place - 2023 International Spot News

Palestinians pull the body of a young girl out of rubble from a residential building leveled in an Israeli airstrike on Al Shati Refugee Camp Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Israel's retaliation escalated after Gaza's militant Hamas rulers launched an unprecedented attack on Israel Saturday, October 7, 2023, killing over 1,200 Israelis and taking captive dozens. Heavy Israeli airstrikes on the enclave has killed over 1,200 Palestinians.

Fatima Shbair / Associated Press

First Place - 2023 Feature Picture Story (Excerpt)

This series chronicles daily life in war-torn Ukraine as the people of the country try to remain some type of normalcy during the war. A group of recent high school grads leap as they pose for photos to celebrate their graduation in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 3, 2023.

Jae C. Hong / Associated Press

First Place - 2023 Domestic (US) General News Picture Story (Excerpt )

From Minority Leader to Speaker of the House and back Rep. Kevin McCarthy becomes the first Speaker in US history to be ousted from the position. Round Hill, VA - November 8 : House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., and Hung Cao, Republican candidate for Virginia's 10th Congressional district, speak to voters on midterm Election Day at Tammy's Diner on Tuesday, Nov. 08, 2022 in Round Hill, VA.

Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post

First Place - 2023 Sports Picture Story (Excerpt)

Michael Mikey the Bull Portales is knocked down by Ioannis Manouilidis during his loss in a lightweight fight during San Francisco Fight Night at Cow Palace in Daly City, Calif., on Saturday, February 18, 2023.

Scott Strazzante / San Francisco Chronicle

First Place - 2023 Domestic (US) Spot News Picture Story (Excerpt)

An aerial view wreckage in the town of Rolling Fork after thunderstorms spawning high straight-line winds and tornadoes ripped across the state in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, U.S. March 26, 2023. New research suggests that as average temperatures rise, the sorts of intense storms that frequently spawn tornadoes are becoming more common outside parts of the Midwest known as tornado alley.

Cheney Orr / Reuters

First Place - 2023 Chris Hondros Memorial International News (Excerpt)

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered "the most massive violations of human rights" in the world today, the head of the United Nations said in February 2023, as the war pushed into its second year with no end in sight and tens of thousands dead. Women walk by a building damaged by Russian shelling in the Saltivka district of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023.

Vadim Ghirda / Associated Press

Below is a list of the winners from the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar's 2023 photo contest. Thank you to everyone who entered and participated in the contest, and congratulations to the winners!

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