Utah News Photographers Association

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• Sports Action – Mario Ruiz, First Place

  1st- “State Amateur Golf Final” Mario Ruiz 2nd- “Baseball Dive” Eli Lucero 3rd- “Face Masked” Jeff Allred HM- “Wipe out” Scott Winterton HM- “Houston we have a problem” Drew Godleski HM- “Still in the Stirrups” Mike Terry

• Humor – Jaren Wilkey, First Place

  1st- “Didn’t we used to throw caps?” Jaren Wilkey 2nd- “Emercyn Hates Potatos” Mike Terry 3rd- “Bad Throw” Rick Egan

• A Year in America, Beth Schlanker

  Best of Show – “A Year in America” by Beth Schlanker Click the photo to view the winning multimedia piece.

• Video – Chris Onstott, First Place

  1st- “Hawk Hunting with Justin Neighbor” Chris Onstott 2nd- “National Anthem Tryouts” Jeff Allred 3rd- “Life After Lockup” Chris Onstott

• Spot News – Tom Smart, First Place

  1st- “Electrocution Victim” Tom Smart 2nd- “FLDS Women” Chris Detrick 3rd- “Moab Wildfire” Jim Urquhart

• POY – Beth Schlanker, Honorable Mention

  Honorable Mention, Photographer of the Year 2009 – Beth Schlanker Dressed as Michael Jackson, English teacher Sharman Tueller, practices her moves backstage, before performing to the song “Beat It” during the “Stop Violence with Helping Hands” special assembly at Mt. Ogden Middle School in Ogden, Utah on Friday, April 18, 2008. Grady Anderson, 10, left, [...]

• Portrait – Leah Hogsten, First Place

  Overall this was an extremely weak category. 1st – Baby Bliss – Leah Hogsten, Salt Lake Tribune 2nd – Brenn Hill – Whitney Curtis, Standard-Examiner 3rd – Harmonica Man – Alan Murray, Standard-Examiner Baby Bliss took first because it felt spontaneous, moody, and more unconventional than the rest. Most of the portraits here where incredibly [...]

• POY – Djamila Grossman, Second Place

  Second Place, Photographer of the Year 2009 – Djamila Grossman Lorie Cross, 18, of Pleasant View, Utah, waits for customers to buy corn by the side of the road, on Aug. 5, 2008. Cross and two of her friends raised the crops as part of the school’s Future Farmers of America club. Sgt. Joe Hoffman [...]

• Feature Photo – Meegan Reid, First Place

  1st- “Wary Dancing” Meegan Reid 2nd- “Dog Wash” Kristin Murphy 3rd- “Farewell” Ramin Rahimian

• Multimedia – Beth Schlanker, First Place

  1st- “A Year in America” Beth Schlanker 2nd- “Starting over: Things we lost in the fire” Tim Hussin 3rd- “Visiting Barbara” Laura Seitz