2011 POY “Contest Central”
It’s that time of the year! Reach back into your archives and pull out your best images of 2011 for WNPA’s 2011 POY Contest. Contest deadline is: Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. Below are links the PDF forms and rules/information packet. Read them carefully as this year there are new filenaming requirements and a new online [...]
WNPA Board plans 2012 activities
The WNPA Board, along with contest chairs, the membership chair and other volunteers, met Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, in Appleton to discuss the following items: Clip and POY contests Membership expansion, record-keeping, and our dues payment process Advocacy efforts WNPA’s involvement in the 2012 Wisconsin Newspaper Association’s Annual Convention WNPA’s own 2012 convention Doug Sundin [...]
2010 WNPA POY and Multimedia Results
Gary Porter of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is the 2010 WNPA Photographer of the Year. Porter was also awarded Best of Show. Michael P. King of the Wisconsin State Journal (and previously of the Green Bay Press-Gazette) was awarded 1st Place Portfolio. Sharon Cekada of The Post-Crescent in Appleton won 1st Place Best Multimedia Story. [...]
WNPA Pro POY judging in progress
Beginning at 9 a.m., we are LIVE from the Center for Photography at Madison with the Wisconsin News Photographers Association’s 2010 Pictures of the Year judging. Results will be posted immediately following the conclusion of the contest.
Pro POY judging to be held Sat., April 9
The Pro POY contest judging will be held Saturday, April 9, 2011 at the Center for Photography at Madison, 303 S. Paterson St. (Door 2), Madison, WI, beginning at 9 a.m. until finish (likely 5:30 p.m.). The judging is open to WNPA members, CPM members, and students. We are very grateful that CPM is hosting [...]
2010 WNPA Student POY Results
Lukas Keapproth of the Badger Herald is the 2010 WNPA Student Photographer of the Year. Matt Dixon of Marquette University was awarded 1st Place Portfolio. The 2010 Student Pictures of the Year contest was judged Saturday, April 2, 2011 at the Wisconsin State Journal by John Hart, Hank Koshollek, and Ting-Li Wang. View the winning [...]
WNPA Student POY judging in progress
Beginning at 9 a.m., we are LIVE from the Wisconsin State Journal with the 2010 WNPA Student POY judging.
Student POY Contest judging Sat., April 2
The Student POY Contest judging will be held Saturday, April 2, 2011 in the auditorium at the Wisconsin State Journal, 1901 Fish Hatchery Road, Madison, WI, beginning at 9 a.m. until finish (likely 4 p.m.). The judging is open to WNPA members and all students. This year’s judges are: Ting Li-Wang (Wisconsin Legislature photographer, formerly [...]
WNPA POY entry period closed
Thank you to all who entered the 2010 POY and Student POY contest. The deadline has passed and I am no longer accepting new entries. We got a lot of entries this year and I’m in the midst of processing them all, ensuring that all instructions were followed and that everybody has paid their membership [...]
POY deadline rapidly approaching
OK, folks… we are about 10 days out from the March 4, 2011, 11:59:59 p.m. deadline for WNPA’s 2010 POY Contest. All entries, forms, and payment must be received by that deadline. This applies to PRO and STUDENT entries, alike. Regarding payment: Feel free to write a check for your membership/contest fees, but PayPal is [...]
2010 POY Contest Rules and Forms
The time has come! Although we’re running a little late this year, we are still having a POY contest for the 2010 calendar year and what a contest it will be… Start getting those images and a multimedia project ready, and download your rules document, entry form, and FTP instructions here: 2010_WNPA_POYrules 2010_WNPA_POY_entryform 2010_FTPinstructions Deadline [...]
2009 Multimedia Contest Results
This year’s multimedia judges Andy Alfaro (SacBee.com), Emily Rasinski (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), and Chuck Fadely (Miami Herald) have announced their decisions on our multimedia contest… view the winnings projects below… Audio Slideshow: 1st – Evan Siegle – Green Bay Press-Gazette – Favre 2nd – Gary Porter – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – High Octane Nostalgia 3rd [...]
E. Jason Wambsgans, Chicago Tribune, 3rd POY judge
E. Jason Wambsgans of the Chicago Tribune is the Wisconsin News Photographers Association’s third POY judge, joining Kevin Miyazaki of Redux, and retired Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photographer Erv Gebhard on the panel which meets Friday, March 12, 2010, at the Journal Sentinel. Wambsgans also plans to show a selection of multimedia projects during Saturday’s convention. [...]
2009 College POY Winners List and Gallery
Jeff Schorfheide of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Badger Herald is the 2009 WNPA Student Photographer of the Year. Results are below from the WNPA 2009 Student POY Contest judging at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Thursday, March 11, 2010. Judges were Mary Catanese (Mt. Mary College, formerly of CNI Newspapers), Evan Siegle (Green Bay Press-Gazette), Kristyna Wentz-Graff [...]
2009 POY Winners List and Gallery
Kristyna Wentz-Graff of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is WNPA’s 2009 Photographer of the Year. The judging, conducted at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Friday, March 12, 2010. The judges were: Kevin Miyazaki (Redux), Erv Gebhard (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, retired), E. Jason Wambsgans (Chicago Tribune). Winning Images Gallery Feature (70 entries) 1st- Kristyna Wentz-Graff- Solstice 2nd- Michael [...]
REPLAY: WNPA 2009 POY and Student POY judging webcast
Watch a replay of the webcast of the professional contest judging in the window below. To see the student POY judging, or watch any of the student or pro categories individually, at your own pace, and in your preferred order, go to the <a href=”http://www.livestream.com/wnpa/folder”>on-demand page</a>. <br /> <br /> <div align=”center”><object classid=”clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000″ codebase=”http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0″ width=”0″ [...]
Multimedia POY Contest judging in progress
Judging for the 2009 Multimedia POY Contest is under way. This year there are 6 slideshow entries and 13 video entries. We plan to announce and show the winners at the this year’s convention at Hotel Metro in Milwaukee on Saturday, March 13, 2010. Judging the contest are: Chuck Fadely is a visual journalist for [...]
Convention 2010: Official Details
Official Schedule Thursday, March 11, 2010 9:00 a.m. – Student POY Judging (LIVE WEBCAST) Friday, March 12, 2010 9:00 a.m. – WNPA POY Judging (LIVE WEBCAST) TBD – Social gathering (Details pending) Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:00 a.m. – Breakfast/Registration 9:00 a.m. – Speaker: Kevin Miyazaki, Redux 10:00 a.m. – Multimedia Workshop 11:00 a.m. – [...]
WNPA Pictures of the Year 2009
See Wisconsin News Photographers Assocation’s Pictures of the Year 2009 here. Best of Show KRISTYNA WENTZ-GRAFF MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL Benjamin Picciolo, 4, holds a candle as he awaits the sunrise on the shores of Lake Michigan to celebrate the first day of winter, December 21, 2009. Monday is the winter solstice, marking the longest night [...]
2009 Slideshow Entries
Watch all the entered multimedia pieces in this year’s multimedia contest. Judges have entered their comments on the winners and categories in general. Andy Alfaro is “2009mmjudge_1″, Chuck Fadely is “2009mmjudge_2″, and Emily Rasinski is “2009mmjudge_3.” Slideshow Entries: Entry 1: Behind the Scenes: The Heidi Chronicles http://www.marquette.edu/slideshows/2009/theatre/ Entry 2: Triumph Over Tragedy http://tinyurl.com/ydhmnst Entry 3: [...]
2009 Video Entries
Watch all the entered multimedia pieces in this year’s multimedia contest. Judges have entered their comments on the winners and categories in general. Andy Alfaro is “2009mmjudge_1″, Chuck Fadely is “2009mmjudge_2″, and Emily Rasinski is “2009mmjudge_3.” Video Entries: Entry 1: Special Olympics Power Lifter http://tinyurl.com/yabhqdn NOTE TO JUDGES ON THIS ENTRY: Video player throws unnecessary [...]
Student POY judges announced
The 2009 Student POY Contest will be judged at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Thursday, March 11, 2010. Judging the contest will be: -Kristyna Wentz-Graff, photojournalist, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel -Evan Siegle, photojournalist, Green Bay Press-Gazette -Mary Catanese, photography instructor, Mt. Mary College (former photojournalist, CNI Newspapers) Also, retired Journal-Sentinel photographer Erv Gebhard joins the professional POY [...]
2009 POY CONTEST – RULES AND FORMS
It’s time, once again, for professional and student photographers from across Wisconsin to enter their best images from 2009 in the 2009 WNPA POY Contest. Entries, which can be submitted electronically or by mail, must be received by Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 at 5 p.m. The contest will be judged with the annual convention in [...]