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|| SportsShooter.com: News Item: Posted 2004-08-06

Utah News Photographers Assoc. announce 2003 contest winners
By Brian Nicholson, UNPA contest chair

Once again, Utah SportsShooter.com members take home awards in the Utah News Photographers Association (UNPA) 2003 photo contest. This year's contest was entered by a humble group of 29 photographers from six newspapers and one major college. We had 1001 photos submitted in twelve different categories and now the winners have finally emerged.

But enough about us... The 2003 photo contest was also judged by many talented and well respected photojournalists which are members of this site.

In it's fourth year, the UNPA contest has now attracted more and more interest and continues to solicit the help of the absolute best talent in the business to critique its work. Of the twelve categories, eight were judged by SportsShooter.com members and there has been a growing numbers of awards taken home by SportsShooter.com members.

Of the contest, Best Of Show category judge Jack Gruber of USA Today wrote, "Just wanted to thank you for letting me look at the entire selection of winning entries. It was really a incredible collection of work from a single state organization. I know there is tremendous talent in Utah but getting to see the work all compiled is really wonderful. "

The following is a list of the judges for the 2003 contest:

Best Of Show: SportsShooter.com member Jack Gruber, USA Today.
Photographer of the Year: Peter Howe, former photojournalist, who subsequently became the Picture Editor of the New York Times Magazine, Director of Photography for LIFE magazine and Vice President of Corbis.
Spot News: SportsShooter.com member Deanne Fitzmaurice, San Francisco Chronicle.
General News: David Leeson and Mei-Chun Jau, The Dallas Morning News.
Feature: SportsShooter.com member Brian Davies, Eugene Register-Guard.
Photo Essay: SportsShooter.com member Al Diaz, Miami Herald.
Sports Action: SportsShooter.com member Albert Dickson, The Sporting News.
Sports Feature: SportsShooter.com member Bill Frakes, Sports Illustrated.
Portrait: SportsShooter.com member Pete Souza, Chicago Tribune.
Pictorial: SportsShooter.com member Robin Loznak, Great Falls Tribune.
Illustration: Jim Witmer, Dayton Daily News.
Humor: SportsShooter.com member Tomas Ovalle, The Fresno Bee.

And the SportsShooter.com members who were winners are:

Eli Lucero, who took home a third place in the Sports Action category. He can be found here: http://www.sportsshooter.com/elucero

Trent Nelson, who made a haul with the Best of Show entry which honors the best of all the single categories. He also won first place awards in the Sports Action, Photo Essay and Humor categories and took home an honorable mention for Portrait. His site can be located here: http://www.sportsshooter.com/nailz

Brian Nicholson reeled in a first place and honorable mention in the Feature category, second place awards in both Pictorial and Humor categories, third place in Photographer of the Year and an honorable mention in Spot News. His gallery is at: http://www.sportsshooter.com/bnicholson

Grayson West picked up a couple of prizes as well. He earned a second place in the Feature category and a third for General News. His site is located here: http://www.sportsshooter.com/grayson

Jaren Wilkey was also a winner with an honorable mention in the Sports Action category. His images are at:
http://www.sportsshooter.com/jarenwilkey

We would like to offer our thanks to all the talented judges for their insightful comments and for taking the time out of a likely busy schedule to judge this contest.

To view the Utah News Photographers Association website, you may visit: http://www.utahnewsphotos.com

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