2nd Place Sports Photographer of the Year- Rob Schumacher, The Arizona Republic
3rd Place Sports POY- Kelly Presnell
AoE Sports POY- Mark J. Rebilas
1st, 2nd and 3rd Picture Story 2013
1st Place- Charlie Leight, The Arizona Republic “Coming Home” 2nd Place- Mike Christy, Arizona Daily Star “Perez” 3rd Place- Nick Oza, The Arizona Republic “Complexity of Immigration”
AoEs Picture Story 2013
AoE- Nick Oza, The Arizona Republic “Cleaning the Soul of India” AoE- Kelly Presnell, Arizona Daily Star “Rollergirls”
Spot News 2013
1rst Place- Nick Oza, The Arizona Republic “Point of No Return” 2nd Place- Rob Schumacher, The Arizona Republic “Granite Mountain Fire” 3rd Place- Christian Petersen, Getty Images “19 Flags” AoE- Pat Shannahan, The Arizona Republic “Pot House”
General News 2013
1st Place- Mark Henle, The Arizona Republic “Chain Gang” 2nd Place- David Wallace, The Arizona Republic “Arias Verdict Reaction” 3rd Place- Charlie Leight, The Arizona Republic “Gabby Giffords” AoE- Nick Oza, The Arizona Republic “Cheers for Pope Francis” AoE- Nick Oza, The Arizona Republic “Praying for Speaker Boehner” AoE- Ross D. Franklin, Associated Press “Cyber Monday”…
Feature 2013
1st Place- Michael Chow, The Arizona Republic “Fetch” 2nd Place- Mamta Popat, Arizona Daily Star “Fitting Room” 3rd Place- Ross D. Franklin, Associated Press “Fireworks” AoE- David Wallace, The Arizona Republic “Burrowing Owl” AoE- David Wallace, The Arizona Republic “Soaked”
Pictorial 2013
1st Place- Michael Chow, The Arizona Republic “Lightning” 2nd Place- Nick Cote, Daily News-Sun (Sun City) “Car Show” 3rd Place- Pat Shannahan, The Arizona Republic “Super Moon” 3rd Place- Beatrice Richardson, Sierra Vista Herald “Rainbow” AoE- Nick Cote, Daily News-Sun (Sun City) “El Camino”
Illustration 2013
1st Place- David Kadlubowski, The Arizona Republic “Super Sutton” 2nd Place- Pat Shannahan, The Arizona Republic “Mushrooms” 3rd Place- Ron Medvescek, Arizona Daily Star “Vintage Bracelet” AoE- John Samora, The Arizona Republic “Soup Shooters”