NEFeature - 1st place - Sally Squires of Westerville, practices the Garland Waltz during rehearsal for Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty" at BalletMet in Columbus. (Joshua A. Bickel / ThisWeek Community News)
NEFeature - 2nd place - Micah Tuazon, 14, of Marysville, tries to catch a fish at the "Omocha" booth of Japanese games and toys during the second annual Evening of Japanese Culture at Marysville High School. (Joshua A. Bickel / ThisWeek Community News)
Feature - 3rd place - Mike and Heeyeon Ko work together to create a family photograph to celebrate and announce the news that they are expecting a boy. They gathered at Griggs Reservoir with their dug Gus to make a variety of photos to send out to family with the announcement. (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - HM - Athena Theuamthalaray of Columbus sprays baby powder on the festival goers at the Songkran Festival for the Thai New Year at the Wat Buddha Samakidham Temple. Athena was one of seven girls who had been participants in the Lao New Year Pageant. The festival also included a blessing with water and flowers for elders of the community and monks of the temple. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 1st place - Swat officer Jim Sanford consoles his daughter Mollie Sanford, 12, during the vigil for fellow officer Steven Smith at the Columbus Police Memorial. Officer Smith was killed in the line of duty during a swat raid in which a gunman had barricaded himself in a house and had been setting fires. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 2nd place - Fans of pop music star Justin Bieber try to attract the attention of TV cameras while waiting for the doors for general admission to open at the Jerome Schottenstein Center before a concert in Columbus. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd place - West Point assistant chief Denver Mays extends a hand to Lisbon firefighter Shawn Baker as he climbs up from the extrication site. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Portrait - 1st place - Going by the name "Cowboy" this homeless man living on an abandoned portion of Whittier Street agreed to share his memories of a murdered friend as long as she wasn't portrayed as a bad person, "because she wasn't." (Chris Russell / The Columbus Dispatch)
Portrait - 2nd place - Florindo Daniele of Cambridge underwent treatment in the Genesis Wound Care Center's hyperbaric oxygen chamber, which helped heal wounds from a diabetes-related amputation. (Chris Crook / Zanesville Times Recorder)
Portrait - 3rd place - Melanie Corn is the new president of Columbus College of Art & Design. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
SPSports Feature - 1st place - Columbus School for Girls's Eleanor Smith rests after finishing the girls 4x400 meter relay during the Russ Owen Bexley Relays at Bexley High School. (Joshua A. Bickel/ThisWeek Community News) (Joshua A. Bickel / ThisWeek Community News)
SSports Feature - 2nd place - Cincinnati Reds left fielder Scott Schebler (center) is congratulated by right fielder Jay Bruce (32) after hitting the game-winning two-run double in the ninth inning during the Opening Night MLB game against the Philadelphia Phillies. (Kareem Elgazzar / Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Coach Matt Philip works with Bryson Brown during baseball practice at the new Franklin Youth Baseball fields at Bergin Field in Duncan Falls. (Chris Crook / Zanesville Times Recorder)
Spot News - 1st place - Crystal Johnson looks at the charred remains of her house while hugging her son, Bryden, after their home caught fire on Frederick SW in Canton. (Scott Heckel / The (Canton) Repository)
Spot News - 2nd place - Beaver Township Fire Chief Russ Osborne walks up the lane at Joe Weaver's Farm on Lesher Road. The fire department stopped at this farm following a sawdust bedding fire in the cow barn at DougWeaver's farm on Green Beaver Road. The bedding at Joe Weaver's farm was the same truckload that caught fire at DougWeaver's farm. As a precaution the bedding was removed from the storage bin. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Spot News - 3rd place - A semi-truck is towed out of a ditch as traffic backs up on I-75 northbound just north of the Summit Street exit in Erie Township, MI. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
Sports - 1st place - Cincinnati's Maggie Loeffler sprays up sand after landing her long jump during the Oliver Nikoloff invitational hosted by UC. Loeffler placed 6th overall with a jump of 5.12m. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Sports - HM - River View's Jorn Hocter flips Coshocton's Talon Babcock off his back after scoring a run during the Black Bears' 6-5 win over the Redskins in Warsaw. (Shane Flanigan / Zanesville Times Recorder)
Sports - HM - Cincinnati's Nick Grismer rolls out of the water pit during the second lap of the 3000 meter steeplechase event at the Oliver Nikolof Invitational track meet hosted by the University of Cincinnati. Grismer went on to finish 4th overall with a time of 9:59:16 (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Story - 1st place - Columbus Police Chief Kim Jacobs presents the flag to Lisa Smith whose husband Columbus Police Steve Smith officer was killed in the line of duty after the funeral service. (Eric Albrecht / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 3rd place - Snow falls as Toledo Mud Hens' Bobby Wilson (8) hits a double to drive in a run during the second inning of their home opener against the Louisville Bats. (Andy Morrison / The (Toledo) Blade)
