Feature -1st place - Safia Guled of Gahnna browses the stacks while shopping with her family at the annual Big Book Sale hosted by The Friends of the Columbus Metropolitan Library. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Feature - 2nd place - Gauri Pandav (left) gets help from her mother Ashwini Pandav, Holland, during the Easter Egg Drop and Hunt at the Church on Strayer in Maumee. (Andy Morrison / The Blade)
Feature - 3rd place - Brenden Haren of Ft. Thomas Kentucky lays on the ground to get a different perspective of a Cincinnati Reds Pig statue in front of Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
AFeature - HM - Children run and play tag in the daycare while their mothers rehearse upstairs during an acting class at the Warsaw Avenue Firehouse in the Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati. Queen City Flash, sponsored by Cradle Cincinnati, meets with groups of women in Price Hill to produce original plays taking on issues that affect their community. An upcoming performance is focused on infant mortality. (Sam Greene / Cincinnati Enquirer)
General News - 1st place - Underclassmen react as a confetti cannon fires during an event celebrating graduating seniors at Cristo Rey High School in Columbus. The Cristo Rey Columbus H.S. Class of 2017, the very first graduating class for the private Catholic school for low-income students, just announced that it has a 100 percent acceptance rate to college. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 2nd place - Franklin County Sheriff's Deputy Darrah Metz gets a kiss from Mattis, a new therapy puppy who will be trained to comfort crime victims and their families. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
General News - 3rd place - A tearful Bonnie Ignasiak (right) speaks to the court as Lynn Carder, director of the Toledo-Lucas County Victim-Witness Assistance Program, stands by her side, during the sentencing of Adam Akers by Judge Myron Duhart. Akers was convicted and sentenced for the murder of her mother, 72-year-old Judith Uyttenhove. (Andy Morrison / The Blade)
Portrait - 1st place - April - First Place PortraitErik Schelkun/Elsestar ImagesAmelia Strickler of Miami throws the shot put during the All-Ohio track and field competition at Gettler Stadium in Cincinnati. (Erik Schelkun / Elsestar Images)
Portrait - 2nd place - Aqua Bunny (volunteer diver Scottye Cash of Worthington) holds up bunny ears while feeding the fish in the aquarium as part of the annual Eggs, Paws and Claws event at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Powell. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
APortrait - 3rd place - BalletMet dancers David Ward and Adrienne Benz perform moves from their upcoming performance of Romeo and Juliet inside the studio's Performance Space. (Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch)
SSports Feature - 1st place - Saint Louis goal keeper Devala Gorrick (1) squares up with FC Cincinnati Djiby Fall (9) in the first half of the USL soccer match at Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati. (Sam Greene / Cincinnati Enquirer)
Sports Feature - 2nd place - Ohio State safety Jeff Okudah signs autographs for young fans following the Ohio State spring football game at Ohio Stadium in Columbus. (Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus Dispatch)
Sports Feature - 3rd place - Toledo Walleye ice crew member Ian Graves loses his grip as he carries off a walleye thrown to the ice after Toledo scored against the Ft. Wayne Comets during the second period of their ECHL playoff game at the Huntington Center. (Andy Morrison / The Blade)
Sports Feature - HM - Fremont's Garrett Schneider (left) and Noah Hotz scope the other team during a weather delay. (Molly Corfman / The News-Messenger)
Spot News - 1st place - A Clark County Sheriff's deputy and an unidentified man try to comfort a woman who was trapped in her car when it rolled following an two vehicle accident. The driver of the white car, in the background, and the woman where transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. (Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun)
Spot News - 2nd place - A Lisbon firefighter throws water on a burning trailer at the Threshing Floor Campgrounds and Chapel. No one was injured, but five people are homeless after two 12- by 60- foot mobile homes at the Threshing Floor Campgrounds and Chapel burned to the ground. (Patricia Schaeffer / The (Lisbon) Morning Journal)
Sports - 1st place - Jackson's Kyle Nicolas leaps to field the ball as Hoover's Donnie Genetin steals second base in the third inning of their game in Jackson Township. (Scott Heckel / The Repository)
SPSports - 2nd place - Grove City's Sierra Reid twists on the ground after attempting to make a diving catch during a game against Hilliard Davidson at Grove City High School. Hilliard Davidson defeated Grove City, 2-0. (Shane Flanigan / ThisWeek Community News)
Sports - 3rd place - Toledo Walleye goalie Jake Paterson loses his helmet as he's hit by a flying Kalamazoo Wings Lane Scheidl during the second period of game one of their first round ECHL hockey playoff series at the Huntington Center. (Andy Morrison / The Blade)
Story - 1st place - Julie Cole supports the neck of her son Logan Cole, 17, during his appointment with pediatric surgeon Dr. Renata B. Fabia (left) at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Logan, who was shot twice by fellow student Ely Serna, at West Liberty-Salem High School on January 20th, was having his wounds checked to see if he would need skin grafts soon. (Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus Dispatch)
Story - 2nd place - Columbus Blue Jackets center Brandon Dubinsky (17) reacts after scoring a goal on Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury (29) to tie the game 4-4 during the third period of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup first round playoff game at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. (Kyle Robertson / The Columbus Dispatch)
