2022 ONPA  Annual Contest Winners

George A. Smallsreed, Jr. Photographer of the Year (Small Market)
1st – Shane Flanigan, ThisWeek Community News
2nd – Bill Lackey, Springfield News-Sun

George A. Smallsreed, Jr. Photographer of the Year (Large Market)
1st – Adam Cairns, The Columbus Dispatch
2nd – Jeremy Wadsworth, The Blade
Award of Excellence – Joseph Scheller, Ohio University

Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year Award
1st – Akash Pamarthy, Ohio University
2nd – Joe Timmerman, Ohio University

James R. Gordon Ohio Understanding Award
1st – Andrew Dolph, The Times-Reporter, Andrew Dolph, “Mayor of Dover”

Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship
1st – Zoe Cranfill, Ohio University

Best of Show
Isaac Ritchey, The Blade, “Rainbow”

Monthly Clip Contest Photographer of the Year
1st – Jeremy Wadsworth, The Blade
2nd – Isaac Ritchey, The Blade
3rd –  Rebecca Benson, The Blade

Feature
1st – Fred Squillante, The Columbus Dispatch, “Huge”
2nd – Marshall Gorby, Dayton Daily News, “Coming Home”
3rd – Rebecca Benson, The Blade, “Santa’s Helpers”
Award of Excellence – Dave Zapotosky, The Blade, “Ship Shape”

Feature Picture Story
1st – Akash Pamarthy, Ohio University, “Telugu Americans”
2nd – Joseph Scheller, Ohio University, “ABCs Nursery Program”
3rd – Jeremy Wadsworth, The Blade, “Naturalization Ceremony”
Award of Excellence – Akash Pamarthy, Ohio University, “Corning, Ohio

General News
1st – Dave Zapotosky, The Blade, “Welcome Back”
2nd – Rebecca Benson, The Blade, “Vigil”
3rd – Jeff Lange, Akron Beacon Journal, “Shawn Allen Sentencing”

Illustration
1st – Jeremy Wadsworth, The Blade, “Mayflower”
2nd – Barbara J. Perenic, The Columbus Dispatch, “Cajun Pork Chop”
3rd – Phillip L. Kaplan, The Blade, “Pink Floyd”

News Picture Story
1st – Brooke LaValley, The Columbus Dispatch, “Wagner Trial”
2nd – Shane Flanigan, ThisWeek Community News, “Korean War Vet”
Award of Excellence –  Stephen Zenner, The Blade, “Rejoining the Joints”

Pictorial
1st – Jeremy Wadsworth, The Blade, “Shapes”
2nd – Adam Cairns, The Columbus Dispatch, “Columbus Zoo”
3rd – Adam Cairns, The Columbus Dispatch, “Winter Ice Storm”
Award of Excellence – Kurt Steiss, The Blade, “Sunset”

Portrait Personality
1st – Barbara J. Perenic, The Columbus Dispatch, “Model Painting”
2nd – Stephen Zenner, The Blade, “Ukrainian in Romania”
3rd – Stephen Zenner, The Blade, “Trials of the Age”

Ron Kuntz Sports Photographer of the Year
1st – Adam Cairns, The Columbus Dispatch
2nd – Isaac Ritchey, The Blade
3rd – Albert Cesare, The Cincinnati Enquirer

Sports Action
1st – David Richard, Freelance, “Finger Pickens Good”
2nd – Jeff Lange, Akron Beacon Journal, “Eye Gouge”
3rd – Jeff Lange, Akron Beacon Journal, “Header”

Sports Feature
1st – Isaac Ritchey, The Blade, “Rainbow”
2nd – Andrew Dolph, The Times Reporter, “Working the Waste Basket”
3rd – Fred Squillante, The Columbus Dispatch, “Stress”
Award of Excellence – Isaac Ritchey, The Blade, “Lipstick”
Award of Excellence – Isaac Ritchey, The Blade, “Coach”

Sports Picture Story
1st – Adam Cairns, The Columbus Dispatch, “The Masters”
2nd  – Barbara Perenic, The Columbus Dispatch, “Columbus Chaos”
3rd – Adam Cairns, The Columbus Dispatch, “Prison Basketball”

Spot News
1st – Marshall Gorby, Dayton Daily News, “Deputy Rescue”
2nd – Jeremy Wadsworth, The Blade, “Fire”
3rd – Bill Lackey, Springfield News-Sun, “River Rescue”

Multimedia Photographer of the Year
1st – Phillip L. Kaplan, The Blade

Audio Slideshow
No entries

News Video
No entries

Feature Video
1st – Sam Greene, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “The Death of Evan Seyfried”
2nd – Sam Greene, The Cincinnati Enquirer, “The Quiet Kid From Oak Ridge”
3rd – Phillip L. Kaplan, The Blade, “Intergenerational Taekwondo”

Sports Video
No entries

Documentary Video
1st – Phillip L. Kaplan, The Blade – “We’ve Got Spirit”

Team Video
No entries

Judges

Sue Morrow, editor of NPPA’s News Photographer magazine; Jose Carlos Fajardo, Bay Area News Group staffer of 30 years; and Julio Cortez, staff photographer for The Associated Press covering Baltimore and winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography judged the still category entries.

Michael Fagans, Assistant Professor of Journalism at the University of Mississippi and Brian Powers from the Des Moines Register judged the multimedia categories.