1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceJeremy Doolin from the New Madison Fire Department looks at the aftermath of a house fire in West Manchester, Ohio, on March 27, 2025.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceThousands of people march in Dayton, Ohio, for the nationwide "No Kings" protest on June 14, 2025.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceTerry Jesse kneels beside a surviving goat after a barn fire killed multiple goats in Arcanum, Ohio, on March 28, 2025.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceJunior contestants wait for the judge to inspect their chickens at the 2025 Eastern National IWBA competition in Greenville, Ohio, on October 4.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceHaitian immigrants and members of the Eglise Evangelique Des Sanctifies Church sing during service in Sprinfield, Ohio, on August 11, 2025.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceThe Franklin Monroe Jets head to the locker room after warming up in the halls before the district semifinal game against the Newton Local Indians on February 25, 2025, in Piqua, Ohio. The Ohio Division VII, 2024-2025 Franklin Monroe Boys Basketball Team won their district tournament for the first time since 2011, as well as breaking multiple school records.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceFranklin Monroe's student section holds up newspapers during the Newton Local Indians' walkout introduction on February 25, 2025, in Piqua, Ohio.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceFranklin Monroe's Ty Riffle contested by the Newton Local Indians in the semifinal game on February 25, 2025, in Piqua, Ohio.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceFranklin Monroe's Ibrahima Fall (left) and Eric Brenner (right) guard Newton Local's Luke Cornette during the semifinal game on February 25, 2025, in Piqua, Ohio.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceFranklin Monroe's head coach Troy Myers hugs Ibrahima Fall as teammates spray them with water after the semifinal win on February 25, 2025, in Piqua, Ohio.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceFranklin Monroe Jets warm up in the hall before the district finals game against the Fort Laramie Redskins on February 28, 2025, in Piqua, Ohio.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceFranklin Monroe's Brandt Filbrun dances in the locker room before the district finals game on February 28, 2025, in Piqua, Ohio.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceFranklin Monroe's Ibrahima Fall makes it past the Redskin's defender during the district finals game on February 28, 2025, in Piqua, Ohio.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceFranklin Monroe's Eric Brenner hugs Ibrahima Fall after receiving his disrict championship medal and beating the Fort Laramie Redskins on February 28, 2025, in Piqua, Ohio.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceFranklin Monroe's Brandt Filbrun slides in the water in the locker room after the district finals win on February 28, 2025, in Piqua, Ohio.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceFranklin Monroe's Lucas Brenner sprays teammates with water before boarding the bus on February 28, 2025, in Piqua, Ohio,
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceThe Franklin Monroe Jets wave to the parade on the bus ride back to Franklin Monroe High School in Pitsburg, Ohio, on February 28, 2025.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceRodeo contestants pray before competing at the Darke County Fairgrounds in Greenville, Ohio, on June 14, 2025.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceChad Warner harvests one of his soybean fields in Arcanum, Ohio, on September 29, 2025. China, the United States’ biggest consumer, has not placed any soybean orders this year due to ongoing tariffs and new trade deals with other countries, and farmers in Darke County, Ohio’s top soybean-producing county, are preparing for a difficult harvest. With China absent and prices falling, the lack of demand pushes overall soybean prices down and impacts all sellers, especially those who do not have storage and must sell immediately. The industry is now working to expand global demand and find new buyers, with new trade deals in places like Europe, Japan, Vietnam, and Taiwan.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceDwight Warner watches as Chad Warner unloads the grain cart at a farm in Ludlow Falls, Ohio, on September 27, 2025.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceSoybean field in Greenville, Ohio, on September 30, 2025.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceChad Warner (right) and Nick Mote have lunch after Warner harvested Mote’s field, in Ludlow Falls, on September 27, 2025.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceGarrison Warner unloads soybeans at a grain elevator in West Milton, Ohio, on September 27, 2025.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceRob Schmidt plants soybeans at his farm in Arcanum, Ohio, on May 14, 2025.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceIan Norris, a field inspector for Remington Seeds, inspects a field in Bradford, Ohio, on September 30, 2025.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceRiely Hanes feeds bucking horses ahead of the rodeo at the Darke County Fairgrounds in Greenville, Ohio, on May 30, 2025.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceWorkers pack and move welding rail kits at the American Muscle Car factory in Greenville, Ohio, on April 17, 2025. Jim Watt bought the factory in November 2024. Since then, the business has grown. Tariffs have made imported parts more expensive, so more U.S. customers are choosing American made products. The factory uses only domestic steel, which has drawn the attention of major American companies. "They have come to us for a new parts project; they want us to make the tooling and produce the parts, before they would have gone straight to Taiwan", said Jim Watt.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceBrian Clark puts a sheet of steel into a press at the factory in Greenville, Ohio, on April 21, 2025.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceA worker unloads a finished car part from a laser cutter in Greenville, Ohio, on April 18, 2025.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceOwner Jim Watt poses for a portrait in front of a press at the factory in Greenville, Ohio, on August 19, 2025.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceAndrew Aikman works on a lawn mower carburetor in Greenville, Ohio, on April 17, 2025.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceRex Wyrick takes inventory in Greenville, Ohio, on April 21, 2025.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceWorkers look at a prototype for a fence post puller in Greenville, Ohio, on April 21, 2025.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceRep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio (left) and owner Jim Watt discuss tariffs and manufactoring at the American Muscle Car factory in Greenville, Ohio, on February 21, 2025.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceAndrew Aikman shows new hire William Blackburn how to use the laser cutter in Greenville, Ohio, on April 18, 2025.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceWilliam Tanner watches the 31st Dirt Late Model Dream race at Eldora Speedway on June 6, 2025 in New Weston, Ohio.
1st Place, Photographer of the Year - Small Market - Wesley Blackburn / FreelanceTanner Phillips competes in the bareback riding event in the rodeo at the Darke County Fairgrounds in Greenville, Ohio, on June 14, 2025.
