1960 POY

1960 ONPA  Annual Contest Winners

Best of Show
Doug Moore, Toledo Blade, "My Chicks"

Color
1st - Doug Moore, Toledo Blade, "My Chicks"
2nd - Carl Gifford, Toledo Blade, "Autumn Chores"
3rd - Jack Hutton, Columbus Dispatch, "Roses"
HM - Herral Long, Toledo Blade, "Pumpkin Man"
HM - Herral Long, Toledo Blade, "Toy Store"
HM - John Kucharchuk, The Plain Dealer, "Fashion Layout"

Fashion & Society:
1st - John Kucharchuk, The Plain Dealer, "Down the Avenue"
2nd - Dave Grube, Freelance, "Fair Cyclist"
3rd - George Adams, Dayton Journal Herald, "Fall Hats"
HM - John Kucharchuk, The Plain Dealer, "Leisure Time"

Feature (under 50,000)
1st - James R. Leisy, Warren Tribune Chronicle, "Snow Trouble"
2nd - Walt Wolf, Goodyear Aerosapce, "Web of Courage"
3rd - Robert L. Coon, B.F.Goodrich, "Spring Snow"
HM - Walt Wolf, Goodyear Aerosapce, "These Too!"
HM - Donald D. Shook, Lorain Journal, "Back Seat View"

Feature (over 50,000)
1st - Bob Doty, Dayton Journal Herald, "Ground Breaking Guest"
2nd - Bob Doty, Dayton Journal Herald, "Here Comes Mom With No. Nine"
3rd - Bernie Noble, Cleveland Press & News, "Icy Sun"
HM - Ed Johnsey, Dayton Journal Herald, "Summer Dress"
HM - George Smallsreed, Jr., Columbus Dispatch, "Batting Champ"

Industrial 
1st - Bob Packo, Freelance, "Standard Oil"
2nd - Bob Packo, Freelance, "Cement Grinder"
3rd - Bob Packo, Freelance, "American Propeller Co"
HM - Tom O'Reilly, Toledo Blade, "Shades in Shipping"
HM - Walt Wolf, Goodyear Aeroscpace, "Some Dish"

Personality 
1st - George Adams, Dayton Journal Herald, "Korczak Ziolkowski"
2nd - Lee Merkle, Toledo Blade, "Whoa!"
3rd - Al Wilson, Dayton Journal Herald, "Elwood Quesada"
HM - John Oravec, Elyria Chronicle Telegram, "Smoochy"
HM - Dick Garrett, Columbus Citizen, "Dr. Albert B. Sabin"
HM - Don Moore, Elyria Chronicle Telegram. "Football Coach"
HM - Bruce Sinner, Toledo Blade, "Granny's Pride"
HM - Dave Matthews, Newark Advocate, "A Mother Campaigns"

Picture Story 
1st - Bob Doty, Dayton Journal Herald, "He Was My Brother"
2nd - Ed Johnsey, Dayton Journal Herald, "Hill Climb"
3rd - George Adams, Dayton Journal Herald, "Sentry Dogs"
HM - Frank Aleksandrowicz, Cleveland Press & News, "Busy Bench"
HM - Marty Reichenthal, Toledo Blade, "Father Waiting"

Sports (under 50,000) 
1st - Bruce Heffner, Troy Daily News, "Nut cracker"
2nd - Don Moore, Elyria Chronicle Telegram, "Up In The Air"
3rd - Walter Kleine, Troy Daily News, "TD"
HM - John D. Fowler, Kent Record-Courier, "Un-Concealed Weapon"
HM - --Walter Kleine, Troy Daily News, "Record Breaker"

Sports (over 50,000) 
1st - Paul R. Schell, Youngstown Vindicator, "Mudders"
2nd - Dick Garrett, Columbus Citizen, "High Flyer"
3rd - Bob Packo, Freelance, "Diver"
HM - George Adams, Dayton Journal Herald, "Pool"
HM - Tony Tomsic, Cleveland Press & News, "Hair_Raising Finish"

Spot News (under 50,000) 
1st - Boyd Nelson, Martin's Ferry Times Leader, "Lack of Water"
2nd - Jack H. Weigler, Mansfield NewsJournal, "Trapped}!
3rd - Walter Kleine, Troy Daily News, "Cold Dawn After Long Night"
HM - Wilbur H. Downing, Freelance, "Mother and Daughter"

Spot News (over 50,000) 
1st - Cliff Haga, Canton Repository, "Out of Control"
2nd - Richard J. Greene, Toledo Blade, "Khrushchev Go Home"
3rd - George Adams, Dayton Journal Herald, "Railroad Fatality"
HM - Al Wilson, Dayton Journal Herald, "Death Car"
HM - Paul Heuston, Dayton Daily News, "Out of Control"

Judges for the photo contest were: Billy Davis, Director of Photography Louisville Courier-Journal & Times; Harold Littell, Staff Photographer, The Associated Press, Louisville Kentucky Bureau, and James Keen and Gean Baron, both Staff photographers for the Louisville Courier-Journal & Times.

Photographers of the Year

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2024 – Adam Cairns, The Columbus Dispatch (Large Market)
Bill Lackey, Springfield News-Sun (Small Market)

2023 – Jeremy Wadsworth, The Blade
(Large Market)
Andrew Dolph, The Times Reporter (Small Market)

2022 – Adam Cairns, The Columbus Dispatch (Large Market)
Shane Flanigan, ThisWeek Community News (Small Market)

2021 – Joshua A. Bickel, The Columbus Dispatch (Large Market)
Bill Lackey, Springfield News-Sun (Small Market)

2020 – Meg Vogel – Cincinnati Enquirer (Large Market)
Jessica Phelps – The Newark Advocate (Small Market)

2019Meg Vogel – Cincinnati Enquirer (Large Market)
Jessica Phelps – The Newark Advocate (Small Market)

2018 Meg Vogel – Cincinnati Enquirer (Large Market)
Jessica Phelps – The Newark Advocate (Small Market)

2017 – Joshual A. Bickel – The Columbus Dispatch (Large Market)
Jessica Phelps – The Newark Advocate (Small Market)

2016 – Meg Vogel – Cincinnati Enquirer (Large Market)
Jessica Phelps – The Newark Advocate (Small Market)

2015 – Carrie Cochran – Cincinnati Enquirer (Large Market)
Jessica Phelps – The Newark Advocate (Small Market)

2014 – Eamon Queeney – The Columbus Dispatch (Large Market)
Jessica Phelps – The Newark Advocate (Small Market)

2013 – Katie Rausch – The (Toledo) Blade (Large Market)
Joshua A. Bickle – ThisWeek Community Newspapers (Small Market)

2012 – Gus Chan – The Plain Dealer (Large Market)
Bill Lackey – Springfield News-Sun (Small Market)

2011 – Lisa DeJong – The Plain Dealer (Large Market)
Bill Lackey – Springfield News-Sun (Small Market)

2010 – Lisa DeJong – The Plain Dealer (Large Market)
(no Small Market award given)

2009 – Fred Squillante – The Columbus Dispatch (Large Market)
Bill Lackey – Springfield News-Sun (Small Market)

2008 – Lisa De Jong – The Plain Dealer

2007 – Chris Russell – The Columbus Dispatch

2006 – John Kuntz – The Plain Dealer

2005 – Mike Levy – The Plain Dealer

2004 – John Kuntz – The Plain Dealer

2003 – Dale Omori – The Plain Dealer

2002 – Ed Suba Jr. – Akron Beacon Journal

2001 Mike Levy – The Plain Dealer

2000 – Mike Levy – The Plain Dealer

1999 – Karen Schiely – Akron Beacon Journal

1998– Mike Levy – The Plain Dealer

1997 – Fred Squillante – Columbus Dispatch

1996 Eric Albrecht – The Columbus Dispatch

1995 Eric Albrecht – The Columbus Dispatch

1994 – Allan Detrich – The Blade

1993 – Ed Suba Jr. – Akron Beacon Journal

1992 – Allan Detrich – The (Toledo) Blade

1991 – Mike Levy – The Plain Dealer

1990 – Ed Suba Jr. – Akron Beacon Journal

1989 – Dale Omori – The Plain Dealer

1988 – Eric Albrecht – The Columbus Dispatch

1987 – Eric Albrecht – The Columbus Dispatch

1986 – Tim Barman – Kent State University

1985 – Melvin Grier – Cincinnati Post

1984 Lois Bernstein – Ohio University

1983 – Eric Albrecht – The (New Philadelphia) Times Reporter

1982 – Steve Ilko – Warren Tribune Chronicle

1981 – David Andersen – The Plain Dealer

1980 – Bob Dickerson – Cincinnati Post

1979 – Gail Fisher – Ohio University

1978 – Natalie Fobes – Cincinnati Enquirer

1977 – David Griffin – Ohio University

1976 – Marcia Nighswander – Akron Beacon Journal – No other results from that year

1975 – No results from 1975

1974 – Michael Good – Lorain Journal

1973

1972

1971

1970 – Jim Gordon – Bowling Green State University

1967 – Herral Long – The (Toledo) Blade
No other results from 1967

1960 

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