1970 ONPA  Annual Contest Winners

Photographer of the Year
Jim Gordon, Bowling Green State University

Category X
1st - n/a
2nd - n/a
3rd - Luke Black, Toledo Blade, “Sky Divers”

Fashion
1st - n/a
2nd - Otto Schmidt, Mansfield News Journal, “Not Now, Watching”
3rd - Steve Warren, Owens Corning Fiberglass, “The Dude”

Feature
1st - n/a
2nd -
3rd - Ott Gangl, Akron Beacon Journal, “Ballet”
HM - Gordon Baer, Cincinnati Post Times Star, “Prenatal Caring”
HM - Gordon Baer, Cincinnati Post Times Star, “The Lonely Ones”

General News
1st - Larry Nighswander, Cleveland Press, “Proud Voter”
2nd - Walt Kleine, Dayton Journal Herald, “The Devil is among us! Right now”
3rd - Gordon Baer, Cincinnati Post Times Star, “Astroturf—Finishing Touches”
HM - Gordon Baer, Cincinnati Post Times Star, “Two old Vet'rns”

Industrial
1st - Tom Hubbard, Cincinnati Enquirer, “I Beam”
2nd - Al Wilson, Dayton Journal Herald, “Progress”
3rd - Dick Swaim, Cincinnati Enquirer, “Observation”
HM - Terry Armor, Cincinnati Post Times Star, “What have we Done?”
HM - Larry Miller, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., “Boy's Day Out”

Multiple Pictures Layout - Color
1st - James Gordon, Bowling Green State University, “Window Art”
2nd - n/a
3rd - n/a

Picture Story
1st - Ray Matjasic, Cleveland Plain Dealer, “Robber Chased, Cornered, and Dies”
2nd - Walt Kleine, Dayton Journal Herald, “Evangelist”
3rd - n/a
HM - Al Wilson, Dayton Journal Herald, “In one Foot of Water”

Picture Story - Color
1st - James Hatch, Cleveland Plain Dealer, “The Mad Hatter”
2nd - James Gordon, Bowling Green State University, “Carol”
3rd - n/a/

Portrait/Personality
1st - n/a/
2nd - Ott Gangl, Akron Beacon Journal, “Leader”
3rd - Ted Walls, Akron Beacon Journal, “Reluctant Grad”

Sports Action
1st - n/a/
2nd - Terry Wolf, Mansfield News Journal, “Sawdust”
3rd - n/a
HM - Gordon Baer, Cincinnati Enquirer, “Three-Meter Board”
HM - Ron Kuntz, United Press International, “Welcome Home”

Sports Feature
1st - n/a
2nd - Ran Cochran, Cincinnati Enquirer, “Sparky's Penant”
2nd - Lew Stamp, Kettering-Oakwood Times, “Defeat at East”
3rd - n/a/

Sports - Color
John Kenney, Elyria Chronicle Telegram, “Hell Drivers”

Spot News (over 50,000)
1st - Ron Kuntz, United Press International, “Police Brutality?”
2nd - n/a
3rd - n/a
HM - Larry Nighswander, Cleveland Press, “Arrest”
HM - Paul Schell, Youngstown Vindicator, “The Hard, Hard Way”

Spot News (under 50,000)
1st - John Kenney, Elyria Chronicle Telegram, “Nurse Stops to a Life”
2nd - Terry Wolf, Mansfield News Journal, “Urban Renewal”

 

 

 

Photographers of the Year

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2025 – Jeremy Wadsworth, The Blade
(Large Market)
Wesley Blackburn, Freelance (Small Market)

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 Barmann – 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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