Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Montgomery Messenger Entry Title: Monarch tagging Entry Credit: Wade Young Judge Comment: The layout avoids making the page too busy by sticking with the three most important stages of the tagging process, and all three photos are captivating in their separate ways.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Hinckley News Entry Title: Hinckley-Finlayson Construction project nearly complete Entry Credit: Terry Bullock, Jennifer Yocum-Stans Judge Comment: What makes this work is the foresight to know that the photographer wants to re-create each shot month by month, so readers can actually follow along instead of being inundated by a bunch of different photos.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Kimball - Tri-County News Entry Title: Gingerbread house time Entry Credit: Jean Doran Matua Judge Comment: Cute kids doing cute things with funny facial expressions. In particular, the top picture on the second page made this spread stick out because of its perfect composition.