Archive for the ‘Contests’ Category

UNPA and SPJ Contest Deadlines Approaching Fast!

Just another reminder that the deadline for the UNPA contest as well as the SPJ Utah contest is (at the time of this post) 4 and a half days away. Looks like some of you have been uploading your entries already.
If you have any questions, problems, issues, or whatever, don’t hesitate to ask. You can [...]

Because I forgot… SPJ & UNPA Contest

I am sure it’s posted already, but MMM and I were confused on the deadline. Thanks to Trent here is the information for the SPJ & UNPA Contest:
“This is the place to enter the 2010 Utah Headliners/SPJ Journalism Awards as well as the Utah News Photographers Association’s 11th Annual Photojournalism Competition. You can now submit [...]

A Little Over Six Hours Left in January…

…that means that you’ve got six hours left to post photos to be considered for UtahPJ’s January GoldenEye Award. We’ve even got a logo…

A judge will select one photo to win from among the photos posted in January. That’s pretty much it as far as rules go.
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Call for Entries: 2010 Utah Headliners/SPJ Journalism Awards

Here’s the call for entries for the Utah SPJ contest, with the forms and rules attached as PDF’s. Of special note this year, you can enter the SPJ contest on the UNPA contest site.
Now is the time to pull out your award-winning story, photo, blog, and get ready for the Utah Headliners Journalism Awards Contest. [...]

2010 Utah PJ State Champions Announced!

The 2010 State Champions in Utah Photojournalism were announced and prestigious trophies were handed out at the FUNPA meeting tonight. As the photographs played across the screen there were performances by Green Day, Muse, The Smiths, and Macho Man Randy Savage. If you missed the big event, here’s a little YouTube goodness. When the music [...]

UNPA – Nine Years of The Best in Utah Photojournalism

For years Brian Nicholson has repeatedly suggested to me that we should build a website for the UNPA with every contest-winning photograph, essay, and portfolio on it, going back through all nine years of the contest. I would just nod and go, “Yeah, that’s a great idea,” and hope that he’d forget about it.
It was [...]

UNPA 2009 Winners List and Judges’ Comments

The winners list complete with Judges’ Comments is now online at utahnewsphotos.com. Click here.
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UNPA Photojournalism Competition Winners List

Photographer of the Year
1st- Ramin Rahimian, Freelance
2nd- Djamila Grossman, Ogden Standard-Examiner
3rd- Mike Terry, Deseret News
HM- Beth Schlanker, Ogden Standard-Examiner
Features
1st- “Wary Dancing” Meegan Reid, Logan Herald-Journal
2nd- “Dog Was” Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
3rd- “Farewell” Ramin Rahimian, Freelance
General News
1st- “Good Bye” Jeff Allred, Deseret News
2nd- “Convicted Murderer” Tom Smart, Deseret News
3rd- “Shock” Scott Winterton, Deseret News
HM- “Holidays [...]