Congratulations to all the winners!


PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR:
TONY KURDZUK/THE STAR-LEDGER

RUNNERS-UP:
JENNIFER BROWN/THE STAR-LEDGER
NOAH ADDIS/THE STAR-LEDGER

BEST OF SHOW
JOSEPH DELCONZO/FREELANCE - OUT OF CONTROL


SPOT NEWS
1ST Joseph Delconzo/Freelance - Out of Control
2ND Frank Conlon/The Star-Ledger - Run to Safety
3RD Tim Hawk/Gloucester County Times - Horse Rescue
HM Thomas Franklin/The Record - Store
HM Tim Hawk/Gloucester County Times - Busted


GENERAL NEWS
1ST Mitsu Yasukawa/The Star-Ledger - The Heavens Weep for Celia
2ND Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger - Child Endangerment
3RD Jennifer Brown/The Star-Ledger - Army Color Guard
HM April Saul/Philad. Inquirer - Anti-War Arrests
HM Jason Towlen/Home News Tribune - Mourning Uncle Garrick
HM Daryl Stone/Asbury Park Press - Isidra Bastardo


FEATURE
1ST April Saul/Philad. Inquirer - Easy Way Out
2ND Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger - A Mother Rushes
3RD Mitsu Yasukawa/The Star-Ledger - The Littlest Major
HM Daniel Hulshizer/Associated Press - Wind Surfer
HM Mark R. Sullivan/Home News Tribune - Camp
HM Jason Towlen/Home News Tribune - Telling Secrets


SPORTS ACTION
1ST Ed Murray/The Star-Ledger - Hand-Off
2ND Scott Anderson/Courier Post - Ouch at Second
3RD Jody Somers/Home News Tribune - Horizontal Bop
HM Scott Anderson/The Courier-Post - Checked
HM Thomas Franklin/The Record Jets - Action


SPORTS FEATURE
1ST Chris Faytok/The Star-Ledger - Down Goes Zimmer
2ND Cie Stroud/The Times of Trenton - Loss
3RD Jeff Granit/Greater Media - Disappointed
HM John O'Boyle/The Star-Ledger - Kenyon Martin
HM Daniel Hulshizer/Associated Press - Technical Mistake


PORTRAIT/PERSONALITY
1ST Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger - Pizza Maker
2ND Chris Faytok/The Star-Ledger - Dugout
3RD Daryl Stone/Asbury Park Press - Giraffe Lover
HM Mia Song/The Star-Ledger - Dr. Crown
HM Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger - Supermodels
HM Noah Addis/The Star-Ledger - Lives on Hold


PICTORIAL
1ST Sharon Gekoski-Kimmel/Philad. Inquirer - Waves
2ND Sharon Gekoski Kimmel/Philad. Inquirer - Fog Over Water
3RD Noah K. Murray/The Star-Ledger - Winter Stroll
HM April Saul/Philad. Inquirer - Dominica
HM Reena Rose Sibayan/Freelance - Fish & Feathers


ILLUSTRATION
1ST Saed Hindash/The Star-Ledger - Not Worth Beans
2ND Saed Hindash/The Star-Ledger - Beauty and the Highest Bidder
3RD Scott Lituchy/The Star-Ledger - Online Santa
HM Chris Pedota/The Record - Joy of Air Conditioning
HM Ryan Mercer/The Herald News - Strawberry


ANIMAL
1ST Sharon Gekoski-Kimmel/Philad. Inquirer - That Is Us
2ND Peter Monsees/The Record - Horse Tails
3RD Thomas Franklin/The Record - Elephants
HM Frank Jacobs/The Times of Trenton - Owl Release
HM Thomas Franklin/The Record - Ostrich


PERSONAL VISION
1ST Amy Newman/The Herald News - Model Walk
2ND Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger - Koushil Dasika
3RD Mark R. Sullivan/Home News Tribune - Producer
HM Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger - Video Screen


NEWS MULTIPLE
1ST Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger - Budget
2ND Jennifer Brown/The Star-Ledger - Justice
3RD Noah Addis/The Star-Ledger - Past
HM Mike McLaughlin/Freelance - White Supremacy


FEATURE MULTIPLE
1ST Jennifer Brown/The Star-Ledger - Saying Goodbye
2ND Jason Towlen/Home News Tribune - Five Terrible Twos
3RD Ellie Markovitch/The Herald News - Losing Mary
HM Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger - Dance


SPORTS MULTIPLE
1ST Ed Murray/The Star-Ledger - Penn Relays
2ND Peter Ackerman/Asbury Park Press - Lifesavers
3RD Chris Faytok/The Star-Ledger - Dominican Baseball
HM Tyson Trish/The Daily Record - Playing On


SPORTS PORTFOLIO
WINNER Peter Ackerman/Asbury Park Press
RUNNER-UP Scott Anderson/Courier-Post


NEW JERSEY UNDERSTANDING
ELLIE MARKOVITCH/THE HERALD NEWS - LOSING MARY

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Special thanks to the 2003 judges:

Jahi Chikwendiu, staff photographer Washington Post.
Bobbi Baker Burrows, Picture Editor at Time-Life.
Jim Mahoney, Dir. of Photography at the Boston Herald.

The NJPPA 2003 Pictures of the Year Competition was judged on Saturday March 20, 2004 at the Record.

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