Ethan Hyman of The News & Observer of Raleigh won first place in the 2023 Associated Press Sports Editors contest in the Division B Feature Photo category.
APSE contest winners will be honored at the 2024 APSE Summer Conference banquet at the Marriott South Park in Charlotte on June 22. Registration for the conference will open soon.
Hyman will receive a plaque. The second- through 10th-place finishers will receive frameable certificates.
Sports editors submitted 47 entries in the category. Contest chair Dan Spears and APSE officers Naila-Jean Meyers, Paul Barrett and Ed Reed prepared the entries.
Contest results: Sections, digital, video | Writing and photography
In February, judges at the APSE Winter Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., and remote judges around the country selected a top 10, with each judge ranking the entries in order from 1 to 10. The final 10 were given to a second judging group, which ranked the entries 1 to 10 in the same fashion. The final rankings are determined by tallying the ballots. Associated Press staff photographer John Bazemore and AP Photo Manager Mike Stewart helped choose finalists in the photo categories.
The top 10 are listed, with first-place votes in parentheses, along with links to the winning entries.
The contest is open to APSE members. Click here to join.
1. Ethan Hyman, The News & Observer, Raleigh
2. Kendall Warner, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk
3 (tie). L.E. Baskow, Las Vegas Review-Journal (2)
3 (tie). Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez, The Charlotte Observer (1)
3 (tie). Anna Reed, Omaha-World Herald (1)
6. Brianna Paciorka, Knoxville News Sentinel
7. Ulysses Munoz, The Baltimore Banner (2)
8. Sam Greene, The Cincinnati Enquirer
9. Adam Cairns, The Columbus Dispatch
10. Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman
