Past Competitions

2020 Competition Results

Juror: April Watson

1st Place Award for Body of Work | Bryan Florentin | Dallas, TX

Untitled Studio (1)

inkjet print

Untitled Studio (3)

inkjet print

2nd Place Award for Body of Work | Jeff Burk | Kansas City, MO

Vandalia, Missouri (Wall), 2014/2016

archival pigment print

Liberty, Chouteau, Oklahoma, 2018

archival pigment print

3rd Place Award for Body of Work | JK Lavin | Venice, CA

Crisis of Experience: March 7, 1981

archival pigment print from scanned SX70

Crisis of Experience: July 1, 1981

archival pigment print from scanned Polaroid SX70

Merit Award for Body of Work | Donald McKenna | Kirkwood, MO

1517 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri

archival pigment print

Nashville Electric Service, Nashville, Tennessee

archival pigment print

Merit Award for Body of Work| Emily Sloan | Kansas City, MO

Kitchen

digital archival print

Merit Award for Body of Work | J. Frederic May | Bermuda Dunes, CA

Author’s Hallucination No. 3 “Les”

Cyanotype bleached and toned with tea

Author’s Hallucination No. 79 “Blaine”

Cyanotype bleached and toned with tea

Honorable Mention | Robin Bailey | Rolling Meadows, IL

Tonquas, Troy, OH

pigment ink print on archival paper

Honorable mention for Body of Work | Dave Hanson | Price, UT

Roadtrip

photography

Honorable Mention | Sarah Hoskins | Libertyville, IL

Collection

gelatin silver photograph

2019 Competition Results

Juror: Patty Carroll

pattycarroll.com

1st Place Award for Body of Work | Yuan Qian | Lawrence, KS

Keep Walking

film photography

A Family of Three

digital photography

2nd Place Award for Body of Work | Thao Le Huong Nguyen | Joplin, MO

Tables Available

digital image, archival inkjet print

Exit

digital image, archival inkjet print

Arrangement Without Being Arranged

digital image, archival inkjet print

3rd Place Award for Body of Work | Emily Evans Sloan | Kansas City, MO

Pool

digital archival print

Magnolia

digital archival print

Merit Award for Body of Work | Sabine Schmidt | Fayetteville, AR

Clarence Pool Hall, Brinkley

medium format color film

Dusk, Rancho De Taos

medium format color film

Merit Award for Body of Work| Judi Iranyi | San Francisco, CA

Irene and Simon

digital photography, archival pigment print

Margo

negative film scanned, archival digital print

Mattie

negative film, archival digital print

Merit Award | Richard Aardsma | Grandville, MI

Palm Springs Revisited

archival pigment print

Honorable Mention for Body of Work | Ellen Smith | Webb City, MO

A Back Alley in Oslo, Norway 1

35mm film

A Back Alley in Oslo, Norway 2

35mm film

Honorable mention for Body of Work| Julie Woodward | Rushville, MO

Family on the Porch

digital photography

What’s for Dinner

digital photography

Five Hours at the Airport

digital photography

Honorable Mention for Body of Work | Chuck Davis | Rogers, AR

Living in a Sundown Town

digital-dye sublimation on aluminum

Million-Dollar Views

digital-dye sublimation on aluminum

2018 Competition Results

Juror: Henry Horenstein

1st Place Award for Body of Work | Timothy Duffy | Hillsborough, NC

Algia Mae Hinton, Middlesex, NC. 2015

pigment print

Dave McGrew, Hillsboro, NC. 2016

pigment print

Robert Finley No. 1, Bernice, LA. 2016

pigment print

Freeman Vines No. 2, Fountain, NC. 2015

pigment print

2nd Place Award for Body of Work | Thao Le Huong Nguyen | Joplin, MO

Construction Worker

digital image, archival inkjet print

Frame in Frame

digital image, archival inkjet print

Gaze

digital image, archival inkjet print

3rd Place Award for Body of Work | Ashley Erikson | Joplin, MO

Ink Stained

Archival selenium toned fiber based photograph

Olivia Victoria

archival selenium toned fiber based photograph

Merit Award for Body of Work | Russell Kinerson | Joplin, MO

Cowboys in Blizzard

digital photography

Night Shift – Nature Photographer

digital photography

Practicing Politics

digital photography

Merit Award | Robin Nordmeyer | Lebanon , MO

The Last Show

Digital Photoraphy

Merit Award for Body of Work | David Gardner | San Francisco, CA

Palouse Study #24 (46 47.1971N – 117 20.3265W)

digital photograph

Palouse Study #43 (47,4.8592N 117,41.7315W

digital photograph

Palouse Study #69 (47 1.9400N 117 17.8415W)

digital photograph

Honorable mention | Sabrina Staires | Kansas City, MO

Miss Miami – Coming Home Series

archival pigment print

Honorable Mention | Alex Gourlay | Pittsburg, KS

One Day Elon Musk will Retweet Me

digital drone photography

Honorable Mention | Lauren Seidel | Marthasville, MO

Broken Rules

digital photograph

People’s Choice | Chauncey Rion Huffman | Pittsburg, KS

Don’t Believe Everything You Hear

digital photograph

Olivia Victoria

archival selenium toned fiber based photograph

2017 Competition Results

Juror: Örjan Henriksson

1st Place Award | Chauncey Huffman | Weir, KS

Patriarch

medium format digital | macro lens | gridded studio strobe | post processing

20 x 16

2nd Place Award | Thao Nguyen | Joplin, MO

Little Fingers at the Door

digital capture

32 x 24

3rd Place Award | Ron Erwin | Joplin, MO

Games

digital capture

24 x 32

Merit Award | Elizabeth Panzer | Accord, NY

Cabbage Op. 5

archival pigment print

21 x 30

Merit Award | Sandra Chen Weinstein | Lake Forest, CA

Anna #1

giclee print

18 x 24

Merit Award | Emily Sloan | Kansas City, MO

Honorable mention | Linda Ralston | Joplin, MO

Vacancy

digital photography

16 x 24

Honorable Mention | Koral Martin | Carthage, MO

Trails End

baryta print of digital photo

20 x 24

Honorable Mention | Geoffrey Parker | St. Charles, MO

Dune

inkjet print

20 x 20

2016 Competition Results

Juror: Sean Kernan

1st Place Award | Gloria Feinstein | Kansas City, MO

Banana Leaf, Kajjansi, Uganda

archival inkjet print

18 x 13

2nd Place Award | Robert Moran | Bar Harbor, ME

Earl

Digital capture; archival pigment print

12 x 12

Daughter of a Slave, Timbuktu, West Africa

Digital capture; archival pigment print

12 x 12

3rd Place Award | Paul Rose | Hillsboro, NM

Manifestations of my dreams

photographic

21 x 29

Merit Award | Andrea & Sarah-Marie Land | Saint Louis, MO

Untitled, Salaryman #1

Archival digital print

24 x 18

Merit Award | Jason Fowler | Vernon Hills , IL

Daily Grind

Digital Photoraphy

8 x 10

Merit Award | Steven Romeo | Birmingham, AL

Capable.

Subject was asked “What word best describes you and informs your queerness?” Powder paint was applied by the artist.

30 x 20

Honorable mention | James Alumbaugh | Carl Junction, MO

Night Traveler

Digital Archival Print

10 x 15

Honorable Mention | Mike Callaghan | San Francisco, CA

fatalistic soberness, which eventually loses its power through undiluted repetition. Mr.

Photo Collage

20 x 15

Honorable Mention | Sandra Chen Weinstein | Lake Forest, CA

Molly

Giclee Print

20 x 20

2015 Competition Results

Juror: Shannon Thomas Perich

1st Place Award | Jill Kerwick | Fair Haven, NJ

Doris’ Home

Archival Pigment Print

17″ x 17″

Iced Tea

Archival Pigment Print

17″ x 19″

Queue

Archival Pigment Print

17″ x 18″

2nd Place Award | Donald McKenna | Kirkwood, MO

Welsch Factory, St. Louis, Missouri

Archival Pigment Print

30″ x 36″

3rd Place Award | Sarah-Marie Land | Saint Louis, MO

Lilley

Archival Digital Print

20″ x 16″

Elliott

Archival Digital Print

20″ x 16″

Merit Award | Bill Perry | Joplin, MO

The Cleansing

Toned Digital

20″ x 15″

Merit Award | Deborah Bryan | Johnson City, TN

Greeneville, Tennessee: Layaway for Christmas

Digital

14″ x 11″

Greeneville, Tennessee: We Never Close

Digital

14″ x 11″

Merit Award | Jason Jilg | Green Bay, WI

Before the Ride

Bromoil

14″ x 11″

Rider in the Storm

Bromoil

8 x 10

Honorable Mention | Gardner David Gardner | San Francisco, CA

Ralph and Patsy, Campground Hosts. Boulder Mountain, UT

Archival Color Inkjet Print

22 x 28

Dry Camping. Anza-Borrego, CA

Archival Color Inkjet Print

22 x 28

Honorable Mention | Keith Parks | La Mesa, CA

Ghost

Photograph of Paper – Digital Print

22″ x 18.5″

Anticipating the Inevitable

Photograph of Paper – Digital Print

26 x 18

Honorable Mention | Mark Neuenschwander | Joplin, MO

A Dream Outside

Digital

36 x 24

2014 Competition Results

Juror: Dornith Doherty

1st place Award | Michael Dalton | Brooklyn, NY

The Great Falls Historic District

Chromogenic print

30 x 40

3PM

Chromogenic print

40 x 30

Hinchcliffe Stadium

Chromogenic print

30 x 40

Sunday Afternoon

Chromogenic print

30 x 40

2nd Place Award | Robert Sulkin | Roanoke, VA

Elegy for Cambodia

Inkjet Print

17 x 13

Elegy for My Lai

Inkjet Print

17 x 13

3rd Place Award | Charles Jeffrey Mintz | Cleveland, OH

Jeff and Dad – Haunted House

Inkjet print from scanned film

32 x 40

Clementine – Original Owner

Inkjet print from scanned film

32 x 40

Merit Award | Jim Nickelson | Camden, ME

Pyrotechnic #46

Archival pigment print

16 x 16

Merit Award | Timothy McCoy | Cumming, GA

Big Creek (Cumming, GA)

Gold-toned Albumen Print

16 x 20

Merit Award | Mark Neuenschwander | Joplin, MO

Cold Brewed- don’t call me murder face.

digital

20 x 40

Honorable Mention | Daniel Coburn | Lawrence, KS

Fare for the Ferryman

Archival Print

16 x 20

Ascent

Archival Print

16 x 20

Honorable Mention | Jane Szabo | Altadena, CA

Superman

Digital

12 x 18

Hallway

Digital

12 x 18

Honorable Mention | Claire Warden | Denton, TX

Botanical Specimen with Salt (Wildflower No. 3)

Platinum palladium print

10 x 8

2013 Competition Results

Juror: Natasha Egan

1st Place Award | Gloria Feinstein | Kansas City, MO

Beauty Salon

digital

14 x 20

Maybelline Model

digital

16 x 16

Three Grandmothers

digital

14 x 20

2nd Place Award | Richard Aardsma | Grandville, MI

Diner

Archival Digital Print

15 x 25

Train Station

Archival Digital Print

18 x 27

3rd Place Award | Samantha VanDeman | Villa Park, IL

Zebra Print, Hotel Adler, Sharon Springs, NY

Digital C-Print

16 x 22

Red Chair, Hotel Adler, Sharon Springs, NY

Digital C-Print

16 x 22

Merit Award | Hyounsang Yoo | Chicago, IL

Photography

Multiful exposure within a film

11x x 14

Merit Award | Tim Buchanan | Nixa, MO

Welmon Sharlhorne

Digital

16 x 20

Merit Award | Emma Kisiel | Lawrence, KS

Coyote

Inkjet print

16 x 20

Honorable Mention | Rachel Cox | Albuquerque, NM

Mind Meld

Archival Inkjet Print

24 x 30

Honorable Mention | John Van Beekum | Miami Shores, FL

Men and Women in Confusion

Archival digital print from scanned original bw negative

36 x 24

Honorable Mention | Esmeralda Ruiz | Richmond, CA

Precariousness

Color Negative Film

16 x 16

2012 Competition Results

Juror: Andrew L. Moore

1st Place Award | Keith Parks | La Mesa, CA

Insubstantial Presence

digital print

24 x 24

Caught by a Breeze

digital print

24 x 24

2nd Place Award | B. W. Shepherd Shepherd | Joplin, MO

Sunday Night Family Drive

digital Print

32 x 22

Killer Storm

Digital Print

32 x 22

3rd Place Award | Robert Moran | Bar Harbor, ME

Smiling Man – Timbuktu

Archival Pigment Print

25 x 24

Sand Worn Glasses – Timbuktu

Archival Pigment Print

25 x 24

Merit Award | Christopher Jordan | Tuscaloosa, AL

House Guest

Archival Digital Print (re-photographic process)

13 x 20

The Renunciate

Archival Digital Print (re-photographic process)

13 x 20

Merit Award | Daniel Coburn | Albuquerque, NM

Mom’s Clutch

Archival Digital Print

12 x 18

Mom has the Final Say

Archival Digital Print

12 x 18

Merit Award | Donna Connell | Richmond, VA

Tree #1

black and white film

4 x 6

Honorable Mention | John Van Beekum | Miami Shores, FL

Hub Beauty Supply, 1974

Archival digital print from scanned black-and-white negative film

20 x 24

Primadora Cigars, 1973

Archival digital print from scanned black-and-white negative film

20 x 24

Raffles Hotel, 1975

Archival digital print from scanned black-and-white negative film

20 x 24

Honorable Mention | Donna Pinckley | Little Rock, AR

Miller

Archival Digital Print

18 x 14

Reily with camera

Archival Digital Print

18 x 14

Honorable Mention | Marydorsey Wanless | Topeka, KS

Epiphany 1

Tintype

10 x 8

2010 Competition Results

Juror: Deborah Klochko

1st Place Award | Tom Chambers | Richmond, VA

Saccharine Perch

Photomontage, archival pigment print

22 x 22

Winged Migration

Photomontage, archival pigment print

20 x 26

2nd Place Award | Gloria Feinstein | Kansas City, MO

Ribbon, Kajjansi, Uganda, 2009

archival digital print

18 x 24

Two Figures, Kajjansi, Uganda, 2009

archival digital print

18 x 24

3rd Place Award | Georgina Frankel | Minneapolis, MN

Backbone

Archival digital print

12 x 9

First Crack

Archival digital print

12 x 9

Windblown

Archival digital print

12 x 9

Merit Award | Andrea Land | Springfield, MO

Elizabeth

Lightjet Print

26 x 30

Rafaela

Lightjet Print

26 x 30

Merit Award | Eric Tomberlin | Issaquah, WA

Eutrophication: cement, plastic, styrofoam, water, algae, fertilizer and farm waste

archival digital print

24 x 24

Dairy Farm: rubber, plastic, nylon, and silage (fermenting cow food)

archival digital print

24 x 30

Target: hay, cardboard, nylon, hits, and misses

archival digital print

24 x 30

Merit Award | Dusty Colyer | Kansas City, MO

Untitled:From the series Two-Twenty-Four

Archival Digital Print

24 x 36

Merit Award | Jay Hirschfeld | Miami, FL

Interior of an Abandoned Pumping Station near Millburn, New Jersey

Archival Digital Print

35 x 90

Honorable Mention | Carol Dass | Colorado Springs, CO

Bird in Hand

Archival Digital Print

22 x 22

Honorable Mention | Kevin Wilkerson | Springfield, MO

Self Portrait #2

archival digital print

20 x 16

Honorable Mention | Virginia Saunders | Hopkins, SC

Stephansdom

archival digital print

24 x 16

Proscenium

archival digital print

16 x 24

Incognito

archival digital print

24 x 16

Honorable Mention | Robert Sulkin | Roanoke, VA

Begin Here

archival digital print

20 x 24

Secret

archival digital print

20 x 24

2009 Competition Results

Juror: Jim Stone

1st Place Award | Keith Yahrling | Philadelphia, PA

Big Box Stores #48, Cherry Hill, NJ, 2008

Archival Pigment Print

24 x 20

Big Box Stores #13, Philadelphia, PA, 2007

Archival Pigment Print

20 x 24

Big Box Stores #63, Cherry Hill, NJ, 2008

Archival Pigment Print

24 x 20

2nd Place Award | Andrea Land | Springfield, MO

Stella

Digital C-print

Francesca

Digital C-print

20 x 24

Angelina

Digital C-print

20 x 24

3rd Place Award | David Gardner | San Francisco, CA

Balance #2

Archival Digital Print

18 x 24

Labyrinth. San Francisco

Archival Digital Print

18 x 24

Merit Award | Kimberly Witham | High Bridge, NJ

Green Jacket (from the series Aunt Dot’s House)

c-print

20 x 20

Merit Award | Christina Anderson | Bozeman, MT

Family of Origin: Skiers

Tricolor gum bichromate

20 x 24

Merit Award | Daniel Coburn | Topeka, KS

Migration

AR

12 x 26

Honorable Mention | Gwen Walstrand | Springfield, MO

Ean and Quin

toned gelatin silver print

14 x 16

Elizabeth

toned gelatin silver print

16 x 14

Honorable Mention | Cathryn Griffin | Cullowhee, NC

globe, Bondsville, Massachusetts, 2006

archival inkjet print

12 x 18

Baby Shoes, Bondsville, Massachusetts, 2006

archival inkjet print

12 x 18

AM Radio, Bondsville, Massachusetts, 2006

archival inkjet print

12 x 18