Past Competitions
2021 Competition Results
Juror: Adam Finkelston
1st Place Award | Body of Work
Robin Bailey | Rolling Meadows, IL
Canal Street —Troy, OH
archival inkjet print on archival mat board
House and Cooling Tower — Michigan City, IN
archival inkjet print on archival mat board
2nd Place Award | Body of Work
John R. Van Beekum | Miami Shores, FL
Depth Perception
archival pigment digital print from TRI-X negative film
Sunday Morning
archival pigment digital print from TRI-X negative film
3rd Place Award
Gwen Walstrand | Springfield, MO
Elizabeth and Lily
palladium print
Merit Award | Body of Work
Ron Erwin | Joplin, MO
A Fine Randomness
digital photograph; inkjet print
Brothers
digital photograph; inkjet print
Cousins
digital photograph; inkjet print
Merit Award | Body of Work
Dennis Segers | Carmel, CA
California Dreamin #4
platinum palladium over pigment on Hahnemuhle platinum rag
California Dreamin #6
platinum palladium over pigment on Hahnemuhle platinum rag
Merit Award
Robert Sulkin | Roanoke, VA
Of Fact and Fiction: Searching for Neptune
photography
Honorable Mention
Sara Silks | Overland Park, KS
Wonderland
platinum palladium print
Honorable Mention
Morgan Ford Willingham | Emporia, KS
Then You Show Your Little Light (3)
cyanotype on found textile
Honorable Mention
Robert Hein | Frostburg, MD
Waves
scanned negative pigment print
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
Net
digital archival print
15 x 20
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
2011 Competition Results
Juror: Anthony Bannon, Ph.D.

Oahu Laie
Giclee Digital Print on Optica One Archival Paper
30 x 70

Frost Polska
Giclee Digital Print on Optica One Archival Paper
26 x 28

Chris
Archival digital print
24 x 56

Carly
Archival digital print
24 x 56

Michael Mc
Archival digital print
24 x 56

Anne
Archival digital print
24 x 56

Wings
archival digital print
24 x 20

Hymn
archival digital print
24 x 20

Untitled
C-print
18 x 23

Silent Prayer
archival digital print
16 x 16

Uncaged Birds
archival digital print
18 x 12

Nude in the Grass # 1
Gelatin- Silver Print
20 x 16

Nude in Rowboat
Gelatin- Silver Print
16 x 20

Goat Head
C-Print
20 x 36

Mia
Gelatin Silver Print
14 x 14

Flannery
Gelatin Silver Print
14 x 14

Ben and Sam
Gelatin Silver Print
14 x 14

Signs
archival digital print
24 x 28
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
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