award winner!

I was pleasantly surprised at work the other day when a coworker of mine congratulated me on my recent win in a National Press Photographers Association multimedia contest. I entered my Fair Flipbook into the national multimedia contest about a month ago and I figured if I had won that they would notify me - well, they didn't! Luckily my coworker, Mark, was surfing the NPPA website and noticed that I had taken third place! I was shocked! I haven't entered any contests since Nikon's Best of College Photography contest back in, you can guess it, back in college. I was a finalist in that contest, but I hadn't thought much of entering my work into anything else. More than anything I keep missing entry deadlines and I lose track of my favorite photos...but this time around I got organized. My Fair Flipbook was well received at work so I figured maybe somebody else out there would like it, too. Plus, we're always trying to boost online readership and page views so anything I can do to share my work with the public and fellow shooters is beneficial.

The contest works like this:

Any member of NPPA can enter his/her multimedia project following the month of publication. The topics vary from devastating fires to drug addiction to silly neighborhood characters to light-hearted days at the fair! The contest is peer-judged which means other professional photojournalists are checking out the work and placing their vote for their favorite. And then, the big bang, this contest runs nationally which means placing stronger than shooters at the LA Times, NY Times, etc. REALLY puts a smile on my face.

If you haven't watched the audio slideshow, please do so. As always, keep your speakers turned up and have fun! And, keep your fingers crossed for me because I'll be entering my OXYCONTIN: Sarah, 19 multimedia project in next month's contest.

Woohoo!