PHOTO AWARDS

This picture taken with a fisheye lens shows France's Benjamin Compaore participating in the men's triple jump qualifying round during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
This picture taken with a fisheye lens shows France's Benjamin Compaore participating in the men's triple jump qualifying round during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Carlee Soto uses a phone to get information about her sister, Victoria Soto, a teacher at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Conn. Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 after a gunman killed over two dozen people, including 20 children. Victoria Soto, 27, was among those killed. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Carlee Soto uses a phone to get information about her sister, Victoria Soto, a teacher at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Conn. Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 after a gunman killed over two dozen people, including 20 children. Victoria Soto, 27, was among those killed. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
27-year-old Tibetan activist Jamphel Yeshi screams as he runs engulfed in flames after self-immolating at a protest ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to India, in New Delhi India, Monday, March 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
27-year-old Tibetan activist Jamphel Yeshi screams as he runs engulfed in flames after self-immolating at a protest ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to India, in New Delhi India, Monday, March 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is silhouetted against setting sun as she arrives to deliver her speech during an election campaign rally in Thongwa village some 50 kms from Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is silhouetted against setting sun as she arrives to deliver her speech during an election campaign rally in Thongwa village some 50 kms from Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Baby Andrei, eight months old, son of Roma underage parents, cries after being put back in an incubator at the intensive care unit of the Marie Curie children's hospital, on March 27, 2012, in Bucharest, Romania. Andrei, who, against all odds, survived for eight months with almost no intestines, needs a transplant that costs hundreds of thousands dollars and can only be performed in the United States at his age. He did not get the transplant and later died. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Baby Andrei, eight months old, son of Roma underage parents, cries after being put back in an incubator at the intensive care unit of the Marie Curie children's hospital, on March 27, 2012, in Bucharest, Romania. Andrei, who, against all odds, survived for eight months with almost no intestines, needs a transplant that costs hundreds of thousands dollars and can only be performed in the United States at his age. He did not get the transplant and later died. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Associated Press participates in numerous photojournalism competitions worldwide. Below is a summarization of the major prizes AP photographers have won in the current calendar year.

2013 National Press Photographers Association Best of Photojournalism
2013 National Headliner Awards
2013 Pulitzer Award
2013 Pictures of the Year International
2013 World Press Photo
2012 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar

2013 National Press Photographers Association Best of Photojournalism

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Domestic News Picture Story
Jessica Hill - Third Place

Feature Single
Daniel Ochoa de Olza - Award of Excellence

International News Single
Manas Paran - First Place
Esteban Felix - Third Place

International News Picture Story
Bernat Armangue - First place
Altaf Qadri - Award of Excellence

Sports Action Single
Jessica Hill - First Place

Sports Feature Single
Mike Roemer - First Place

Olympic Action Single
David J. Phillip - First Place and Third Place

Olympics Picture Story
David Goldman - First Place

Contemporary Issues Single
Vadim Ghirda - First Place
Manish Swarup - Third Place
Rebecca Blackwell - Award of Excellence
Jacquelyn Martin - Award of Excellence

Contemporary Issues Story
Emilio Morenatti - Award of Excellence

2013 National Headliner Awards

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Best of Show: Photo
Manish Swarup
“A Tibetan’s Last Stand”

Magazines, News Services or Syndicates Spot News Photography
Manish Swarup - First Place
“A Tibetan’s Last Stand”

Manu Brabo - Second Place
“Grief in Syria”

Magazines, News Services or Syndicates Feature Photography
Bebeto Matthews - First Place
“Sandy Claus”

Photography Portfolio
Rodrigo Abd - Third Place

2013 Pulitzer Award

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Breaking News Photography
Rodrigo Abd, Manu Brabo, Narciso Contreras, Khalil Hamra and Muhammed Muheisen

2013 Pictures of the Year International

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Feature Single
Ng Han Guan - First Place

Campaign 2012 Single
Carolyn Kaster - First Place
Gregory Bull - Honorable Mention

Spot News Single
Manu Brabo - First Place
Manish Swarup and Barry Gutierrez - Honorable Mention

Portrait Single
Daniel Ochoa de Olza - First Place

Portrait Series
Oded Balilty - First Place

General News Single
Bernat Armangue - First Place
Second Place and Honorable Mention - Rodrigo Abd

Sports Action Single
Jessica Hill - First Place

Sports Feature Single
Mike Roemer - First Place

Olympic Action
Daniel Ochoa de Olza - Second Place
David J. Phillip - Third Place

News Picture Story
Vincent Yu - Honorable Mention

Photographer of the Year
Vincent Yu - Honorable Mention

2013 World Press Photo

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Spot News Story
Bernat Armangue - First Place
Conflict in Gaza

General News Single
Rodrigo Abd - First Place
Aida

Emilio Morenatti - Third Place
Barcelona Demonstrations

Felipe Dana - Honorable Mention
Natalia

Contemporary Issues Single
Esteban Felix - Second Place
Pool Hall Attack

Observed Portrait Story
Daniel Ochoa de Olza - Second Place
Bullfighter’s Comeback

Spot News Single
Adel Hana - Third Place
Collaborator

Contemporary Issues Story
Altaf Qadri - Honorable Mention
School for Less Fortunate

2012 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar

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Spot News
Manu Brabu - First Place
Manas Paran - Second Place
Esteban Felix - Third Place
Rodrigo Abd - Honorable Mention
Khalil Hamra - Honorable Mention
Emilio Morenatti - Honorable Mention

General News
Altaf Qadri - Third Place
Muhammed Muheisen - Honorable Mention

Feature
Kevin Frayer - Second Place
Rodrigo Abd - Third Place, Honorable Mention
Daniel Ochoade Olza - Honoroable Mention

Sports Action
Mark J. Terrill - First Place, Second Place

Sports Feature
David Guttenfelder - Second Place

Portrait/Personality
Felipe Dana - First Place
Dana Ochoade Olza - second Place
Rodrigo Abd - Third Place

Pictorial
Oded Bailey - First Place
Rebecca Blackwell - Honorable Mention
Charles Rex Arbogast - Honorable Mention

Olympics
Gregory Bull - First Place
Mark J. Terrill - Second Place, Honorable Mention
David J. Phillips - Honorable Mention

Election
Carolyn Kaster - First Place
Charles Dharapak - Third Place
Evan Vucci - Honorable Mention

News Picture Story
Emilio Morenatti - Third Place
Ng Han Guan - Honorable Mention

Chris Hondros International News
Manu Brabo - First Place
Khalil Hamra - Second Place, Honorable Mention
Rodrigo Abd - Third Place
Muhammed Muheisen - Associated Press

Feature Picture Story
Esteban Felix - Third Place
Kevin Frayer - Honorable Mention

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