Entries were judged November 6, 2017 through November 10, 2017 at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.
Don Bartletti - Still Division - Lecturer / Retired Photojournalist - L.A. Times
Deanne Fitzmaurice - Still Division - Ambassador - Nikon
Carl-Phillippe Juste - Still Division - Photojournalist - The Miami Herald
Molly Roberts - Still Division - Senior Photography Editor - National Geographic Magazine
Evelio Contreras - Multimedia Division - Producer/Editor/Shooter - CNN
Eric Maierson - Multimedia Division - Writer/Editor/Producer - Freelance
Whitney Shefte - Multimedia Division - Video Journalist - The Washington Post
Mathias Svold - Danish School of Journalism
Mateusz Baj - London College of Communication
*Top winners in the Portfolio category receive this honor.
Gold - Emil Hougaard - Danish School of Journalism
Silver - Troy Enekvist - Mid Sweden University
Bronze - Ólafur Steinar Gestsson - Danish School of Journalism
Award of Excellence - Patrick Connolly - Ohio University
Award of Excellence - Alex Driehaus - Ohio University
Gold - Gabriella Angotti-Jones - City College of San Francisco
Silver - Troy Enekvist - Mid Sweden University
Bronze - Ulrik Hasemann - Danish School of Journalism
Award of Excellence - Chris Donovan - Loyalist College
Gold - Simon Læssøe - Danish School of Journalism
Silver - James Wooldridge - University of Nebraska
Bronze - Ólafur Steinar Gestsson - Danish School of Journalism
Bronze - Kayla Wolf - University of Missouri
Award of Excellence - Ivan Boll - Danish School of Journalism
Award of Excellence - Nanna Navntoft - Danish School of Journalism
Gold - Michael Owens - Rochester Institute of Technology
Silver - Ólafur Steinar Gestsson - Danish School of Journalism
Bronze - Rhianna Gelhart - University of Oregon
Award of Excellence - Bryan Bennett - Rochester Institute of Technology
Award of Excellence - Jacob Gonzalez - California Baptist University
Award of Excellence - Evan Cobb - University of Missouri
Gold - Riley Joslin - Rochester Institute of Technology
Silver - Michael Reaves - University of Kentucky
Bronze - Bryan Cereijo - Syracuse University
Award of Excellence - Lynzee Dorrenbacher - Colorado Mountain College
Award of Excellence - Ryan Michalesko - Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Award of Excellence - Jacob Wiegand - Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Award of Excellence - Marlena Sloss - Ohio University
Gold - Marcus Wiechmann - University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover
Silver - Gabriel Scarlett - Western Kentucky University
Bronze - Melissa Kühn Hjerrild - Danish School of Journalism
Award of Excellence - Sergey Nazarov - DocDocDoc
Award of Excellence - Erik Nylander - Mid Sweden University
Award of Excellence - Casey Sykes - University of Georgia
Award of Excellence - Eslah Attar - Kent State University
Award of Excellence - Xiang Wei - Syracuse University
Award of Excellence - Clarissa Sosin - CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
Gold - Michael Noble - Western Kentucky University
Silver - Alexander Leck - University of Virginia
Bronze - Claire Clarke - Colorado Mountain College
Award of Excellence - Shannon Outing - Colorado Mountain College
Gold - Aubrey Moore - Syracuse University
Silver - Addy Liu - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bronze - Yunzhi Zhang - Syracuse University
Gold - Zachary Krahmer - Syracuse University
Silver - Mathias Svold - Danish School of Journalism
Bronze - Ekaterina Balaban - DocDocDoc
Gold - Chris Donovan - Loyalist College
Silver - Joel Angel Juarez - San Francisco State University
Bronze - James Wooldridge - University of Nebraska
Award of Excellence - Bryan Cereijo - Syracuse University
Award of Excellence - Ryan Michalesko - Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Award of Excellence - Nanna Navntoft - Danish School of Journalism
Gold - Erik Nylander - Mid Sweden University
Silver - Ulrik Hasemann - Danish School of Journalism
Bronze - Mateusz Baj - London College of Communication
Award of Excellence - Troy Enekvist - Mid Sweden University
Award of Excellence - Mads Joakim Rasmussen - Danish School of Journalism
Gold - Sharafat Ali - Indira Gandhi National Open University
Silver - Kayla Wolf - University of Missouri
Bronze - Mikkel Hørlyck - Danish School of Journalism
Award of Excellence - Gabriel Scarlett - Western Kentucky University
Award of Excellence - Nick Wagner - Western Kentucky University
Gold - Ryan Michalesko - Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Silver - Bryan Bennett - Rochester Institute of Technology
Bronze - Michael Owens - Rochester Institute of Technology
Award of Excellence - Matthew Starkey - Ohio University
Gold - Mathias Svold - Danish School of Journalism
Silver - Mateusz Baj - London College of Communication
Award of Excellence - Gabriel Scarlett - Western Kentucky University
Award of Excellence - Chris Donovan - Loyalist College
Gold - Carolina Photojournalism - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Silver - Ekaterina Blaban - DocDocDoc
Bronze - Lauren Nolan - Western Kentucky University
Award of Excellence - Lindsay Abrams, Sheba Anyanwu, Setareh Baig, Emma Cillekens, Alessandra Freitas, Levi Gikandi, Sanjana Gupta, Stephanie Ho, Maria Jose Lavandera, Anissa Pierre, Ayesha Shakya, Andrew Urodov, Andi Wang and Shelley Xinyu Hu - New York University
Gold - Uwa Iduozee (University of Tampere) Anton Thompson Coon (Arcada University of Applied Sciences) Sandra Itäinen (School of Visual Arts) - University of Tampere
Silver - Louise Herrche Serup / Andreas Haubjerg - Danish School of Journalism
Bronze - Anna Spelman - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Award of Excellence - Malene Anthony Nielsen - Danish School of Journalism
Award of Excellence - Anne Bæk / Morten Lau-Nielsen - Danish School of Journalism
Gold - Daniel Vasta & JuliAnna Patino - Rochester Institute of Technology
Silver - Kreibig Lukas / Christine Simon - University of Applied Sciences and Arts Hannover
Bronze - Bridgette Cyr & Kira Dalman - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Award of Excellence - August Frank - University of Oregon
Gold - Rune Aarestrup Pedersen - Danish School of Journalism
Silver - Cameron Hart - Penn State University
Bronze - Javier Auris - Høgskolgen i Oslo og Akershus