Announcements
Join Us for CPOY and POY Awards Weekend!
CPOY winners are invited to celebrate at our annual Photostory Fest and personally pick up their awards during the CPOY/POY Awards Ceremony in Columbia, Missouri, on April 17, 2026.
The fun starts at 9:00 AM Central time on Friday, April 17, in Smith Forum at the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism and will include presentations from POY and CPOY winners. For lunch we’re providing a free Missouri BBQ and a chance to view the CPOY Winner’s Show at the McDougall Center Gallery.
Festivities continue Friday evening with the POY and CPOY Awards Reception from 6:00 to 8:30 PM at Orr Street Studios (106 Orr Street). You will see this year’s POY Winners Exhibition and have a chance to meet fellow CPOY winners as well as some of the professional winners.
On Saturday, April 18, we partner with the Unbound Book Festival to share a fascinating presentation on environmental storytelling at Ragtag Cinema in downtown Columbia.
The events are free and open to all, but we ask you to please RSVP by emailing info@cpoy.org.
Hope to see you April 17 in Columbia.
Marie D. De Jesús / CPOY Director
Jackie Bell / CPOY Director Emeritus
JOIN US!
for CPOY and POY Awards Weekend!
CPOY winners are invited to celebrate at our annual Photostory Fest and personally pick up their awards during the CPOY/POY Awards Ceremony in Columbia, Missouri, on April 17, 2026.
The fun starts at 9:00 AM Central time on Friday, April 17, in Smith Forum at the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism and will include presentations from POY and CPOY winners. For lunch we’re providing a free Missouri BBQ and a chance to view the CPOY Winner’s Show at the McDougall Center Gallery.
Festivities continue Friday evening with the POY and CPOY Awards Reception from 6:00 to 8:30 PM at Orr Street Studios (106 Orr Street). You will see this year’s POY Winners Exhibition and have a chance to meet fellow CPOY winners as well as some of the professional winners.
On Saturday, April 18, we partner with the Unbound Book Festival to share a fascinating presentation on environmental storytelling at Ragtag Cinema in downtown Columbia.
The events are free and open to all, but we ask you to please RSVP by emailing info@cpoy.org.
Hope to see you April 17 in Columbia.
Marie D. De Jesús / CPOY Director
Jackie Bell / CPOY Director Emeritus