2009 Mail-In Winners

Here is a list of the winners of the 2009 Mail-in Competitions as announced at the 2009 Convention in Sacramento March 27, 2009.

BROADCAST VIDEO JOURNALISM       
    1    Mike Anderson, De Anza
    2    Steven Martin, Cerritos
    3    Jimmy Young, Los Medanos
    4    Mariano Rossetti, Las Positas
    HM    Peter Bicknell, Kevin Warn andCharles Vaughn, Orange Coast
    HM    Lois Rodrigo, Carmichael Cruz, Mt. San Antonio
    HM    Kevin Warn and Kristal Bird, Orange Coast
    HM    Mike Rucinski, Rosa Vazquez andKaren Guzelian, Pasadena
    HM    Jared Iorio, Pierce

MAGAZINE COVER       
    1    Beagtrice Alcala, Aldo Padilla andJessica Cardenas, Mt. San Antonio
    2    Leo Postovoit, Fullerton
    3    Kate Alcid and Galen Oback, De Anza
    4    Natalie Yemenidjian, Pierce
    HM    Bryce K. and Jeremy Hall, Cypress
    HM    Alton Richardson and Lauren Barnard, Las Positas

MAGAZINE FEATURE (Non-Profile)       
    1    Pearl Sheets, El Camino
    2    Miles Harrigan, San Francisco
    3    Catheirine Foss, Sacramento
    4    Natalie Tarr, Fullerton
    HM    Fabiola Prieto, Glendale
    HM    Nathan Solis, Pasadena
    HM    Katherine Moore, Pierce
    HM    Diana Arbas, Cypress
    HM    Craig L. Davidson, LA City

MAGAZINE GENERAL EXCELLENCE   (unranked)    
    Substance, Mt. San Antonio
    Insider, De Anza
    City Magazine, Long Beach
    FC Torch, Fullerton
    Fall 2008 Mainline Staff, Sacramento
    Warrior Life , El Camino
    etc. magazine, San Francisco
    Naked, Las Positas

MAGAZINE LAYOUT/DESIGN       
    1    Steven Mok, Sacramento
    2    Alton Richardson and Lauren Barnard, Las Positas
    3    The Bull magazine staff, Pierce
    4    Leo Postovoit, Fullerton
    HM    DeAnn Chan, San Francisco
    HM    Beatrice Alcala, Mt. San Antonio

MAGAZINE LINE ILLUSTRATION       
    1    Jessie Lomeli, Pierce
    2    Galen Oback, De Anza
    3    Simone Mitchell, San Francisco
    4    Kevin Maier, Chabot
    HM    Luke Bair, San Francisco
    HM    Jonathan Velasquez, LA City

MAGAZINE OPINION STORY       
    1    Stephanie Rice, San Francisco
    2    Miyu Kataoka, El Camino
    3    Tanner Fogle, Fullerton
    4    Terri M. Venesio, Sacramento
    HM    Jared Iorio, Pierce
    HM    Leo Postovoit, Fullerton
    HM    Monique Long, El Camino

MAGAZINE PHOTO       
    1    Gilberto Ramirez, Sacramento
    2    Daniel Belis, Pasadena
    3    Aldo Padilla, Mt. San Antonio
    4    Joseph Chen, De Anza
    HM    Alexandru Mitroi, Cypress
    HM    Jeff Bennett, Las Positas

MAGAZINE PHOTO ESSAY       
    1    Gilberto Ramirez, Sacramento
    2    East Hollywood Portraits, LA City
    3    Alton Richardson, Las Positas
    4    Leo Postovoit, Fullerton
    HM    TeNesha Mosley, Long Beach
    HM    Jared Iorio, Pierce

MAGAZINE PROFILE FEATURE       
    1    Shae Hancock, Sacramento
    2    Deia DeBrito, San Francisco
    3    Mike Studzinski, Las Positas
    4    Jane Pojawa, Glendale
    HM    Alex Dixon, San Francisco
    HM    Mary Obeyd, Mt. San Antonio
    HM    Sara Heady, Mt. San Antonio

COLUMN WRITING       
    1    Sam Craig, Las Positas
    2    Albert Fulcher, Southwestern
    3    Heidi Stenquist, San Diego City
    4    Asia Camagong, Contra Costa
    HM    Michael Farmer, San Joaquin Delta
    HM    Tanya Castell, Southwestern
    HM    Federico Borghesi, Modesto
    HM    Kayce Basques, San Mateo
    HM    Ana L. Gonzalez, Los Medanos
    HM    Megan Taros, El Camino

CRITICAL REVIEW       
    1    Nate Johnson, Solano
    2    Katie O'Hara, De Anza
    3    Aaron Dobruck, El Camino
    4    Chrissy Williams, Pierce
    HM    Johnny Ngo, San Diego Mesa
    HM    Jason Lowder, Pasadena
    HM    Wendy Rubick, Mt. San Antonio
    HM    Eryn Burkhart, Santa Barbara
    HM    Andrew Vasquez, Citrus
    HM    Steve Womack, Fullerton

EDITORIAL CARTOON       
    1    Derek Villanueva, LA City
    2    Gabriel Orendain-Necochea, Southwestern
    3    T. Max Redalia, Santa Rosa
    4    Fred Kim, El Camino
    HM    Desmond Miller, San Francisco
    HM    Tercius Befete, LA City
    HM    Yun Yang, Diablo Valley
    HM    Federico Borghesi, Modesto
    HM    Jimmy Purcell , Chaffey
    HM    Amber Sellnow, American River

EDITORIAL WRITING       
    1    The Advocate Editorial Board, Contra Costa
    2    Justin Troxell, Los Medanos
    3    Ariel Carmona, Citrus
    4    Andrew Vasquez, Citrus
    HM    Jeff Sirko and Stepanie Holland, Riverside
    HM    La Voz staff , De Anza
    HM    Allan Santiago and Courier Staff, Pasadena
    HM    T. Max Redalia, Santa Rosa
    HM    Staff, Santa Ana
    HM    La Voz staff, De Anza
    HM    Andrew Breese and the Current staff, American River

ENTERPRISE STORY/SERIES       
    M    Gabriel Orendain-Necochea, Corle Huffman & Sean Campbell, Southwestern
    M    Elena Hernandez, Santa Ana
    M    Ray Pascual and Elena Hernandez, Santa Ana
    M    Sema Daniels, Katherine Green and Eric Webb, American River
    M    The Advocate Staff, Contra Costa
    M    Reginald James, Laney
    M     Rampage Staff, Fresno
    M    Kurt Garvey, Chabot
    M    Sun Staff, Southwestern
    M    Jonathan Ramos, Santa Monica

FEATURE PHOTO       
    1    A. J. Sellarole, Canyons
    2    Esmeralda Ramirez, Southwestern
    3    Khai Le, Riverside
    4    John Ornelas, Bakersfield
    HM    Richard Kontas, Glendale
    HM    Amber Rose-Kelly, Pierce
    HM    Alton Richardson, Las Positas
    HM    Erin Hoover, Pierce

FRONT PAGE LAYOUT - BROADSHEET       
    1    The Advocate Staff, Contra Costa
    2    Gabriel Orendain-Necochea, Aimee Lastrella and Mark Rojas, Southwestern
    3    Joel Paramo, Bakersfield
    4    Britney Barnes, Orange Coast
    HM    Ivie Hasegawa and Kevin Hidalgo, LA City

FRONT PAGE LAYOUT - TABLOID       
    1    Staff, Santa Ana
    2    Shevaun Brandom and David McAtee, San Diego City
    3    Richard Kontas, Jeryd Pojawa, and Graig Agop, Glendale
    4    Joshua Pedroza and Lawrence Gonzales, Riverside
    HM    Shawn Raymundo, Evan Lancaster and Charlye DeHart, Mt. San Antonio
    HM    The Channels Newspaper, Santa Barbara
    HM    Jessica Luthi and Alex Mullaney, San Francisco

GENERAL EXCELLENCE NEWSPAPER (unranked)
    The Renegade Rip, Bakersfield
    Experience, Los Medanos
    The Sun, Southwestern
    Coast Report, Orange Coast
    The Advocate, Contra Costa
    The Valley Star, LA Valley
    Union , El Camino
    The Channels Newspaper, Santa Barbara
    el Don, Santa Ana
    The Mesa Press, San Diego Mesa
    The Guardsman, San Francisco
    La Voz Weekly, De Anza
    City Times, San Diego City
    The Mountaineer, Mt. San Antonio
    The Oak Leaf, Santa Rosa
    Courier, Pasadena

ILLUSTRATION       
    1    Jimmy Purcell, Chaffey
    2    Eduardo Herrera, LA Valley
    3    Fred Kim, El Camino
    4    Esmeralda Ramirez, Southwestern
    HM    Galen Oback, De Anza
    HM    Karl Compton, Los Medanos
    HM    Wryan Castleberry, Contra Costa
    HM    Lori Llanillo, Sacramento
    HM    Juan Lopez, LA Harbor

INFORMATIONAL GRAPHIC       
    1    Esmeralda Ramirez, Southwestern
    2    Esmeralda Ramirez, Southwestern
    3    Melissa Sullivan, Santa Ana
    4    Jared Iorio, Jesse Lomeli andGil Riego Jr., Pierce
    HM    Leo Postovoit, Fullerton
    HM    Lacey Erlich and Claudine Sarmiento, Canyons

INSIDE PAGE LAYOUT - BROADSHEET       
    1    Esmeralda Ramirez, Southwestern
    2    Justin Morrison, Contra Costa
    3    Justin Morrison, Contra Costa
    4    Union Staff, El Camino
    HM    Collegian Staff, LA City
    HM    Tim Dickerson,Esmeralda Infante and Gustavo Rangel, Cerritos
    HM    Kathleen Ocampo, Pierce
    HM    Joel Paramo, Bakersfield
    HM    Britney Barnes, Orange Coast

INSIDE PAGE LAYOUT - TABLOID       
    1    Stephanie Holland, Riverside
    2    Jessica Luthi, San Francisco
    3    John Esquivel, Fresno
    4    Helen Tracey, Santa Barbara
    HM    Cassie Kolias, Las Positas
    HM    Ricky Clark and Chris Qian, Chabot
    HM    Jessica Luthi, San Francisco
    HM    Isiah Reyes and Graig Agop, Glendale
    HM    Brandon Hensley and Jane Pojawa, Glendale
    HM    Lacey Erlich, Claudine Sarmiento and Michael De Lorenzo, Canyons

NEWS PHOTO       
    1    John Ornelas, Bakersfield
    2    Ali Kellog, Santa Monica
    3    Jonathan Gibby, LA Valley
    4    El Paisano staff, Rio Hondo
    HM    Eileen Roche, San Francisco
    HM    Ari Zadok, Santa Monica
    HM    Adalto Nascimento, Diablo Valley
    HM    Jaysen Treadaway, American River
    HM    Jonathan Gibby, LA Valley

NEWS STORY       
    1    Lauren Manary, Southwestern
    2    Dennis Biles, Los Medanos
    3    Britney Barnes, Orange Coast
    4    Justin Troxell, Los Medanos
    HM    Joel Paramo, Bakersfield
    HM    Jason Lillard, Riverside
    HM    Brian Regnart, San Joaquin Delta
    HM    Paul Wertheim, San Francisco
    HM    Kevin Skahan and Valerie Simson, Santa Rosa
    HM    Curtis Uemura, Diablo Valley

NEWS FEATURE STORY
        1     Claudine Sarimento, Canyons
        2     Theresa Adams and Monica Olofsson, LA City
        3     Christine Karavas, San Mateo
        4     Eric Webb, American River
        HM Kayhan Yekrangi, Diablo Valley
        HM Oscar Gutierrez, Santa Barbara
        HM Brandon Ferguson, Fullerton
        HM Andy Alcaraz and George Benitez, LA Valley
        HM Laurel Shipley, Santa Ana
        HM Alec Surmani, Contra Costa

ONLINE JOURNALISM GENERAL EXCELLENCE  (unranked)  
    CyChron, Cypress
    Tallon Marks, Cerritos
    The Sun, Southwestern
    Oakleaf, Santa Rosa
    Guardsman, San Francisco
    The SkylineView, Skyline
    Roundup, Pierce
    San Matean, San Mateo
    The Rip, Bakersfield
    Express, Las Positas
    Cosumnes Connection, Cosumnes River
    Lariat, Saddleback
    Accent Advocate, Contra Costa

ONLINE PHOTO       
    1    Aisha Ahal, Pierce
    2    Linus Shentu, Pasadena
    3    Daniel Lottes, Pasadena
    4    Khai Le, Riverside
    HM    Nubia Calvo, Santa Monica
    HM    Sean Jones, Chabot

ONLINE PHOTO STORY-ESSAY       
    1    Michael Iredale , Sacramento
    2    Khai Le, Riverside
    3    Jared Iorio, Pierce
    4    Sean Jones, Chabot
    HM    Anita K. Marto, Glendale
    HM    Dennis Mahan and Elizabeth Clark and Seggan Moore, Bakersfield
    HM    Viewpoints Staff, Riverside

OPINION STORY       
    1    Megan Looney, San Diego Mesa
    2    Tom Garcia, Los Medanos
    3    Christian Villanueva, Diablo Valley
    4    Natasha Nazzal, Solano
    HM    Stacy Lane, De Anza
    HM    Muriel Strand, Sacramento
    HM    Regina Sarnicola, Contra Costa
    HM    Christina Moran, San Diego Mesa
    HM    Yalina Urbina, East LA

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION       
    1    Justin Morrison, Contra Costa
    2    Jimmy Purcell, Chaffey
    3    Ekekiel Bates, Shasta
    4    Fabienne Niederberger, Glendale
    HM    El Paisano staff, Rio Hondo
    HM    Sean Jones, Chabot
    HM    Nick Carey, Pierce

PHOTO STORY/ESSAY       
    1    Jared Iorio, Pierce
    2    Mariana Ricalde, Southwestern
    3    Isaac Thomas, Contra Costa
    4    Scott Mitchell, LA Valley
    HM    Klara Miller, LA Valley
    HM    Tom Wright, Santa Monica
    HM    Jack Barnwell, Chabot
    HM    Michael Iredale and Lan-Pik (Amy) Chan, Sacramento

PROFILE FEATURE STORY       
    1    William Martin, Ohlone
    2    Amanda Lopez, Sacramento
    3    Rhys Alvarado, Santa Barbara
    4    Alexa Tijerino, Sacramento
    HM    Jose Benito Garcia, El Camino
    HM    Anna Allen, Cypress
    HM    Sam Craig, Las Positas
    HM    Heather Richards, San Diego City
    HM    Alexandra Wilcox, Santa Barbara
    HM    Albert Fulcher, Southwestern

SPORTS ACTION PHOTO       
    1    Stephen Kirschenmann, Las Positas
    2    Russell Scoffin, Southwestern
    3    Khai Le, Riverside
    4    Matt Robinson, Long Beach
    HM    Chris Qian, Chabot
    HM    Eric Sun, San Francisco
    HM    Hanan Salem, Cosumnes River
    HM    Khai Le, Riverside
    HM    Andrey Miranda, Santa Ana
    HM    Scott Mitchell, LA Valley

SPORTS FEATURE STORY       
    1    William Cooley, Santa Rosa
    2    Christian Millan, Long Beach
    3    Jonathan Gibby, LA Valley
    4    Frank Ram, Citrus
    HM    Christian Millan, Long Beach
    HM    Ally Armstrong, Bakersfield
    HM    John Ornelas, Bakersfield
    HM    Richard Quinton, Pasadena

SPORTS GAME STORY       
    1    Kyle Szymanski, Los Medanos
    2    Gerardo Rocha, Southwestern
    3    H. Gore, LA Valley
    4    Joey Brownlee, Chabot
    HM    Ray Peregrina, Mt. San Antonio
    HM    Kenny Kinder, San Diego Mesa
    HM    Jeff Carillo, Contra Costa
    HM    Peter Fournier, Solano
    HM    Chris Biderman, Santa Barbara
    HM    Curtis Uemura, Diablo Valley

STUDENT DESIGNED ADVERTISEMENT       
    1    Reginald James, Laney
    2    Beatrice Alcala, Mt. San Antonio
    3    Justin Morrison, Contra Costa
    4    Kate Alcid, De Anza
    HM    El Paisano staff, Rio Hondo
    HM    Jessica Luthi, San Francisco
    HM    Megan Crothers, Saddleback
    HM    Shaun Wagner, Santa Rosa
    HM    Talon Marks Staff, Cerritos
    HM    Joseph R. Ortiz, Antelope Valley