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Contest Information

• Introduction
• List of Winners: Print/Online
• List of Winners: Picture Editing
• NPPA.org
• Browse All Entries (NPPA.org)
• Contest Rule (NPPA.org)
• Judge Bios
• Judging Criteria
• Behind the Judging
• Behind the Judging Photo Gallery

Print/Online Winners

• Cliff Edom's, 'New America Award'
• Newspaper Photographer of the Year
• Magazine Photographer of the Year
• Attack on America News
• Attack on America Magazine
• Attack on America Feature
• Attack on America Picture Story
• Attack on America Picture Story Magazine
• International News
• International News Picture Story
• General News
• Domestic News
• Domestic News Picture Story
• Feature
• Feature Picture Story
• Portrait and Personality
• Pictorial
• The Arts
• Computer Image Illustration
• Conceptual Illustration
• Nature and Environment
• Nature and Environment Picture Story
• Sports Action
• Sports Feature
• Sports Picture Story
• Sports Photographer of the Year
• Magazine Feature
• Magazine Portrait and Personality
• Magazine News
• Magazine News Picture Story
• Magazine Feature Picture Story

Web
• Best Use of the Web
• Best Picture Story
• Best News Picture Story
• Best Feature Picture Story
• Best Sports Picture Story
• Best Multimedia Package
• Best Event Package, Attack on America

March 20, 2002

International News Single
First place: Carolyn Cole, Los Angeles Times

INDIA'S MENTALLY ILL - Reeja Marimuthu, age 18, is possessed by evil spirits says her mother (at left). To get treatment, Reeja is chained to a post outside an Indian Muslim Tomb, which people believed to have healing powers. Some stay chained for months, others for years, waiting to be cured.

International News Single:
A picture that captures an aspect of the subject's character.

First Place: Carolyn Cole, Los Angeles Times
Second Place: Stephen Ferry, The New York Times
Third Place: Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters
Honorable Mention: Mike Fender, Indianapolis Star
Honorable Mention: Benjamin Rusnak, Food For The Poor
Honorable Mention: PARAS SHAH, Associated Press
Honorable Mention: Tauseef MUSTAFA, Agence France Presse
Honorable Mention: Fernando Morales, Agence France Presse

Winner's comments:
"I was trying to document mental illness in India. This photo was taken right before Sept. 11 so we never really got to complete the project. I hope to follow up this year in India, and I hope this brings attention to the problem." -- Carolyn Cole

Judges' comments:
"We were all taken with the image itself. We were drawn to the emotional face. The composition is very strong. It's compelling as a story with its subtleties and layers. You want to know more about this woman's plight. It makes you care." -- Michele Stephenson

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