PPW State Trophy and Awards

PPW Classification of Entries for State Print Competition Only (22 Categories):

• Best Portrait of a Child 
• Best Portrait of a Bride 
• Best Pictorial (Charles Libby Award)
  
• Best Portrait of a Group 
• Best Portrait of a Groom 
• Best Industrial
  
• Best Portrait of an Animal 
• Best Portrait of a Wedding Group 
• Best Architectural
  
• Best Portrait of a Woman 
• Best Wedding Candid 
• Best Advertising / Illustration
  
• Best Portrait of a Man 
• Best Portrait of a Bride & Groom 
• Best Editorial
  
• Best Portrait of a Couple 
• Best Wedding Album 
• Best Aerial
  
• Best Non-Wedding Album 
• Best Unclassified Wedding Portrait 
• Best Unclassified Commercial
  
• Best Unclassified Portrait
  

PPW TROPHIES (PPW members receive 2 merits for each of these trophies)

• PPW Portrait Photographer of the Year - Highest aggregate score in the Portrait Division
  
• R.R. Hutchison Trophy - Best single entry from the Portrait Division (excluding Album Entry)
  
• PPW Wedding Photographer of the Year - Highest aggregate score in the Wedding Division
  
• Best Wedding Portrait Trophy - Best single entry from the Wedding Division – excluding Album Entry
  
• PPW Commercial Photographer of the Year - Highest aggregate score in the Commercial Division
  
• Roger Dudley Trophy - Best single entry from the Commercial Division
  
• Russ Clift Trophy - For Best Mixed Case (split entry) aggregate score – (must include such combinations as portrait/commercial or portrait/wedding, commercial/wedding or portrait/wedding/commercial)
• Lee Merrill Trophy People’s Choice Award – the most popular entry as determined by the vote of PPW Members
  
• Alma Gray Trophy - Highest aggregate score for a case from a first-time entrant having never entered at a state or international judging. Entries can be from any division. 
• Best of Show Trophy - For the best single print from all divisions as determined by the jurors
  

PPW AWARDS (PPW members receive 1 merit for each of these awards)

Portrait Division

• Best Portrait of a Child Featuring one child
  
• Best Portrait of a Group Featuring 2 or more people
  
• Best Portrait of an Animal Featuring one or more animals
  
• Best Portrait of a Woman Featuring one woman
  
• Best Portrait of a Man Featuring one man
  
• Best Portrait of a Couple Featuring a couple
  
• Best Unclassified Portrait - A photograph utilizing unusual concepts, forms or manipulation or such concepts as to be otherwise unclassified in other categories
• Best Non-Wedding Album

Wedding Division

• Best Portrait of a Bride Featuring the bride alone in the studio or on location. May be pre-bridal or wedding day
  
• Best Portrait of a Groom Featuring the groom alone in the studio or on location
  
• Best Portraita Wedding Group Featuring 2 or more people from a wedding
  
• Best Wedding Candid A spontaneous, non-staged event from a wedding, this will be judged on the spontaneous aspects of the photograph
  
• Best Portrait of a Bride & Groom Featuring the bride and groom in the same image
  
• Best Unclassified Portrait A photograph utilizing unusual concepts, forms or manipulation or such concepts as to be otherwise unclassified in other categories
  
• Best Wedding Album
  

Commercial Division

• Best Pictorial (Charles Libby Award) Best single pictorial (landscape) portrait
  
• Best Industrial A location image for publicity or brochure.
  
• Best Architectural Featuring architectural structure or design for commercial purposes
  
• Best Advertising / Illustration Interpretive photograph dealing with a commercial idea – not necessarily a product statement (please include “tear sheet” if available)
  
• Best Editorial Event or human interest photograph suitable for publication, including sports
  
• Best Aerial A photograph depicting its subject from an AIRBORNE apparatus view
  
• Best Unclassified Portrait A photograph utilizing unusual concepts, forms or manipulation or such concepts as to be otherwise unclassified in other categories
  

ADDITIONAL PPW ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (No merits awarded)

• Judge’s Choice Ribbons - Awarded to the print the juror feels is most deserving of recognition – regardless of how the print scored. Any print accepted for exhibition is eligible. (Only one Judge’s Choice ribbon is allowed per print.)
• Honor Court - The TOP 2% of the total number of entries in each division.  (A minimum score of 85 is required – Entries with a 90 or above automatically qualify.)
  
• Kodak Gallery Award - Prints submitted by PPW members are eligible for the Kodak Gallery Award. (Rules established by Kodak will also apply. Jurors determine recipient.)
  
• Fuji Masterpiece Award - Prints submitted by PPW members are eligible for the Fuji Masterpiece Award. (Rules established by Fuji will also apply. Jurors determine recipient.)