Northwest – April 2026 – Spot News

Judges Comments

This category was light on entries and the judges did not feel that any of images met requirements to place. An image of an active fire would have placed, but judges agreed that it could have used more thoughtful composition and the cropping seemed too tight.

Judges: Bryan Dozier/freelance, Maansi Sirvastava/CNN Contract Photo Editor, James Year/Educator/freelance, Matthew Rodier/freelance