NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ANNOUNCES WINNERS
OF SECOND INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST FOR KIDS (National Geographic)
WASHINGTON (Dec. 23, 2008)—Contestants from the Netherlands, Hungary and the
United States are the winners in the National Geographic Society’s second
annual international photography contest for kids, conducted in partnership
with National Geographic Kids magazine and 15 of its local-language editions.
Simon van Lierde of the Netherlands is the grand-prize winner for his
photograph of a child swinging, in the People category. The first runner-up is
Lilla Balajthy of Hungary for her photograph of ants on a beach, in the
Animals category; second runner-up is Carolyn Faye Twersky of Connecticut, for
her photo of pipe art, in the Scenery category. As grand-prize winner, van
Lierde will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to National Geographic
headquarters in Washington, D.C. The runners-up will receive a certificate of
merit from National Geographic.
The three winning images were chosen from more than 15,000 entries from the
participating editions. Each edition held local contests, and in the final
round they sent one photograph from each of the three categories to National
Geographic’s headquarters for judging by National Geographic Kids Editor in
Chief Melina Bellows, National Geographic photographer Annie Griffiths Belt
and National Geographic Kids Photo Director Jay Sumner.
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