The 2025 BPPA Picture of the Year College Contest is now closed to entries. The deadline to submit work was 11:59PM on Thurs. April 16, 2026. Information about judging and winning entries will be shared on our contest page. Thank you to all who submitted! The 2025 BPPA Pictures of the Year judging has been completed. The winning images and photographers names can bee seen on our contest page. Congratulations to all! Photographer of the Year: Erin Clark/The Boston Globe Best in Show: Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe Elise Amendola Best of Sports: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images A HUGE thank you to this years judges Ariel Zambelich / The Baltimore Banner, Pat Semansky / Independent, and Jake May / The Flint Journal and MLive.com. We’re so grateful for your time, insight and keen eyes on our work. 2026 marks 100 years of the BPPA. Founded in 1926, the BPPA has been serving press photographers from across New England for the last century. Learn more at BPPA100.net. PRESIDENT: Amanda Sabga VICE PRESIDENT: Danielle Parhizkaran TREASURER: Brian Snyder SECRETARY: Sophie Park MARSHALL: CJ Gunther BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Faith Ninivaggi Meredith Nierman Kevin Martin Jesse Costa Mark Stockwell Lauren Owens Lambert As the immediate past-president, Jessica Rinaldi will automatically serve as the seventh board member. The Boston Press Photographers Association hosted our 5th annual exhibit in 2025 at two new locations in Boston! Outside of Boston University’s George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 from May 23rd to June 7th and then outside on Boston’s City Hall Plaza from June 7th to June 23rd! Do you have an upcoming exhibition? Did you receive an award for your photography? Are you retiring? Something else? Write to info@bppa.net with something you’d like to share to our members and we’ll let people know. And make sure to share your news in the BPPA facebook group.BPPA 2025 Pictures of the Year College Contest
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