1st place - Max Whittaker, Freelance, "Grieving"

2nd place - Bryan Patrick, Sacramento Bee, "A Mother's Grief"

3rd place - Lezlie Sterling, Sacramento Bee, "A Father Remembered"

Award of Excellence - Deanne Fitzmaurice, San Francisco Chronicle, "Father and Son"

Award of Excellence - Douglas Rider, Stockton Record, "Military Burial"

Award of Excellence - David Royal, Monterey County Herald, "Beached Blue Whale"

Award of Excellence - Jack Gruber, USA Today, "Going to War"

Award of Excellence - Michael Macor, San Francisco Chronicle, "Buttons Busted"

Award of Excellence - Rich Pedroncelli, Associated Press, "Diplomatic Immunity"