Winners Named in 2012 SBF Photo Contest
The eighth edition of our annual Photo Contest drew a record 214 captivating shots from 71 pupil transportation professionals across the nation. The top entries, as judged by our editorial staff, are in a new photo gallery on our website and appear in a pictorial feature in our August 2012 issue.
This photo from Joyce Wilcox of Salamanca (N.Y.) City Central School District was selected as a winning entry in this year’s Photo Contest.
TORRANCE, Calif. — The eighth edition of SCHOOL BUS FLEET’s annual Photo Contest drew a record 214 captivating shots from 71 pupil transportation professionals across the nation.
Once again, the contest was open to all types of school bus-related shots. The top entries, as judged by our editorial staff, will appear in a pictorial feature in the upcoming August 2012 issue of SBF.
Here are the winners (who each earned $100) and honorable mentions:
Winners
Joyce Wilcox of Salamanca (N.Y.) City Central School District
James Kraemer of Lebanon (Ore.) Community Schools
Louise Flynn of Nassau Board of Cooperative Educational Services in Garden City, N.Y.
Honorable Mentions
John Arneson from Chandler (Ariz.) School District
Tammy Coates, Head Start in Lynchburg, Va.
Christopher Zeitvogel, DoDEA-Pacific Misawa (Japan) Student Transportation Office
Cindy Hanson of Highline Public Schools in Burien, Wash.
Ashley Reynolds of Mid States School Bus Inc. in Wayne, Neb.
Connie Noll of Northshore School District in Bothell, Wash.
To view these people’s photos, along with other noteworthy entries, go to our 2012 Photo Contest gallery here.
To view photos from the 2011 contest, click here. To view photos from the 2010 contest, click here.
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