American Photo Magazine Publishing Contest Winners Announced

Jan. 22, 2010 - PRLog -- ViewBug.com, the photo sharing site, today announced the winning photos of the “Black and White American Photo Magazine Publishing Contest”. The black and white photo contest was first announced in the November/December 2009 issue of the American Photo Magazine. Photo contest winner photos are now available for viewing in the blog section of the ViewBug.com website (photo contest winners). There were over 200 entries and over 6,000 votes on the photos. Winners were selected by ViewBug members (over 30,000 and growing) and approved by the judging panel. The winners’ photos will be published in the March/April 2010 issue of AmericanPhoto Magazine. All skill level photographers were welcomed to participate and have their photos viewed by thousands of photo enthusiasts and professional photographers.

1st Prize winner: Top placement in the March/April 2010 issue of AmericanPhoto Magazine and a Nikon Coolpix L20 10MP digital camera goes to member Thomas Hocker

2nd Prize: Middle placement in the March/April 2010 issue of AmericanPhoto Magazine and a $100 cash prize goes to HalEastman

3rd Prize: Base placement in the March/April 2010 issue of AmericanPhoto Magazine goes to willyusa

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