Photographers Kyle Green and Rebecca Barnett win in VNPA competition
Photographers Rebecca Barnett and Kyle Green were big winners in the 2013 Virginia News Photographers Association annual photo contest. Kyle won five awards for his work this year. He received a 1st place in the feature picture story category, 2nd place in general news and spot news and 3rd place in both photo illustration and sports action.
Rebecca won a second place in sports feature and 3rd place in the mobile photo category. Here are a few of thier winning entries. I never miss an opportunity to do some bragging on our team. -Natalee Waters

2nd Place – Sports Feature
Catherine Turner, 16, of Franklin County, waits to throw shirts to spectators during the Salem Red Sox game against the Myrtle Beach Pelicans on April 13, 2012. REBECCA BARNETT | The Roanoke Times

2nd place – spot news
Edward Hicks pauses in frustration as his girlfriend Angela Legans (back) gathers up belongings from their apartment. The couple are on their way to stay in a hotel after almost 24 hours after a snowstorm knocked out power to their apartment on Gilmer Avenue SW in Roanoke, Virginia. KYLE GREEN | The Roanoke Times

3rd place – mobile phone photo
Members of the Rockbridge County football team sprint up a hill during practice. REBECCA BARNETT | The Roanoke Times

1st place – Feature picture story
Wanda Perdue, who worked at Stanley Furniture for 37 years but was laid off in 2010 and is now working part time at Wal-mart, looks over coupons with her husband Jerry in their trailer home. Perdue applied for 50 jobs in the five months following her Stanley layoff without getting a single call back for an interview.























