The picture, which garnered Schenker an excellence award in the Pictures of the Year competition, shows whales trying to feast on Antarctic penguins. DeLong's photos from Iraq also earned a third-place award and an award of excellence in the Pictures of the Year competition. This competition annually draws more than 20,000 entries from photographers worldwide. Awards of excellence were also given to Brown for his photo of a police officer aiming a rubber bullet gun at WTO protesters and to Meryl Schenker for her photos from the Polar Star , a Seattle-based icebreaker in Antarctica. I assistant managing editor.
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The P-I's design and sports staffs also won awards in two separate journalism competitions. The P-I Sports Department earned a Top 10 award from the Associated Press Sports Editors for special sections for its Safeco Field preview in July. The P-I also earned Top 20 honors for its daily sports section. P-I designers were honored for their work in the annual Society of News Design competition. Page designer Kurt Schlosser won an award of excellence for breaking news for his design of the P-I's front page during the WTO riots.