Genaro Molina is a staff photographer at the LA Times, and a CPOY 74 Stills Division judge. Watch this video to get to know him a little better!

Genaro Molina, CPOY Still Image Judge from CPOY/POYi on Vimeo.

Scott Strazzante is a staff photographer at the San Franscisco Chronicle, and one of our still image judges for CPOY 74. Watch this video to get to know him a little better! 

Scott Strazzante, CPOY Still Image Judge from CPOY/POYi on Vimeo.

Alexandra Garcia is a producer at the New York Times. Watch the video to get to know her and what she was excited about coming to CPOY this year.

Nick Michael is the Supervising Editor for Video at NPR and was one of our multimedia judges. Watch this video to learn more about him!

Katie Falkenburg, an indepedent filmmaker and photographer, speaks about what she was looking forward to when judging the 74th CPOY competition.

CPOY 74 Judge Adriana Teresa Letorney is the founder and CEO of Visura, a digital platform that specializes in visual storytelling. Watch this video to get to know her a little better! 

Adriana Letorney, CPOY Still Image Judge from CPOY/POYi on Vimeo.

Our first category of the competition was Spot News; it was also our smallest category of stills submissions. Here's what the judging of that first category looked like on our end. 

Photos by Joel Chan

CPOY 74 Judge Scott Strazzante watches the slideshow of entries for the Spot News Category on Sunday. 

MU student volunteer Army Feffer takes out some clementines for the morning; his role this morning was "host", which includes making coffee and making sure the snack table was well-stocked.

CPOY Director Jackie Bell gives some guidelines on judging to this year's Stills Division judges, Scott Strazzante, Adriana Teresa Latorney, Alexa Keefe and Genaro Molina, prior to the judging of the first category.

Gotta get that caffeine! CPOY Coordinator Hilary Tan grabs some much-needed coffee before judging on Sunday morning. 

We have some shiny new CPOY stickers to put on our mugs now! 

CPOY 74 Judge Adriana Teresa Letorney mulls over an image during Spot News judging.

The judges look through every image large on the screen; they'll see each image submitted at least twice before finalizing a decision on whether to vote it in or out. 

9385 images. 566 participants. 126 schools, worldwide.

As CPOY73 comes to an end, we're looking back on the students that made this year's competition possible.

Thanks to everyone who participated! We'll see you next year.  

Cables, computers, more cables – here is a timelapse taken by Yehyun Kim of our CPOY volunteers setting up everything in the Reynold Journalism Institute’s Fred W. Smith Forum last week. Watch until the end to get a sneak peek of the Still Division judges Marcia Allert, Cheryl Diaz Meyer, Patrick Farrell and Vaughn Wallace reviewing some pictures!

As the Stills Division for CPOY73 wrapped up earlier this week, judges headed out as Multimedia judges Maisie Crow, Jarrad Henderson and Yoshi James arrived on Thursday. The Multimedia Division judging will run until Sunday, November 4.

Stills Division judge Marcia Allert, left, speaks with Anto Tavitian, right, during a portfolio review before leaving. (PC: Patrick Farrell)

Still Division judges, from left, Marcia Allert, Patrick Farrell, Vaughn Wallace, and Cheryl Diaz Meyer talk in front of the Columns at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

Multimedia Division judge Jarrad Henderson is interviewed by Ellie Cherryhomes, Jennifer Mosbrucker and Emily Nevils at the start of the judges' arrival on Thursday.

Multimedia Division judge Yoshi James (shown in center) donnes pins of herself and fellow multimedia judges, Maisie Crow, left, and Jarrad Henderson, right, on Friday.

Check out more graphics and behind-the-scenes content here: https://bit.ly/2JCAVb3.

Judges from the CPOY73 Still Division shed some light on Wednesday in Sports Portfolio, Documentary, Portfolio categories, as well as literally, donning light up glasses during a break. 

Marcia Allert laughs in front of the CPOY judging screen.

Judges Cheryl Diaz Meyer and Vaughn Wallace adjust their light-up glasses.

Judge Vaughn Wallace donned a witch hat as part of his Halloween accessories.

The crew, from left: Cheryl Diaz Meyer, Patrick Farrell, Vaughn Wallace, and Marcia Allert.

Judge Vaughn Wallace projects a wicked silhouette on the screen.

Photo by Loren Elliott/CPoY

CPoY judge John Sale ponders a final round decision on Nov. 12, 2014. Sale is the visuals editor at The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tenn.

Photo by Loren Elliott/CPoY

Preston Gannaway takes a minute with her fellow CPoY judges to contemplate final round advances on Nov. 12, 2014. Gannaway is a Pulitzer Prize winning documentary photographer.

Photo by Loren Elliott/CPoY

Judge Jessie Wender takes in the first round of images during the CPoY contest on Nov. 12, 2014. Wender is a senior photo editor at National Geographic.

Photo by Roxi Pop

Photo by Hany Hawasly

Moderator Jackie Bell and the still photography judges watch projected photos in Tucker forum

Photo by Hany Hawasly

Photo by Sarah Rothberg

Director Rita Reed chats with judges G.J. McCarthy and Jeremiah Bogert during a judging break

Photo by Sarah Rothberg

Photo by Roxi Pop

Photo by Sarah Rothberg

Judges discover buttons with their portraits on them! (Check our video)

Photo by Malte Kristiansen

Photo by Malte Kristiansen

Photo by Malte Kristiansen

Photo by Malte Kristiansen

Photo by Malte Kristiansen

Photo by Sarah Rothberg

Director Rita Reed takes control of the voting box during one of the multimedia judging sessions

After seven days of judging and over 10,000 images viewed, the 67th annual College Photographer of the Year competititon has come to an end. On the last day, judges voted on International Picture Story, Documentary and Portfolio categories.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Cathaleen Curtiss looks at an image from a Portfolio category entry.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Co-coordinator Naveen Mahadevan looks through the metadata of an entry from the Documentary category.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

The judges and audience begin taking a look at Portfolio entries.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Grant Hindsley glances up at the screen during the Documentary category.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

The judges concentrate while viewing Documentary entries.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

The judges prepare to write notes during the Documentary category.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Kurt Mutchler contemplates over a Portfolio entry.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Andrew Mitchell, Ryan Henriksen, and Sam Gause watch Portfolio category judging. 

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Wally Skalij offers his opinion for choosing the Portfolio category winners.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

The man: Rick Shaw.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

The judges vote "in" the gold medal Portfolio winner and College Photographer of the Year.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Rick Shaw holds the mic up to the room to say "Hello" to the College Photographer of the Year, who he has just called on the phone to congratulate.

Tuesday concluded with the judging of Sports Portfolio, Interpretive Eye, Interpretive Project and Domestic Picture Story. International Picture Story judging was moved to Wednesday, Nov. 14.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Judges look through Sports Portfolio entries.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Still-Division moderator Rick Shaw reminds the judges the category description for Interpretive Eye.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Judges look through Interpretive Eye entries.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Volunteers and audience members take a break in between categories.

Monday concluded with the judging of General News, Feature, and Illustration. The Interpretive Eye category judging was moved to Tuesday, Nov. 13.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Kurt Mutchler gets out of his judging chair to say what he likes about a General News category entry.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Janet Reeves speaks to the morning audience about what makes a memorable news photograph after the first round of the General News judging.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

CPOY volunteer Kile Brewer, left, talks with co-coordinator Naveen Mahadevan.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

CPOY volunteer Leah Beane reads captions for Feature entries during the semi-final round.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Judges take a look at Feature entries during the semi-final round.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Still-Division moderator Rick Shaw counts the written votes for Feature category medal winners, after a long debate by the judges.

Sunday brought in a new cast of characters for the judging of the Still Division categories which included Sports Action, Sports Feature, Portrait, and Spot News.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

A 30-second exposure captures the sequence of Sports Feature entries as they are projected for the judges.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Grant Hindsley and Ryan Henriksen watch the beginning of the Sports Feature category.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Co-coordinator Naveen Mahadevan clicks through the Sports Feature entries, marking images voted into the next round.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

The judges take a look at the entries that made it through the semi-final round of Sports Feature.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

The first round of Portrait judging begins.

Saturday concluded with the judging of the Large Group Multimedia Project category and marked the end of the Multimedia Division judging. 

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Co-coordinator Stuart Palley crawls underneath a table to adjust a section of cables and wires before the individual judging of the Large Group Multimedia Project category begins.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

The judges look at projects not in the final round to decide if they want to pull them back in.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

The judges debate over the last four projects in the final round of the Large Group Multimedia Project.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Co-coordinators Stuart Palley and Naveen Mahadevan wait as the judges debate before selecting medal winners.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Sarah Hoffman sends out tweets to @CollegePhotog twitter followers at the end of the Large Group Multimedia Project judging.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Multimedia Division judge Amanda Lucidon, left, and incoming Still Division judge Cathaleen Curtiss, right, greet eachother after the end of the Large Group Multimedia Project judging.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Multimedia and Still Division judges gather for group portrait outside of Tucker Forum in Gannet Hall after the conclusion of Multimedia division judging. From left: Joe Weiss (Multimedia-division moderator), Robert Hood, Cathaleen Curtiss, Amanda Lucidon, Kurt Mutchler, Bob Sacha, Whitney Shefte, and Janet Reeves.

Judges (from left to right) Alice Gabriner, Lisa Krantz, Geri Migelicz, and David Gilkey scan through Portfolio category entries.

Semi-finals for the Portfolio category.

Judge Alice Gabriner from National Geographic.

Judge Lisa Krantz from the San Antonio Express-News

Judge Geri Migielicz from Story4.

CPOY coordinator Kristan Lieb.

CPOY director Rita Reed (standing) watches as volunteer Hye Soo Nah (left) and web producer Brett Slaughter (right) edit down the podcast for the General News category judging.

After a long day of judging.

David Rees, chair of photojournalism department hugs judge Geri Migielicz, who is an MU alumni.

All the votes have been casted and all the winners have been crowned, the 65th College Photographer of the Year competition is officially over. All winning images and judging screencasts can be viewed in their respected places. Thank you to every who worked so hard to make it happen! Until next year. 

By Madison Mack
Interviews by Jonathan Hinderliter

Photo by Madison Mack

Katie Currid and Chris Dunn ask Liz Baylen and Melissa Wiley for advice on dealing with careers and relationships.

Photo by Madison Mack

Eric Seals critics a students portfolio while waiting for the winners' show to begin.

Photo by Madison Mack

The judges look over their winning selections during the winners' show.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Jonathan Hinderliter edits a video interview of last year's College Photographer of the Year, Ryan C. Henrikson.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Students gather for the judging of the Pictorial category.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Judge Joe Weiss gestures during a discussion of the images in the Pictorial category.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Judges Liz Baylen and Eric Seals, right, talk with Clint Alwahab and Kristen DiFate during a lunch break at the Upper Crust Bakery & Cafe.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Judge Joe Weiss, Director of CPOY, Rita Reed, and judge Melissa Wiley enjoy their last couple of moments during a lunch break at the Upper Crust Bakery & Cafe, before having to return to Tucker Forum for the judging of the Individual Multimedia Story/Essay category.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Chris Dunn, left, laughs during one of the more humorous-toned Individual Multimedia Story/Essay entries.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

The judges get their first look at the entries for the Individual Multimedia Story/Essay category.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

The judging of the Individual Multimedia Story/Essay category draws a large crowd that fills most of Tucker Forum.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Two things to look forward to every fall: The changing colors and CPOY, taking place at Tucker Forum inside Gannett Hall at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Gerik Parmele, Columbia Tribune Photo Editor, right, talks with judge Eric Seals during a visit to Tucker Forum.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

The judges get their first look at the photos from the Portfolio category.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Despite having a cough most of the week, judge Eric Seals, right, has fought through and delivered on executing his daily dose of judging and commentary at CPOY.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Rita Reed, Director of CPOY, listens as co-coordinator Katie Wood tells her about a technical issue during the judging of the Portfolio category.

The judges are given a break during the judging of the Portfolio category.

Though there were less categories judged compared to Tuesday, day three of judging, however, didn't hold back the judges from their usual breadth and depth of discussion. With judging finished for Wednesday that leaves only three days left.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Judge Eric Seals sets up his Flip video camera to record the lights and sounds of the voting box.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

The four chairs the judges sit in remain unoccupied while the judges take a break from voting.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Students crowd Tucker Forum for the judging of the Domestic Picture Story category.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Co-coordinator Katie Wood, right, guides Katie Currid, right, with reading captions from the computer.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

After the first round of voting in the Documentary category, judges look back at photos they voted out and raise their hands to signal if they don't want to bring them back in. This ensures that each entry has a fair chance to be at least viewed again by the judges.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

Web-producer Brett Slaughter works behind the scenes on the blogging and podcasting computer in Tucker Forum.

Another long day of judging has come to an end with the conclusion of this evening's portrait category. The winning images for the feature, sports portfolio and portrait categories have all been posted along with the judging screencasts.

    Photo by Nick Schnelle 

After returning from lunch, Patty Reksten peels back the black curtains which conceal the entrance of Tucker Forum, home of CPOY.

Photo by Nick Schnelle 

A group of students file in through the black curtains to Tucker Forum to get a personal account of the judging for CPOY.

      Photo by Nick Schnelle 

The judges analyze the "in" photos for the Feature category.

Photo by Nick Schnelle

After a much needed lunch break, Rita Reed, Director of CPOY, right, breaks the tension of judging by dancing to the "Cockatoo Dances To Whip My Hair'" video.

Photo by Madison Mack

Joe Weiss rests his eyes in between rounds of strenuous judging. The portrait category alone had over 1,400 entries with less than 1 percent surviving to the semi-final round.

Due to technical difficulties with the audio recording, there will be no screencast for Sports Action. However, the problem was fixed and the Sports Feature, Spot News and General News screencasts from Monday were posted. Click on the image below to visit the screencast page.

Four green lights on the voting box are what contest entrants dream of. The lights signal that all four judges approved an entry for placement.

The judging, twittering, blogging, podcasting and watching all take place in Tucker Forum in Gannett Hall at the University of Missouri.

From left, judges Barry Locher, Nicole Frugé, Lara Solt and Zach Wise watch as images are projected onto the screen during the judging of International Picture Story.

After a few technical delays we have posted the screencasts for today's Sports Action, Sports Feature, Spot News and General News categories.  Click on the image below to visit the screencast page.

More of the same, but I think that these are interesting to demonstrate the sheer number of images viewed in a day during CPOY judging.  Today we viewed over 50 multimedia video projects, and over 1,600 portrait submissions.  This timelapse consists of 1,439 images taken over an 11hour period and compressed into 29seconds and 22frames.

Overdue photos of the beginning stages of CPOY judging in Columbia. (photos by John Hook)

Jimmy Maritz in the driver's seat. 

Samantha Clemens readies her set for the judges' interviews. 

Ryan Gibbons under the hot lights.

Jimmy and Beth Suda - technical difficulties.

It begins - finals of the Sports Action on Monday morning. 

David Rees aka Sensei drops by.

The old trusty judging box.

A time lapse consisting of 1,216 still images from the judging on Monday, November 10, 2008. (Photos by John Hook).

Monday's judging screencasts (and associated iTunes / Podcast stream) are now avaliable at www.cpoy.org/?=Podcast.  We will continue to post our screencasts as the week's judging continues.