From left: Melissa Wiley, Eric Seals, Patty Rekstan, CPOY Director Rita Reed, Liz Baylen and Joe Weiss.

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.

Produced by Brett Slaughter

At 6:45pm on Thursday, November 11, 2010, CPOY Director Rita Reed called this year's College Photographer of the Year, Rachel Mummey, to be the first to congratulate her on the award.

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.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

CPOY Director Rita Reed discusses the history and educational focus of the College Photographer of the Year competition. Interviews with Liz Baylen, Patty Reksten, Eric Seals and Joe Weiss are posted below. Melissa Wiley will be joining CPOY on Thursday for the judging of the multimedia categories. Biographies for all the judges may be found here.

Joe Weiss prepares to be interviewed prior to the start of judging. Video interviews with the judges will be posted to the blog as they are completed.

Judging for CPOY 65 starts at 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 8th with the Sports Action category and continues through the Multimedia categories on Saturday, Nov. 13th. CPOY judging is open and entrants are invited to attend. Judging takes place in Tucker Forum of Gannett Hall at the Missouri School of Journalism on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus.

If you are unable to be with us in person, please keep an eye on the judging via the podcasts on the cpoy.org website. We will be updating this blog with behind-the-scenes content from the contest judging period. Check back soon for more updates and make sure to follow @CollegePhotog on Twitter for updates during the judging week.

Are you looking for the previous year's blog content? Click here.