FIRST PLACE: Julia Nagy, Michigan State University, “A Higher Calling” Caption: Sister Antoinette Cosentino reads "The Holy Longing" on July 21, 2015, at Ursuline Center in Toledo, Ohio. "I love to read," Cosentino said. "The most beautiful adventures are religious." She became a nun in 1937. "The very fact they were working for the Lord and living in the Lord's house," Cosentino said of what drew her to joining a religious order.

SECOND PLACE: Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press, “Poisoned” Caption: Lee Anne Walters of Flint pours gallons of bottled water into a bucket and pan to warm up for her twin sons to take a weekly bath as her son Gavin Walters 4, looks on on Thursday October 1, 2015. Walters uses 8-10 gallons of bottled water to avoid her children's exposure to the Flint drinking water that contains high levels of lead since the city switched from getting their water from Detroit to use water from the Flint River as a cost cutting measure until a new pipeline was built. 'I was hysterical. I cried when they gave me my first lead report because the thought was oh my god my kids. I'm one of those mom's that I watch what my kids eat. I make sure they get enough fruits and vegetables. My kids go to is water. I drink a gallon of water a day. All of my kids are avid water drinkers. Here I am as a mom trying to do my job and I just helped the city, I'm poisoning my kids from the city's decisions.' Gavin, who was diagnosed with lead poisoning from the water was breaking out in rashes and his skin would get scaly and red. With 15 parts per billion being the EPA maximum lead level, Walters says her home tested by Virginia Tech researcher Marc Edwards at one point at 13200 ppb over twice the level of hazardous waste she said.

THIRD PLACE: Brittany Greeson, The Flint Journal, “Coney Island” Caption: Past midnight, Northwestern High School senior Daryl Jones rests his head at a Flint diner, Starlite Coney Island, while waiting for food with his date Destiny Clements following Northwestern's prom in Flint, Mich.

HONORABLE MENTION: Erin Kirkland, Midland Daily News, "Cottontail" Caption: Sr. Miryam, left, holds onto Cottontail as Sr. Louise pets the convent's pet bunny on Friday, May 29, 2015 at the Caramelite Sisters of Concord in Concord, N.H. "Cottontail brings us so much joy," Sr. Louise said.

HONORABLE MENTION: Yfat Yossifor, Bay City Times, “Cassidy Christie battles cancer” Caption: Pam Christie hugs her daughter, Cassidy, 10, who is battling cancer Wednesday, Feb. 18, at home in Bangor Township.

HONORABLE MENTION: Salwan Georges, Detroit Free Press, “Santa” Caption: Myron Benford, 71, of Detroit, dressed as Santa delivers presents to Metro Detroit kids on Christmas Eve on Thursday, December 24, 2015, in Detroit, MI. Benford each year buys gifts for children in Detroit with his own money and asks friends to provide him with families that are poor.

HONORABLE MENTION: Andraya Croft, Muskegon Chronicle, “Hula hooping into the sunset” Caption: Ashley Landau of Chicago, Ill., center, moves with the rhythm and her hula hoop to The String Cheese Incident during their performance at Electric Forest's Ranch Arena in Rothbury, Mich. on Saturday, June 27, 2015.