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"My Philadelphia" contest judging

For the "My Philadelphia" contest, the judging was blind and involved media and art professionals. Below are the judges for each category.
 
Art Category
 
Joe Mooney, a sculptor and educator
Diane Pepe, an educator and artist
Jean Pearce, a photographer, artist and teacher
 
Writing Category
 
Monica Yant Kiney, an Inquirer columnist
Tanya Barrientos, an author, teacher and former Inquirer columnist
Dale Mezzacappa, a teacher, writer and former Inquirer education reporter
Tom Ferrick Jr., an Inquirer columnist
 
Finalists and category winners were chosen by these panels. All finalists were then sent to a third panel of judges who picked the Grand Prize and 2nd Prize winners.
 
Finalist Panel
 
Chris Satullo, Inquirer columnist and former editor of the Editoral Page
Louis Mosca, incoming president of the Philadelphia Rotary Club
Annette John-Hall, an Inquirer columnist
Tony Auth, the Inquirer's editorial cartoonist.
 
Note: The finalist panel also served as judges of the Multimedia Category.