Awarded to First Place Spot News photographer in memory of Edwin T. Ramsdell, a Boston Post photographer, who was killed while photographing the ocean liner Queen Mary from the air. Ramsdell and other photojournalists were aboard a plane which crossed the stern of the liner as she was making her way to port. The plane suddenly went out of control and crashed in the ocean. The other passengers were rescued by a passing freighter.
1939 – James Jones / Boston Post
1940 – Joseph Parodi / Boston American
1941 – Lester MacClellan /Boston American
1942 – Frank X. Mahoney / Sunday Advertiser
1943 – Warren Patriquin / Boston Herald
1944 – Abe Fox / Associated Press
1945 – Abe Fox / Associated Press
1946 – Warren Patriquin / Boston Herald
1947 – Tony Cabral / Boston Traveler
1948 – Gil Friedberg / Boston American
1949 – Rollie Oxton / Boston American
1950 – Ed Kelly /Boston Globe
1951 – Paul Connell / Boston Globe
1952 – Hilding Engstrand / Boston Globe
1953 – J. Walter Green / Associated Press
1954 – Tony Cabral / Boston Traveler
1955 – Leo Meyer / Worcester Telegram
1956 – Harry Trask / Boston Traveler
1958 – Dan Sheehan / Daily Record
1959 – Rollie Oxton / Boston American
1960 – Phil Preston / Boston Globe
1961 – Robert Morin / Worcester Telegram
1962 – Bob Dean / Boston Globe
1963 – Dick Russell / Springfield Union
1964 – Dan Sheehan / Boston Globe
1965 – Jim O’Callaghan / Boston Traveler
1966 – Joseph Dennehy / Sunday Globe
1967 – Bill Brett / Boston Globe
1968 – Bill Porter / Boston Globe
1969 – Edison Farrand / Boston Globe
1970 – Rollie Oxton / Record American
1971 – Dan Sheehan / Boston Globe
1972 – Bob Dean / Boston Globe
1973 – Mitchel Abou-Adal / Worcester Telegram
1974 – Rollie Oxton / Herald American
1975 – Stan Forman / Herald American
1976 – Stan Forman / Herald American
1977 – Tom Landers / Boston Globe
1978 – John Thompson/ Herald American
1979 – Stan Forman / Herald American
1980 – Stan Forman / Herald American
1981 – George Rizer / Boston Globe
1982 – Wendy Maeda / Boston Globe
1983 – Tom Landers / Boston Globe
1984 – John Blanding / Boston Globe
1985 – Rick Sennott / Boston Herald
1986 – Stan Forman / WCVB/AP
1987 – George Rizer / Boston Globe
1988 – Mark Stockwell / The Sun Chronicle
1989 – Jim Mahoney / Boston Herald
1990 – Michele McDonald / Boston Globe
1991 – Joanne Rathe / Boston Globe
1992 – Bill Belknap / Boston Herald
1993 – John Tlumacki / Boston Globe
1994 – Jim Bourg / Reuters
1995 – Bill Brett / Boston Globe
1996 – Craig Murray / The Enterprise
1997 – Evan Richman / Boston Globe
1998 – Wendy Maeda / Boston Globe
1999 – Kuni Takahashi / Boston Herald
2000 – Kuni Takahashi / Boston Herald
2001 – Jim Mahoney / Boston Herald
2002 – George Rizer / Boston Globe
2003 – Kuni Takahashi / Boston Herald
2004 – Mike Adaskaveg / Boston Herald
2005 – Dina Rudick / Boston Globe
2006 – Jacob Silberberg / Freelance
2007 – George Rizer / Boston Globe
2008 – Dina Rudick / Boston Globe
2009 – George Rizer / Boston Globe
2010 – Stuart Cahill / Boston Herald
2011 – Suzanne Kreiter / Boston Globe
2012 – Mark Garfinkel / Boston Herald
2013 – John Tlumacki / Boston Globe
2014 – Mark Garfinkel / Boston Herald
2015 – Mark Garfinkel / Boston Herald
2016 – Mark Garfinkel / Boston Herald
2017 – Marc Vasconcellos / The Enterprise
2018 – Marc Vasconcellos / The Enterprise
2019 – Mark Stockwell / The Sun Chronicle
2020 – Joseph Prezioso / Agence France-Presse
2021 – Nancy Lane / Boston Herald
2022 – Stuart Cahill / Boston Herald
2023 – Marc Vasconcellos / The Enterprise