Thanks to everyone who contributed to our annual photo contest! We had so many fantastic entries that show the beauty of Virginia’s waters, and the talent of our photographers! Find out more about the contest HERE and see last year’s entries HERE.
First Place: Luca Pfeiffer (University of Virginia)
Second Place: Andrew Lucas (Virginia Tech)
Third Place: Aidan McCarthy (Virginia Tech)
Honorable Mentions:
Entries:
Bald Cypress in Lake Drummond – Gavriel Cambridge (VT) 
Great Dismal Swamp – Gavriel Cambridge (VT) 
Hungry Mother State Park – Andrew Lucas (VT) 
Marsh Surface – Luca Pfeiffer (UVA) 
Alexandria Waterfront – Laljeet Sangha (VT) 
Cape Charles – Riley Foster (VT) 
Pony Pasture Park – Riley Foster (VT) 
Underwater Sunset on New River – Gavriel Cambridge (VT) 
Turtle During Rainstorm – Luca Pfeiffer (UVA) 
James River – Andrew Lucas (VT) 
Seagull at Virginia Beach – Amber Williams (VT) 
Cascades – Amber Williams (VT) 
Chesapeake Avenue in Hampton VA – Justin Sherlock (William & Mary) 
Fish Sampling at Kimberling Creek – Ty Stephenson (VT) 
Mountain Redbelly Dace Swarming Over Bluehead Chub Constructed Nest – Ty Stephenson (VT) 
Leesburg Sewer Drain Reflections – Helen Salko (VT) 
Glen Alton – Andrew Kellogg (VT) 
Virginia Tech Pond – Adam Stoltz (VT) 
Great Falls National Park – Babita Thapa (VT) 
Cascades – Amber Williams (VT) 
Pandapas Pond – Babita Thapa (VT) 
Sinkland Farms – Riley Foster (VT) 
Crabtree Falls – Mary Riley (JMU) 
Snow at the VT Crosscountry Course – Nicole Re (VT) 
Catawba Creek – Elizabeth Prior (VT) 
Wood Frog in a Vernal Pond – Aidan McCarthy (VT) 
Sanderling at Grandview Nature Preserve – Aiden McCarthy (VT) 
Reflections at the VT Duck Pond – Emily Plunkett (VT) 
Sunset at the Duck Pond – Emily Plunkett (VT) 
Ruddy turnstones at Cape Charles Beach – Tara Malloy (William & Mary) 
Sanderling at Cape Charles Beach – Tara Malloy (William & Mary) 
Duck Pond – Haoyu Li (VT) 
Picketts Harbor – Thomas Leffel (VT) 
Blue Heron at Whitehurst Beach – Kaitlyn Keith (ODU) 
Cascades – Zachary Lowicki (VT) 
Western Branch of the Elizabeth River – Ryan Keverline (VT) 
Snow in Blacksburg – Ryan Keverline (VT) 
Western Branch of the Elizabeth River – Ryan Keverline (VT) 
Yorktown River – Erin Kim (VT) 
Kaitlyn Keith (ODU) 
Timber Ridge – Skylar Jackman (UVA) 
Cormorants on the Rappahannock River – Skylar Jackman (UVA) 
South Holston Lake – Tanner Humbert (VT) 
Eastern Shore – Jack Hanley (VT) 
Little Stony Falls – Zac Collins (CNU) 
Goose at Timber Ridge, Fredericksburg – Skylar Jackman (UVA) 
Pond Near Spotswood – Olivia Hathaway (UVA) 
Sunset Pond – Olivia Hathaway (UVA) 
Fairfield waterfall – Olivia Hathaway (UVA) 
Cape Charles Beach – Ben Cotter (VT) 
Flooded James River – Wylie Heckling (VT) 
Snowy Walk in Blacksburg – Catherine Hebert (VT)
