Congratulations to our photo contest winners! Thank you to everyone who submitted photographs illustrating their vision of the Bay region—from Pennsylvania to Virginia, from the Shenandoah Mountains to the Eastern Shore.
The first-prize photograph will appear in CBF's 2024 calendar. All winners will also receive a one-year membership to CBF and will have their photos displayed on CBF's website, in a CBF e-newsletter, and in CBF's Save the Bay magazine.
And the Winners Are...
First Place
Diane Leasure (prize: $500)
A pair of Smith Island pelicans work together to build their nest.
Diane Leasure
Second Place
Joshua Galicki (prize: $250)
A great blue heron perches near the shoreline of North America's northernmost bald cypress swamp at Trap Pond State Park in Delaware.
Joshua Galicki
Third Place
Arden Haley (prize: $150)
An American wigeon preens its feathers on a sunny winter day near Cambridge, Maryland.
Arden Haley
Viewer's Choice Award
Brian Wee (prize: $100)
A bald eagle appears to admire its reflection at Rock Creek on the southern border of the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
Brian Wee
Winners Gallery
Check out our map below to see where this and previous years' winner photos were taken.
Map not showing? Go directly to winners map page.
Be sure to check back next spring for our 2025 photo contest! Want to get notified? Join our email list.
