{"id":25975,"date":"2018-12-20T00:03:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T05:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=25975"},"modified":"2018-12-31T11:40:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:40:40","slug":"contest-winners-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/12\/20\/contest-winners-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Photo Contest: Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Photo

Grand prize winner; by Kevin Moore<\/p><\/div>\n

Please enjoy the top picks from our annual contest! This year we received over 4,300 photos from 819 participants.<\/p>\n

\nWINTER<\/strong>
\n\u201cLet us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.\u201d<\/em>
\n-Pietro Aretino<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Welcome<\/a><\/p>\n

First place<\/strong>
\nWelcome Friend by Julie Cavallio at Assateague Island<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Cloaked<\/a><\/p>\n

Second place<\/strong>
\nCloaked by Scott Suriano in Baltimore<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Bluebird<\/a><\/p>\n

Third place<\/strong>
\nBluebird in Snowfall by Jessica Nelson in Howard County<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nSPRING<\/strong>
\n\u201cI glanced out the window at the signs of spring. The sky was almost blue, the trees were almost budding, the sun was almost bright.\u201d<\/em>
\n-Millard Kaufman<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Watch<\/a><\/p>\n

First place<\/strong>
\nWatch Your Step by Robert Fawcett in Cambridge<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Willet<\/a><\/p>\n

Second place<\/strong>
\nWillet Fall Asleep… by Anthony VanSchoor at Hooper\u2019s Island<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Anchor<\/a><\/p>\n

Third place<\/strong>
\nAnchor and The Maryland Dove by Kim Kelly in St. Mary\u2019s<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nSUMMER<\/strong>
\n\u201cSummertime is always the best of what might be.\u201d<\/em>
\n-Charles Bowden<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Young<\/a><\/p>\n

First place<\/strong>
\nYoung Crabbers\u2019 Reflection by Christine Edwards in Annapolis<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Eastern<\/a><\/p>\n

Second place<\/strong>
\nEastern Box Turtle by Rick Dove in Crofton<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Cicada<\/a><\/p>\n

Third place<\/strong>
\nCicada Killer by Istvan Kerekes at McKee-Beshers<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nFALL<\/strong>
\n\u201cNo spring nor summer beauty hath such grace, as I have seen in one autumnal face.\u201d<\/em>
\n-John Donne<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Little<\/a><\/p>\n

Grand prize<\/strong>
\nLittle Blue Heron Ready to Pounce by Kevin Moore at North Point State Park<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Slither<\/a><\/p>\n

Second place<\/strong>
\nSlither by Jonathan Merril in Prince George\u2019s County<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Lone<\/a><\/p>\n

Third place<\/strong>
\nLone Fisherman on the Potomac by Ken Walz at Potomac State Forest<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Screech<\/a><\/p>\n

And from one of our newer and highly popular features of the contest, our Facebook fans voted in one additional selection: Screech Owl by Bob Julia.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

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