Bishopville Man Wins Top Prize In DNR 2011 Photo Contest

Full list of winners:

• Grand Prize Winner
  Allen Sklar, Bishopville, ‘Fast’ Food Pick-up

• Wildlife
  First Place: Dennis Garcia, Riva, Bullfrog
  Second Place: Jim Bowser, Baltimore, Berry-Good
  Honorable Mention: Laura Elizabeth Gizinski, Fallston, Sssalutations
  Honorable Mention: Kent Carlson, Middletown, Mating American Toads
  

• Scenic
  First Place: John Bildahl, Annapolis, Great Schooner Race
  Second Place: Linda Henselman, St. Michaels, Kennedyville House on Valentine’s Day 2010
  Honorable Mention: John Bildahl, Annapolis, Swan Cove/ Mill Creek
  Honorable Mention: Eugene ‘Inky’ Byers, York, Pa., Waterman
  

• Birds
  First Place: Allen Sklar, Bishopville, ‘Fast’ Food Pick-up
  Second Place: Ronald C. Lutz, Hagerstown, Red-Bellied Woodpecker
  Honorable Mention: Harold Decker, Berlin, Owlets on a Roof
  Honorable Mention: Dick Blystone, Elkton, Tufted Titmouse
  

• Flora
  First Place: Arden Haley, Easton, Pond Flower
  Second Place: Arden Haley, Easton, Cherry Blossom
  Honorable Mention: John Bildahl, Annapolis, Bleeding Hearts with Alien Hand
  Honorable Mention: Lori R. Bramble, Cambridge, Waiting for Autumn
  

• Insects
  First Place: Lori R. Bramble, Cambridge, The Critter
  Second Place: Cindy Ellis, Piney Point, Mother of Many
  Honorable Mention: Sarah Blystone, Elkton, Drinking Butterfly
  Honorable Mention: Stephen Talabac, Clarksville, Wasp Peeking Around Fall Foliage
  

• People Enjoying State Parks
  First Place: Kent Carlson, Middletown, Late afternoon Over the Marsh, Janes Island State Park
  Second Place: David Ennis, Ellicott City, Kayak, Patapsco Valley State Park
  Honorable Mention: James Stimpert, Baltimore, Fishing on the Gunpowder, Gunpowder Falls State Park
  Honorable Mention: Kim Zimmerman, Ocean City, Surfer Haze, Assateague State Park
  

Entry Rules

Calling all amateurs, professionals and student photographers: Enter your photos of Maryland’s rich natural and recreational resources – water, wildlife, farms, fields, parks, animals, insects, forests and protected areas into the 2011 Maryland Natural Resource Photo Contest for a chance to win some terrific prizes! Sponsored by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, contest winners will have their photos published in the Maryland Natural Resource magazine as well as the 2012 Maryland Natural Resource Calendar.

The contest is open to all photographers except for employees of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Public Television, and their immediate families.

• Photo entries must be postmarked by August 31, 2011 to be considered. Entries postmarked after this time will be returned. Winners will be Announced on Friday, September 16 on the DNR website, www.dnr.maryland.gov.
• Photos will be judged in 6 categories:
  • Birds: Maryland offers over 350 species to choose from.
  • Wildlife: Mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, you decide!
  • Insects: Bugs, bugs and more bugs.
  • Scenic: Maryland’s spectacular landscape.
  • Flora: Wild-growing plants, including flowers, leaves, fruits and all other cool looking parts.
  • People enjoying State Parks: Highlighting Maryland’s State Parks from hiking to kayaking, cross-country skiing, to fly-fishing, camping to free climbing to canoeing and shell or fossil-collecting.
• All pictures must be original photographs and must have been taken within the past two years.
• Previously published photos or parts thereof, are not eligible.
• Eligible formats include 5” x 7” to 8” x 10” color or black and white prints only. No slides, transparencies or digital submissions. Digital photos may be submitted in print form only.
• Photos should not be matted, mounted or framed.
• An entry fee of $10 for up to three photos with $3 for each additional entry beyond three. There is no limit to the number of photos that may be submitted by any photographer.
• Each photo entered in the contest must be labeled on the reverse side of the photo print with name and address of photographer, category and photo number to correspond with the contest entry form. Photos that do not include a category will be assigned one by the DNR staff.
• All photos must be described on the single contest entry form, which accompanies the entries.
• Judges will make selections based on the quality, composition, content, originality, uniqueness, creativity, mass appeal, and reproductive quality. Judges’ decisions are final and in their sole and absolute discretion.
• This offer is void where prohibited by law.
• DNR is not responsible for lost or misdirected entries.
• DNR reserves the right to publish all entries.

Prizes

Grand Prize Winner

• $500
• 2012 Maryland State Park Passport.
• Lifetime subscription to the Maryland Natural Resource magazine.
• Five copies of the 2011 DNR Calendar with winning photo published.

Five (5) Category Winners

• 2012 Maryland State Park Passport.
• Two-year subscription to the Maryland Natural Resource magazine
• Two copies of the 2012 DNR Calendar with winning photo published.

Six (6) Second Place Winners

• One-year subscription to the Maryland Natural Resource magazine
• The 2012 DNR calendar with winning photo published.

If you have questions please contact Peter Lampell at 410-260-8005 or by email at plampell@dnr.state.md.us