The City of West Palm Beach and Grassy Waters Conservancy thank all who participated in our 2020 Grassy Waters Preserve Nature Photography Contest and Youth Photography Contest. It was great to see so many beautiful images of the Preserve.
The 2020 Nature Photography Contest had 277 entries and raised over $4,000 for Conservancy projects and programs at the Preserve. Our first ever Youth Photography Contest had 50 entries. We are particularly excited to announce that the Nature Center’s Choice, the photo which will be the 2020 Preserve poster, was from the Youth Contest.
The Conservancy thanks our contest judge, professional photographer Jerry Ginsberg.
Due to the Coronavirus, we were unable to hold our opening exhibition and other contest events.  While we were not able to have the events as planned, the Conservancy thanks its contest partners the Armory Art Center and Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach.
Congratulations to all the 2020 Winners and Honorable Mentions!
Grand Prize Winner: “Snow Moon” by Jake Packard Nature Center’s Choice: “Harmony” by Isel Neira People’s Choice: “Smile For Me” by Joel Santistebang
ADULT CONTEST
BLACK & WHITE CATEGORY
1st Place Winner “Lovely Lily” by Christina Foti
2nd Place Winner “A Walk to Remember” by Stephanie Ovdiyenko
3rd Place Winner “Winter Morning” by Rose Peters
CREATIVE CATEGORY
1st Place Winner (Contest Grand Prize Winner) “Snow Moon” by Jake Packard
2nd Place Winner “Hiding” by Gay Marlin
3rd Place Winner “Visions of Lake” by Kendal England
LANDSCAPE
1st Place Winner “One Drop” by Gay Marlin
2nd Place Winner “Moments Before the Storm” by Rose Peters
3rd Place Winner “Where the Water-Liies Go” by Rose Peters
MACRO/CLOSE-UP
1st Place Winner “Eastern Lubber Grasshopper” by Christine Thibault
2nd Place Winner “Another Kind of Spider” by Ken Craig
3rd Place Winner “Morning Dewdrops” by Rose Peters
SMARTPHONE
1st Place Winner “Blazing Grassy” by Laura Devlin
2nd Place Winner “It’s Love” by Jessica Cantrell
3rd Place Winner “Calling All Kayaks” by Jeanne Lesperance
WILDLIFE
1st Place Winner “Breakfast at Grassy Waters” by Joanna Crilly
2nd Place Winner “TriColor Landing” by John Kearns
3rd Place Winner “Call of the Anhinga” by Christine Thibeault
ADULT HONORABLE MENTION
“Peaceful Pathways” by Rachel Laub
“Green Heron” by Mitch Eiseman
“There’s Beauty in the Details” by Nansei Curtin
“Orange Sunset” by Gordon Meyering
“Busy at Work” by Mitch Eiseman
“Full Moon Rising” by MaryBeth Menden
“After the Rain” by Donna Van Horn
“Lovely Limpkin” by Mitch Eiseman
“Tree for Two” by Donna Van Horn
“Reflections” by Connie Wagner
“Alligator” by Mark Duxbury
“I’ve Got Your Back” by Jo Ricchiuti
“Nature’s Corner” by Sally Conlon
“Mirror Mirror” by Greg Royce
“Grassy Waters North #1” by John Math
“Midwinter Homecoming” by Rachel Steckler
“Boardwalk to Beauty” by Louis Mark
YOUTH CONTEST
1st Place Winner “Dark Landscape” by Ansell Borges
2nd Place Winner “Upside Down Board Walk” by Sydney Ovdiyenko
3rd Place Winner (Nature Center’s Choice)Â “Harmony” by Isel Neira
