Competition Winners & Awards
Gold Medal – Maurice Melanson
Silver Medal – Virginia Stranaghan
Bronze Medal – Natalya Gunde
Merit Awards:
- 1st Place Merit-Botany Award – Lance Gitter with image “Bracket Fungus”
- 2nd Place Merit-Botany Award – Maurice Melanson with image “Pine Drop”
- 3rd Place Merit-Botany Award – Sylvia Rourke with image “Dryad Saddle Mushroom”
- 1st Place Merit-Landscape Award – Daniel Benn with image “Icelandic Ice, Vatnaj kull National Park”
- 2nd Place Merit-Landscape Award – Francine Duquette with image “Au dessus des nuages!”
- 3rd Place Merit-Landscape Award – Tony Roberts with image “Glacier Bay”
- 1st Place Merit-Nature Award – Robert Parker with image “Snowy Owl”
- 2nd Place Merit-Nature Award – Mary Chamber with image “Hanging Bat”
- 3rd Place Merit-Nature Award – David Peel with image “Eurasian Eagle Owl”
- 1st Place Merit-Wildlife Award – Paule Hjertaas with image “On The Move”
- 2nd Place Merit-Wildlife Award -Bruce Raby with image “Nesting Time”
- 3rd Place Merit-Wildlife Award – David Laronde with image “Battle Between Zebras”
Honourable Mention:
- Mary Chambers
- Randall Epp
- Sandra Hawkins
- Heather Loewenhardt
- Daniel Benn
- Davide Larone
- Guy L. Brun
- Tony Roberts
- Claire LeBlanc
- Colleen Sayer
- Bruce Shapka
- Thomas Dethlefsen
- Ying Shi
- Carol Ann Ryan
- Mathieu Chiasson
- Mike Wooding
- Pia O’Leary
Congratulations to all participants who submitted their images to this competition. There were 988 images submitted into this competition and were judged by two separate judging panels.





