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Participants: More than 2,300

Images entered: Nearly 9,000

Categories: Amateur, Professional, Fine Art, Youth

Entrants from: 50 states, 7 provinces, District of Columbia

Judges

Kenn Kaufman: , ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ 

Joel Sartore: National Geographic and Ì½»¨¾«Ñ¡ Photographer

Steve Freligh: Co-publisher of 

Kevin Fisher: Ì½»¨¾«Ñ¡ creative director

Sabine Meyer: Ì½»¨¾«Ñ¡ photography director

Judging criteria: Technical quality, originality, artistic merit

View the Winners here.

Editor’s Note: We recently learned that one of the photos in the original Top 100 violated the against excessive manipulation. We’ve removed the image and replaced it with an additional entry.