Photo Contest
2019 Contest First Place Photo
White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
Submitted By: Caitlin Legon, New Iberia, LA
2023 APWS PHOTO CONTEST
Winning Entries may be featured in APWS Magazine or on APWS Website
**No Person Can Win more than (1) Prize Category**
Deadline October 1, 2023
Get Your Cameras Out and Start Now!
CONTEST RULES
- All photos must be taken of captive, live Avicultural specimens in any collection you choose
- All photos must be submitted via email as a JPEG image with a resolution of at least 300 dpi. **Must include the photographers name and the species name with all entries
- All photos will be judged on quality, clarity and composition. Make sure the birds are the main subject of your photo and in focus. No watermarks or dates on the front of the pictures permitted
- All entries become property of APWS, will be copyrighted and may be used in future publications or on the website.
- All entries will be judged by the Photo Contest Committee. Winners will be announced in the APWS Magazine and may be featured on the covers of future issues or on the website
- Photographers are not required to be members of APWS- anyone is eligible to enter.
- All Email Entries must be sent to:
Janet Trader at: apwsbirds@yahoo.com
Subject: APWS 2022 Photo Contest
All Entries MUST INCLUDE
Name of Photographer, Photographer’s Address, Photographer’s Email, Species of Bird/s, Sex of Bird/s
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2022 TO BE ANNOUNCED
2021 – These have been on the APWS 2022 Magazine Covers
First Place
King Eider Males (Somateria spectabilis)
Submitted By: Debbie Schouten
Port Angeles, Washington
Second Place
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
Submitted By: Patty Squier
Elk River, Minnesota
Third Place
Grey Peacock Pheasant (Polyplectron bicalcaratum)
Submitted By: Anonomous
Membership Choice
Common Goldeneye Female (Bucephala clangula)
Submitted By: Debbie Schouten
Port Angeles, Washington
HISTORY OF THE APWS PHOTO CONTEST
The APWS Photo Contest was suggested by Bruce Bergbom at the 1988 meeting of the Board of Directors. He agreed to chair the committee. The first advertisement for the contest was printed in the June, 1989, APWS Magazine. It had a catchy lead, “So you’ve got a great color shot of your bird and you’d like us all to see it. Simple, enter the contest and your photo could wind up on the cover of the APWS Magazine.”
Photos in the first APWS Photo Contest were judged by Bruce Bergbom, Mike Lubbock, Bill Bueltman, and Bob Ilardi. The winning photos appeared in color on covers of the APWS Magazine in 1989. Other Photo Contest Chairs have included Chris Olson, Janet Trader, Bev Ure, Jim Bleuer, Ian Gereg and presently re-ppointed Janet Trader is the Current Chair.
1989
1st Place Wayne Burdick, Lakeville, MN
2nd Place Mark Wiczek, Shakopee, MN
3rd Place Name Not Listed
1990
1st Place Jean Van Hulzen, Grants Pass, OR Alphen A/D Rijn Netherlands
2nd Place Diana J. Roberts, Schenectady, NY
3rd Place Diana J. Roberts, Schenectady, NY
1991
*2nd Place Paul Maywald, Grandy, MA
*2nd Place Mitch Stack, address not listed with photo
3rd Place Diana J. Roberts, Schenectady, NY
*Photos taken by these men both stated 2nd place winner. I could find nothing which stated if one of these men was the first place winner that year.
1992
1st Place Gerry Van Kooten, Anchorage, AK
2nd Place Tracy Hays, Commerce City, CO
3rd Place Diana J. Roberts, Schenectady, NY
1993
1st Place James B. Steel, Castle Hayne, NC
2nd Place Janet Trader, Withams, VA
3rd Place Diana J. Roberts, Schenectady, NY
1994
1st Place Chris Newton, Scotland Neck, NC
2nd Place Alwin Green, Holland, NY
3rd Place Suzanne Faske, Buston, TX
1995
1st Place Roger Trentham, Crosby, TN
2nd Place Bobby Tysinger, Boonville, NC
3rd Place Diana J. Roberts, Schenectady, NY
1996
1st Place Bobby Tysinger, Boonville, NC
2nd Place Tuan Le, Harvard, MA
3rd Place Woody Schon, Elk Grove, CA
All the photos entered in the Photo Contest are displayed one night during the convention. The Membership Choice Award, which was started in 1997 by Jan Trader, is dtermined by a written vote of the people attending the convention. The winner of this award and the other Photo Contest Winners are announced at the banquet.
1997
1st Place Alwin Green, Holland, NY
2nd Place Woody Schon, Elk Grove, CA
3rd Place Woody Schon, Elk Grove, CA
Membership Choice Bobby Tysinger, Boonville, NC
1998
1st Place Ann Butler, Clinton, NC
2nd Place Barb Niccolai, Beltsville, MD
3rd Place Alwin Green, Holland, NY
Membership Choice Jane Nicolich, Laurel, MD
1999
1st Place Greg Miketa, Pueblo, CO
2nd Place Alwin Green, Holland, NY
3rd Place Lynn Dye, Everett, WA
Membership Choice Greg Miketa, Pueblo, CO
2000
1st Place Ron Robinson, Lorane, OR
2nd Place Bobby Tysinger, Boonville, NC
3rd Place Alwin Green, Holland, NY
Membership Choice Mary M. Nelson, Boone, IA
2001
1st Place Bobby Tysinger, Boonville, NC
2nd Place Alwin Green, Holland, NY
3rd Place Darrell Trapp, Delavan, WI
Membership Choice Bobby Tysinger, Boonville, NC
2002
1st Place Matthew Scarr, Delta, British Columbia Canada
2nd Place Noël Hendrikx, Overpelt, Belgium
3rd Place LaDonna Lickteig, Lawrence, KS
Membership Choice Alwin Green, Holland, NY
2003
1st Place Ann Butler, Clinton, NC
2nd Place Matthew Scarr, Delta, British Columbia Canada
3rd Place Roman Kmicikewycz, Peru, IN
Membership Choice Matthew Scarr, Delta, British Columbia Canada
2004
1st Place Roman Kmicikewycz, Peru, IN
2nd Place Anatoly Baranets, Washougal, WA
3rd Place Anatoly Baranets, Washougal, WA
Membership Choice Anatoly Baranets, Washougal, WA
2005
1st Place Anatoly Baranets, Washougal, WA
2nd Place Dawn Menesses, Wells Point, TX
3rd Place Anatoly Baranets, Washougal, WA
Membership Choice Ann Butler, Clinton, NC
2006
1st Place Sandy Branch, Louisville, KY
2nd Place Sandy Branch, Louisville, KY
3rd Place Mickey Lemburg, Cairo, NE
Membership Choice Sandy Branch, Louisville, KY
2007
1st Place Sandy Branch, Louisville, KY
2nd Place Sandy Branch, Louisville, KY
3rd Place Sandy Branch, Louisville, KY
Membership Choice Sandy Branch, Louisville, KY
2008
1st Place Richard Schock , Boonville, NC
2nd Place Sandy Branch, Louisville, KY
3rd Place Korene Altmann, New Ulm, MN
Membership Choice Ian Gereg, Litchfield, CT
2009
No Photo Contest
2010
No Photo Contest
2011
1st Place Noel Hendrikx, Overpelt, Belgium, for his photo of an Inca Tern
2nd Place Noel Hendrikx, Overpelt, Belgium for his photo of a Superb Fruit Dove male
**Debbie Schouten, Port Angeles, Washington received 3rd Place for her photo of a Spectacled Eider male. That photo also received the Membership Choice.
2012
1st Place Gary Bawtinhimer, Ayden, North Carolina – Black-Bellied Whistling Duck photo
2nd Place Gary Bawtinhimer, Ayden, North Carolina – Masked Lapwing photo
3rd Place Albert Good, Vilter, Switzerland – Sharp-tailed Grouse photo
Membership Choice
Albert Good, Vilter, Switzerland – Capercaillie Grouse photo
Albert Good, Vilter, Switzerland – Sharp-tailed Grouse photo
Gary Bawtinhimer, Ayden, North Carolina – Scarlet Ibis photo
2013
1st Place LaDonna Lickteig, Lawrence, Kansas – Bronze-winged Duck.
2nd Place LaDonna Lickteig, Lawrence, Kansas Male New Zealand Shoveler
3rd Place Destry Potter – Diamond Dove
2014
1st Place Debbie Schouten, Port Angeles, WA
2nd Place Alex Levitsky, Cortland, NY
3rd Place Schouten, Port Angeles, WA
4th Place Paul Kao, Northridge, CA
5th Place Paul Kao, Northridge, CA
6th Place Alex Levitsky, Cortland, NY
Membership Choice Alex Levitsky, Cortland, NY
2015
1st Place Ben Sonnenberg, Litchfield, CT
2nd Place Samuel Artaiz, Banks, OR
3rd Place Clint Herdman, Beacon Falls, CT
4th Place Michele Goodman, Ambler, PA
5th Place Michele Goodman, Ambler, PA
6th Place Patrick James, Onamia, MN
Membership Choice Alex Levitsky, Cortland, NY
2016
1st Place Debbie Schouten, Port Angeles, WA
2nd Place Alex Levitsky, Cortland, NY
3rd Place Patty Squier,
4th Place Debbie Schouten, Port Angeles, WA
5th Place Patty Squier,
6th Place Rachael Johnson, Spencer, WI
Membership Choice Noel Hendrikx, Overpelt, Belgium
2017
No Photo Contest
2018
1st Place Steve Oehlenschlager, Elk River, MN
2nd Place Steve Oehlenschlager, Elk River, MN
3rd Place Steve Oehlenschlager, Elk River, MN
2019
1st Place Caitlin Legon, New Iberia, LA
2nd Place T.J. Pluid, North Fort Meyers, FL
3rd Place Zach Beres, Reardon, WA
Membership Choice Zach Beres, Reardon, WA
2020
1st Place – Red Crested Pochard Male (Netta rufina) Submitted By: Hannah Stolz – Kewaskum, Wisconsin
2nd Place – Cabot Tragopan Male (Tragopan caboti) Submitted By: Cathy Goss – St Cloud, Florida
3rd Place – Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) Submitted By: Keiven Sneed Columbia, Kentucky
Membership Choice
Satyr Tragopan Chick (Tragopan satyra) Submitted By: James Kotterman – Peru, Indiana
Honorable Mentions
Loni Rossow – Lakefield, Minnesota
Tanner Hippen – Virginia, Nebraska
Hannah Sholtz – Kewaskum, Wisconsin
Keiven Sneed – Columbia, Kentucky
Cathy Goss – St Cloud, Florida
2021
First Place
King Eider Males (Somateria spectabilis) Submitted By: Debbie Schouten Port Angeles, Washington
Second Place
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) Submitted By: Patty Squier Elk River, Minnesota
Third Place
Grey Peacock Pheasant (Polyplectron bicalcaratum) Submitted By: Anonomous
Membership Choice
Common Goldeneye Female (Bucephala clangula) Submitted By: Debbie Schouten Port Angeles, Washington