Every year, South Alabama Land Trust invites amateur photographers to submit photos that showcase the natural beauty throughout coastal Alabama . . . the way the sunlight touches a leaf, or a baby sea turtle takes its first steps on snow-white sand. The images the photographers capture help underscore why it is critically important that we protect our natural resources. Photos in our annual contest are seen throughout the year, with photo credit, in SALT publications, on our website, and social media @southalabamalandtrust.
This year’s contest had three categories: Fauna, Flora, and People in Nature. Scroll down to see this year’s winners!
NEW this year, winners from the Adult Division that are 21 or older for this year and last will be invited to produce prints of their winning photo to sell at two events at local breweries, Fairhope and Braided River, on November 28th and 30th. For more info: https://southalabamalandtrust.org/pints-and-prints/
Photo Contest guidelines
Best in Show - John Matthew Erickson, "Hunkered Down" - Dauphin Island, AL
![](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/Best-in-Show-Erickson-JM-Open-Fauna-3-1024x683.jpg)
Junior Winners (16 years and younger)
![1st Place, Junior Fauna, Garrek Snell, Daphne](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/1st-Place-Snell-Garrek-Junior-Fauna-1.jpg)
![2nd Place, Junior Fauna, Zoe Doll, Piggyback Grasshoppers](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2nd-Place-Doll-Zoe-Junior-Fauna-1.jpg)
![3rd Place, Junior Fauna, Abigail Krause, Standing Crane, Bayou La Batre](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/DSC04352-scaled.jpg)
![1st Place Junior Flora, Sophia Haines, Unspoken Colors, Fort Morgan Peninsula](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/1st-Place-Haines-Sophia-Junior-Flora-2.jpeg)
![2nd Place, Junior Flora, Monroe Partin, Attention to Detail](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2nd-Place-Partin-Monroe-Junior-Flora-1-scaled.jpg)
![3rd Place, Junior Flora, Garrek Snell, Daphne](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/3rd-Place-Snell-Garrek-Junior-Flora-1-scaled.jpg)
![1st Place, Junior People in Nature, Isabelle Daniell, Washed Up Bobber, Bayside Academy Beach](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/1st-Place-Daniell-Isabelle-Junior-PIN-scaled.jpeg)
![2nd Place, Junior People in Nature, Boyce Magli, Mayday Park](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2nd-Place-MagliBoyce-Junior-PIN-scaled.jpg)
![3rd Place, Junior People in Nature, Katlyne Rucker, Robertsdale](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/3rd-Place-Rucker-Katlyne-Junior-PIN-scaled.jpg)
Open Winners
![1st Place, Open Fauna, Eric Haskell, Daphne during Jubilee or Hardhead Catfish congregation, Mayday Park](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/1st-Place-Haskell-E-Open-Fauna1-scaled.jpg)
![2nd Place, Open Fauna, Beth Tattersall,, Raccoon Babies, Dauphin Island Shell Mounds](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2nd-Place-Tattersall-Beth-Open-Fauna-2-scaled.jpg)
![3rd Place, Open Fauna, Brent Eanes, Seagull Surf Sunrise, Gulf Shores](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/3rd-Eanes-Brent-Open-Fauna-1-scaled.jpg)
![1st Place, Open Flora, Karen Chiasson, Thistle, Meaher State Park](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/1st-Place-Chiasson-Karen-Adult-Flora-1-scaled.jpg)
![2nd Place, Open Flora, Kelsey Pruitt, The Oaks at Washington Square Park , Mobile](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2nd-Place-Pruitt-Kelsey-Open-Flora-2-scaled.jpg)
![3rd Place, Open Flora, Laurie Schaerer, Cypress Trees in the Fall with Moss, Bellingrath Gardens](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/3rd-Place-Schaerer-Laurie-OpenFlora2-scaled.jpg)
![1st Place, Open People in Nature, Gwen Ainsworth, Life is always better when you are fishing, Meaher State Park](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/1st-Place-Ainsworth-Gwen-Adult-PIN-1-scaled.jpg)
![2nd Place, Open People in Nature, Brent Eanes, Surf Fisherman Sunset, West End, Dauphin Island](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2nd-Place-EanesBrent-Open-People-in-Nature-2-scaled.jpg)
![3rd Place, Open People in Nature, Gwen Ainsworth, Grandparents Fishing, Mobile Bay near Dauphin Island](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/3rd-Place-Ainsworth-Gwen-Adult-PIN-2-scaled.jpg)
Honorable Mention
![Arthur Davis, Open Fauna](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/Davis-Arthur-Fauna-Open-Fauna-1-scaled.jpg)
![Arthur Davis, Open Flora](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/Davis-Arthur-Open-Flora-2-scaled.jpg)
![Paul Dovie, Open Fauna](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/Dovie-Paul-Adult-Fauna-1-scaled.jpg)
![Mark Watts, Open Fauna](https://southalabamalandtrust.org/wp-content/uploads/thumbnail_WattsMark-Open-Fauna-2.jpg)
Best in Show
- John Matthew Erickson
Junior Fauna
- Garrek Snell
- Zoe Doll
- Abigail Krause
Junior Flora
- Sophia Haines
- Monroe Partin
- Garrek Snell
Junior People in Nature
- Isabelle Daniell
- Boyce Magli
- Katlyne Rucker
Open Fauna
- Eric Haskell
- Beth Tattersall
- Brent Eanes
Open Flora
- Karen Chiasson
- Kelsey Pruitt
- Laurie Schaerer
Open People in Nature
- Gwen Ainsworth
- Brent Eanes
- Gwen Ainsworth
Honorable mention:
- Paul Dovie- Open Fauna
- Arthur Davis- Open Fauna
- Mark Watts- Open Fauna
- Arthur Davis- Open Flora