The winners of the magazine's 37th annual photography competition

THE SUBMISSIONS to the 37th annual photo contest were remarkable, not only for sheer volume—nearly 16,000 images—but for geographic breadth. Our winning photographers not only hail from Texas, California, New York and Tennessee, among other states, but also from India, Poland and the United Kingdom.

Winners in eight categories — Mammals, Birds, Other Wildlife, Underwater Life, New Life, Connecting People and Nature, Habitat, and Power of Nature — were selected on the basis of originality and execution.

In each category, a first-place prize was awarded for both the amateur and professional divisions, and one first-place prize was given in the youth division.

View past winners galleries:
2006 Winners Gallery
2006 Winners
2005 Winners
2004 Winners
2003 Winners - slide show
2002 Winners - slide show
2001 Winners - slide show

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