Winners of the Third Churchville Photography Club Digital Competition were announced June 1st 2026 via a zoom meeting moderated by John Stritzinger, Steering Committee member overseeing the competition. This is a successor to the Club's open print competition which ran for 28 years and co-chaired by Scott Petersen with various other Club members. Entries opened April 1st and closed April 30th 2026. We had 45 photographers from 8 states submitting 269 entries. There were 39 entries in Human-made Structures, 32 in Flora, 67 in Landscape/Seascape, 51 in Open, 43 in People and 38 in Animals.

Entries were evaluated separately by our judges with each image given scores ranging from 1 to 10. The judges were Dave Burwell, Bill Jordan, and Frank Smith.

The gallery of all images can be viewed on ShowSubmit.

The highest scoring first place image received the Best of Show award, which went to Burden of Creation by Jacqueline Burke of Perkiomenville PA.

Congratulations to all!

Animals

Burden of Creation - Jacqueline Burke 1st and Best Of Show

 

A Nurturing Mother - Hal Kahn 2nd

 

Communicating With - John Stritzinger 3rd

 

Naptime - Hal Kahn HM

 

Hanging by a Thread - Graciela M Caldero HM

 

Ready for the night -  Bharat Dixit HM

 

Flora

 

Pretty in Pink - John Mottola 1st

 

Bee Balm Trancending - Laurie Santoro 2nd

 On Golden Pond - Ron Forsstrom 3rd

 

Standing Out -  Terry Lynn Ayers HM

 

Faded Echoes -  James Milligan HM

 

Early Light Wakening - Anita Fanic HM

 

Human-made Structures

 

Silence - James Milligan 1st

 

The Farmhouse -  Patricia Mottola 2nd

 

Geometric Oasis -  Sara Pinkus 3rd

 

Departure Point -  Laurie Santoro HM

 

Umbra  - Maureen Hopper HM

 

Going Up -  Terry Lynn Ayers HM

 

Landscape/Seascapes

 

Nights in White Satin - Ron Forsstrom 1st

 

Peggy's Cove Lighthouse - Michael Menendez 2nd

 

A windswept day -  Sam Levine 3rd

 

Twilight -  James Milligan HM

 

Through the Cutout -  Stanley Horowitz HM

 

Red Rock Majesty - Bill Cheadle HM

 

Golden Light Sunset -  Liz Sette HM

 

Open

 

Sand Rhythms - Graciela M Caldero 1st

 

Chromatic Drift with Blue Note - Jacqueline Burke 2nd

 

Tied Up -  Kristopher Schoenleber 3rd

 

Butler's Pantry - Kristopher Schoenleber HM

 

 

Between Earth and Ether -  Nanci Hellmuth HM

 

Orbital Rings No. 26 - Ron Forsstrom HM

 

Reflected Shadow  - David D Rodstein HM

 

People

Doppelgänger -  Nanci Hellmuth 1st

 

A Night at the Opera -  Lori Lucas 2nd

 

Future Artist - John Mottola 3rd

 

The Gathering Storm - Hal Kahn HM

 

Rendevous at Bepi's - Lori Lucas HM

 

Waiting - Lynda McKenna HM