2020 Mostly Water Contest Winners

The talent and care for the wild that poured out of our contest winners thrills and inspires. Art and nature truly do go together, for seeing and describing the beauty in wildness brings us closer to understanding its intrinsic importance. Understanding generates the ability to bring positive change. Thank you, creative artists!

​Contest Winners by Category

Children – Art

FIRST PRIZE

The Ocean in Us
by Alisa de Vil

SECOND PRIZE

Happy Beaver in the River
by Henry Schell​

 

THIRD PRIZE

Crying for the Earth
by Adam Li

Children - Poetry

FIRST PRIZE

Reflections
by Jayden Reid

SECOND PRIZE

Water
by Jonia Carr

THIRD PRIZE

Otter Poem
by Lucas Peisert

Youth - Art

FIRST PRIZE

Healthy Watters, Happy Otters
by Abbee Fries

SECOND PRIZE

Water Droplets
by Kai Hardy

THIRD PRIZE

River Otters and Other Creatures in Sea Drift Lagoon
by Spencer Nuss

Youth - Photography

FIRST PRIZE

Otter Party
by Maximilian Rabbitt-Tomita

SECOND PRIZE

Regal by
Elly Ronald

THIRD PRIZE

Lookout by
Elly Ronald

Adult Amateur - Art

FIRST PRIZE

Water, a Right
by Idie Weinsoff

SECOND PRIZE

Cascading Connections
by Andrea Miller

THIRD PRIZE

Southern Sea Otter in Kelp Bed at Bluefish Cove
by Marilyn Petch

Adult Amateur - Photography

FIRST PRIZE

Surfacing
by Karen James

SECOND PRIZE

The Mink and the river (San Joaquin Delta system)
by David Harper

THIRD PRIZE

Otter at Sunset
by Elizabeth Winstead

Adult Amateur - Poetry

FIRST PRIZE

Stillness and Peace on Stone Lagoon ​
by Peter Jain

SECOND PRIZE

Standing Water at the Vernal Equinox
by Jeff Boehm

THIRD PRIZE

A Benediction
by Joys Chow

Adult Professional - Art

FIRST PRIZE

Cataract on Mt. Tam
by Kathryn Degliantoni

SECOND PRIZE

Every Drop Contains Worlds
by Erica Ramsey-Bowen

THIRD PRIZE

Tea for Two​
by Charles Linder

Adult Professional - Photography

FIRST PRIZE

Following the Flow - Where Waters Collide​
by Brianne Lehan

SECOND PRIZE

Slick Shiny Pup​
by Talia Rose

THIRD PRIZE

Water is the Solvent
by Becky Jaffe

Adult Professional - Poetry

FIRST PRIZE

The Ecology Student Conducts Research for her Thesis​
by Sandy White

SECOND PRIZE

Haiku
by Terri Glass

THIRD PRIZE

Reflected in Water
by Catherine Montague

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