2026 SMCC Competition Awarded Images

Photographs displayed here are among the award-winners. Only winning images submitted for posting on this web site are shown. Other printed winning images may be seen in the Santa Maria, CA Public Library.

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April 2026

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Judged By: Diane Reeves

 

Monochrome 2nd Place
Here or No Where
Cheryl Decker

Monochrome 1st Place
Layers
Ed E. Powell Powell

Color 2nd Place
All A Blur
Frank Tromp

Monochrome 3rd Place
They Came From The Sea
Ron Calvert

Monochrome Honorable Mention
Woman Wearing White Hat
Jim McKinniss

Color 1st Place
Winter Aspen
Elaine Calvert

Color 3rd Place
Pinto Basin Sunrise
Janine Bognuda

Color Honorable Mention
The Wave
Alex Preciado

Color Honorable Mention
Koi In Motion
Elaine Calvert

 

 

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March 2026

Theme - Landscape

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Judged By: Dan Holmes

 

Color 1st Place
Along Ways to the End
Janine Bognuda

Color 2nd Place
Lit By Thw Last Rays
Janine Bognuda

Color 3rd Place
TeePees Under the Storm
Janine Bognuda

Color Honorable Mention
Flowering Tree Trunk
Alejandro Preciado

Color Honorable Mention
Just Breathe
Jeanne Sparks

Monochrome 1st Place
Playing Football on the Beach
Jim McKinniss

Monochrome 2nd Place
Mantanuska Glacier
Penni Powell

Monochrome 3rd Place
Manzanar
Jim McKinniss

 

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February 2026

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Judged By: Alla Arutcheva

 

Color 1st Place
Winged Warriors
Jeanne Sparks

Color 2nd Place
Very Focused Dalmation Pelican
Janine Bognuda

Color 3rd Place
Merced in Snow
Ron Calvert

Color Honorable Mention
Making a Splash
Elaine Calvert

Monochrome 1st Place
Bathing Beauty
Penni Powell

Monochrome 2nd Place
Like a Shipwreck in the Sand
Janine Bognuda

Monochrome 3rd Place
At Home, Tammy, 2013
Jim McKinniss

 

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January 2026

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Judged By: Judi Richins (takeahike1@mac.com)

Color 1st Place
It's Mine
Janine Bognuda

Color 2nd Place
Beauty in the Harshness
Janine Bognuda

Color 3rd Place
Two Heads are Better Than One
Jeanne Sparks

Color Honorable Mention
Ode to Monet's Garden
Elaine Calvert

 

Color Honorable Mention
Unfinished Business
Ed E. Powell

Monochrome 3rd Place
Taxi Ride 39th Street West
Jim McKinniss

Monochrome 2nd Place
Urban Cliff Dwelling
Ed E. Powell

Monochrome 1st Place
Baking Profection
Harold Litwiler

 

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