Save the Bay Photo Contest

We're looking for your best photos of the Bay, its rivers, and streams

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CBF's annual photo contest is open to both amateur and professional photographers. Share your experience of the Bay and your local waterways.

And the Winners Are...

Congratulations to:

  • First Prize ($500): Alan Wilder "Watch Your Back"
  • Second Prize ($250): Kevin Moore "Reflections of Autumn"
  • Third Prize ($150): Jimmy Rhode "Curious Beaver"
  • Viewers' Choice ($100): James Mertz "Starry Sunset"

See the winning photos here.

The first-prize photograph will appear in CBF's 2020 calendar. All winners will also receive a one-year membership to CBF and will have their photos displayed on CBF's website, in a CBF e-newsletter, and in CBF's Save the Bay magazine.

Thank you to everyone who submitted photographs illustrating their vision of the Bay region—from Pennsylvania to Virginia, from the Shenandoah Mountains to the Eastern Shore.

Be sure to check back next spring for our 2020 photo contest!

Photo Contest

What A Donation Can Do

You can help us protect this amazing treasure so future generations don't have to rely on photographs to see and experience the beauty of our Bay...

Your donation helps us continue our restoration, advocacy, and education efforts. Please show your support for CBF today with a generous donation.

  • $35 can plant seven native trees as a streamside buffer.
  • $50 can grow 5,000 native oysters. 
  • $150 can pay a teacher's tuition for a five-day professional development course.  
  • $500 can send seven students for a day of learning in and around the Bay.  
  • $1,000 can remove 600 pounds of trash from the Bay and its tributaries.
  • $1,800 can send a teacher on a five-day professional development course.
  • $2,500 can pay for seven students’ tuition for a 7-day student leadership program. 
  • $5,000 can fund 125 hours of policy advocacy at the state and federal levels. 
  • $10,000 can fund 300 hours of scientific field research including testing water quality and evaluating the health and populations of marine and plant life within the Bay and tributary waters.

Support the Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Your donation helps the Chesapeake Bay Foundation maintain our momentum toward a restored Bay, rivers, and streams for today and generations to come.

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