Everybody won!  Peak Summer Fun Contest Gifts for Your Holidays!

Winners and non-winners, The Peak has featured many contest entries in its November and December 2016 ssues.

Thank you for suporting our contest!

The Peak thanks everyone who entered the 13th Annual Summer Fun Tony Nelssen Photography Contest and Summer Fun Write Stuff Contest. It was a banner year in terms of both quantity and quality of entries.

 

Winners and Four Collections of Entries Published

During November and December 2016 , in addition to featuring the winning entries, The Peak has published top submissions, which were not winners; there are some terrific entries that did not come out on top in their particular category.

Listed below are the winners of the writing contest and the photography contest. Plus, this article publishes the first of a series of collections of non-winning photographs. You will find links to  articles featuring winning  contest entries under “Related Articles” toward the bottom of this page. Additional collections of photographs are includes in articles that feature Summer Fun Tony Nelssen Photography Contest winners.

 

And the winners are …

Summer Fun Write Stuff Contest Winners

Grand Prize Winner: “My Pinnacle Peak Stammtisch” by Robert G. Rogers

Winner, What’s Worth Preserving Category:  “Vanishing Breed” by Stephanie Bradley

Winner: Seeing & Doing Category: “First Snowbirds in the Desert Foothills” by Kraig Nelson

Winner, Tall Story Category: “Rosa of the Desert” by Barb Owens

 

Summer Fun Tony Nelssen Photography Contest Winners

 

Grand Prize Winner: "Concentration" by Laurel Strohmeyer

Grand Prize Winner: “Concentration” by Laurel Strohmeyer.

 

Winner, Wildlife Category:  "Mourning Doves" by Tom Mangelsdorf

Winner, Wildlife Category:  “Mourning Doves” by Tom Mangelsdorf

 

Winner, Travel Category: "Miami Skyline" by Jim Sciacero

Winner, Travel Category: “Miami Skyline” by Jim Sciacero

Winner, Local People Category: "Man and his Horse by Kay Suchomel

Winner, Local People Category: “Man and his Horse” by Kay Suchomel

Be sure to enjoy enlarged versions of all these winning entries in the article featuring that photograph (link below).

Holiday Gift Photo Collection 1. Selected Non-Winning Summer Fun Entries.

 

Everybody wins!  Peak Summer Fun Contest Gifts for Your Holidays!  Listed and displayed below is the first collection of Summer Fun entries. You will find links to additional collections under “Related Articles” at the bottom of this article.

“Pinnacle Peak Hiker” by Jim Sciacero, Landscape Category

“Rocky Mountain Sheep” by Kay Suchomel, Travel Category

“Paolino – The Vineyard Cat (Cortona, Italy)” by Tom Mangelsdorf, Travel Category

“Buckhorn Cholla at Sunset” by Jacqus Giard, Wildlife Category

“Castle Howard, Yorkshire, England” by Gail Giacobazzi, Travel Category

“Chillin'” by Gail Giacobazzi, Wildlife Category

“Divinity” (La Jolla, CA) by Laurel Strohmeyer, Travel Category

“Bakery in  Munich” by  Heinz Kagerer, Travel Category

“Sunrise on the Marcus Landslide” by Jacques Giard, Landscape Category

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Related Articles

Photo Contest Winners (Each article contains a collection of  contest entries)

Laurel Strohmeyer Wins 2016 Summer Fun Photo Contest Grand Prize   – Published November 2016 issue of The Peak

Jim Sciacero Summer Fun Travel Photo Winner – Published November Update 2016 issue of The Peak

Tom Mangelsdorf Winner of Summer Fun Photo Contest in Wildlife Category  – Published December 2016 issue of The Peak

Kay Suchomel Winner of Summer Fun Contest in Local People Category – Published December Update 2016 issue of The Peak

 

Write Stuff Contest Winners

Robert G. Rogers Wins 2016 Summer Fun Write Stuff Contest Grand Prize   – Published November 2016 issue of The Peak

First “Snowbirds” in the Foothills by Kraig Nelson – Published November Update 2016 issue of The Peak

Rosa of the Desert by Barb Owens – Published December 2016 issue of The Peak

Vanishing Breed by Stephanie Bradley – Published December Update 2016 issue of The Peak

 

Contest Information

Annual Summer Fun Photo & Write Stuff Contests End Friday, Oct. 21st  – Published October 2016 issue of The Peak

 

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Author: Les Conklin

Les Conklin is a resident of north Scottsdale He founded Friends of the Scenic Drive, the Monte de Paz HOA and is the president of the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association. He was named to Scottsdale's History Maker Hall of Fame in 2014. Les is a past editor of A Peek at the Peak and the author of Images of America: Pinnacle Peak. He served on the Scottsdale's Pride Commission, McDowell Sonoran Preserve Commission, the boards of several local nonprofits and was a founding organizer of the city's Adopt-A-Road Program.. Les is a volunteer guide at the Musical Instrument Museum.

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