Photo Contest 2009 Winners

Hot Shots!

Our winning Pix

 

If a picture is worth a thousand words, Carolina Woman’s readers have a lot to say! Scores of entries from all over the Triangle filled our in-boxes and our mail boxes for two months. It was a tough job, but after days of deliberation, we managed to select the champs. No matter how personal or foreign the subject matter, all our winning images tell a tale or capture a mood. Here are their stories, and a link to all the fantastic entries.

 

First Prize:

$150 gift certificate from New Horizons Trading Company

"A Cow From Laos" by Ariel Fugate of Raleigh

Second Prize:

$100 gift certificate from Gourmutts bakery

"Wall Pipes" by Regina Chayer of Garner

Third Prize:

a 9-cookie bouquet from Cookies by design

"Shipwrecked" by Jen Boulos of Raleigh

Honorable Mentions (in no particular order)

"Have a Seat" by Kathi Haynes of Raleigh

"Napping Dogs" by Jill L. Grosman of Cary

"Beauty is in the eyes of..." by Qing Yang (Ching) of Chapel Hill

"Blue Bird of Happiness" by Marie Coveney of Durham

"Dipped in Mauve" by Caroline Morgan of Cary

"If a tree falls" by Julia Hart of Durham

Staff Favorites:

 

"Misty Vista" by Regina Chayer of Garner

 

"Roof Lines" by Kathi Haynes of Raleigh

 

 

"Guitars" by Kathi Haynes of Raleigh

 

 

"Peeping About" by Ariel Fugate of Raleigh

 

 

"Wooden Door II" by Kathi Haynes of Raleigh

 

 

"untitled" by Jen Boulos of Raleigh

 

 

"Stop and smell the Roses" by Marie Coveney of Durham

 

 

"Misty Mt. Hood" by Qing Yang (Ching) of Chapel Hill