Organizers of the Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition today announced the winners of its 5th Annual competition.

Dale King and his image Solitary Cloud entered in the Blue Ridge Parkway Vistas category took top honors, receiving Best In Show.  Category Winners acknowledge the top image in each of the seven competition categories and will receive Mast General Store prize packages with a retail value of $275.

This year marked the largest participation in the People’s Choice Award sponsored by Footsloggers Outdoor and Travel Outfitters with more than 1,100 individually registered voters casting nearly 2,400 total votes.  In the end Scott Hotaling and his image Mountain Calm will take home the $350 cash prize.

5th Annual AMPC Winners List

Best in Show – Overall		Solitary Cloud by Dale King
People’s Choice Award		Mountain Calm by Scott Hotaling
Category Winners
Adventure		Stone Mountain Climbers by Patrick Pitzer
Blue Ridge Parkway Journey		Beneath the Viaduct by Colby Rabon
Blue Ridge Parkway Vistas		Rough Ridge 360 by Rick Rapfogel
Culture		Dave Duke Sorts Tobacco by Robert & Shiiko Alexander
Environment		Venus by Brad Douglas
Flora & Fauna		Hosta 800 by Pat Pilchard
Landscape		Rainy Woods by Rick Rapfogel
Special Mention Honors Judges were also asked to identify images of distinction and merit to receive Special Mention honors and an additional ten photographers have been recognized.
Adventure Meadow Nap by Heidi Hatcher Blue Ridge Parkway Vistas Valley Farm by Tommy Shine Blue Ridge Parkway Vistas Bird’s Eye View by Dale Forrest Culture French Swiss Ski Rental by Roger Bodo Culture Neal’s Grocery by Robert and Shiiko Alexander Environment Pumping Station by Kerry Puckett Flora & Fauna Brook Trout by Scott Brown Landscape Sunrise After Ice Storm by Bob Peterson Landscape Elk Mountain by Charles King Landscape Angry Morning by Neal Auspitz

5th Annual AMPC Winners Gallery

All forty-six images selected for the 5th Annual exhibition will remain on display in the Mezzanine Gallery of the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts through June 7.   This summer the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation will take select images on the road to community and art centers along the Blue Ridge Parkway corridor.

The Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition is a partnership between Outdoor Programs, the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University, and the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation.  Support for AMPC is provided by Footsloggers Outdoor and Travel Outfitters, Bistro Roca Inventive American Cuisine, Peabody’s Merchants of Fine Beer and Wine, Mast General Store, and VirtualBlueRidge.com.

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