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  Photography 1st Place: Sonya
  Entry: Boulders Beach in Cape Town, WC, South Africa
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  People's Choice 1st Place: Jessica Bond
  Entry: Killens Pond State Park in Felton, DE
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  Writing 1st Place: Al Wallace
  Entry: Botanic Gardens at Kona Kai Resort in Key Largo, FL

Photography Honorable Mentions:

Julius Holtzclaw (Entry), Laura Marcela Forero (Entry), Mark Duck (Entry), Michael Milne (Entry), Syril McNally (Entry), Magda Nakassis (Entry), Tara Lowry (Entry), Brandi Fitzgerald (Entry), Samantha Oldaker (Entry), Setting Sail (Entry), Joe Peterson (Entry), Hermawan Lesmana (Entry), Joe Peterson (Entry), Jessica Bond (Entry), Jessica Bond (Entry), Patrick JinHa Kim (Entry), Patrick JinHa Kim (Entry), Luster Lai (Entry), Salvo Ferraro (Entry), Grace Dalrymple (Entry), Maggie Ortiz (Entry), brian turcich (Entry), John Doe (Entry), Jenny Harris (Entry), John Doe (Entry), Chaddie13 (Entry), John Doe (Entry), Frederic Hortault (Entry), Aaron Satterfield (Entry), Anna Gump (Entry), Abhi Verma (Entry), Jake Breach (Entry), Greg Takeshima (Entry), John Doe (Entry), Jake Breach (Entry), Shannon Mullarkey (Entry), John Doe (Entry), Greg Takeshima (Entry), Vincent Parnell (Entry), Andy Porter (Entry), Ashley Seginack (Entry), Erica Elayne DiCarlo (Entry), Jan Tenneriello (Entry), Jay Scroggins (Entry), Jay Scroggins (Entry), Mike Thomas (Entry), Pam Blackstone (Entry), Kevin Contreras (Entry), Susan O'Shea (Entry), Colan Andrew McGeehan (Entry), Michael Petisco (Entry), Sarah McCracken (Entry), Denise Seith (Entry), Jay Scroggins (Entry), Nur Ain Zainol Abidin (Entry), Kevin Contreras (Entry), Jay Scroggins (Entry), Mike Thomas (Entry), Denise Seith (Entry), Kyle Koger-Hobson (Entry), Shannon Mullarkey (Entry), Pam Blackstone (Entry), Pam Blackstone (Entry), Kevin Contreras (Entry), Pam Blackstone (Entry), Kevin Contreras (Entry), Jfuller1711@gmail.com (Entry), Pam Blackstone (Entry), Pam Blackstone (Entry), Pam Blackstone (Entry), Pam Blackstone (Entry), Jeanne Quigley (Entry), Zach Woolford (Entry), Aimee Weiss (Entry), Cathy Ray Pierson (Entry), Annie Wymer (Entry), Jeff (Entry), Daniel Medina (Entry), Erik Rowley (Entry), Casey Mae (Entry), Maggie Clerkin (Entry), John Doe (Entry), Jesse Bumstead (Entry), Krystalle (Entry), Andy Porter (Entry)

Writing Honorable Mentions:

brian turcich (Entry), Yvonne Cornell (Entry), Julius Holtzclaw (Entry), kss (Entry), Jeanne Quigley (Entry), James Waters (Entry), Colleen Wehr Matoon (Entry), Phil Luza (Entry), John Doe (Entry)

Contest Sponsor

Leaderboard

• #1
  
  Jessica Bond
  Killens Pond State Park
  65 Likes
• #2
  
  Jessica Bond
  Killens Pond State Park
  62 Likes
• #3
  
  Jessica Bond
  Killens Pond State Park
  62 Likes
• #4
  
  Jessica Bond
  Killens Pond State Park
  60 Likes
• #5
  
  Christine Claire Deita
  Stereo
  56 Likes
• #6
  
  Aaron Satterfield
  The Wedge at Newport Beach
  11 Likes
• #7
  
  Andy Porter
  Shi-Shi Beach in Olympic National Park
  10 Likes
• #8
  
  Maggie Clerkin
  North Carolina State Fair
  7 Likes
• #9
  
  Jill Sweatman
  Typhoon Season in Hong Kong
  7 Likes
• #10
  
  Sonya
  Boulders Beach
  5 Likes

Prizes

• Photography 1st Place: $100
• People's Choice 1st Place: $50
• Writing 1st Place

Archived Introduction

We have selected an extensive list places around the world that our editors want you to check out and report back. Enter your photo on any of these places, or suggest a new place that should be on our list, and you'll be eligible for this week's $100 prize for photography.

Additionally, all entries are eligible for the $50 people's choice prize that is based on the number of Likes your submission receives. Get out the vote by sharing your submission with friends and asking them to Like it.

Creative Manifesto

• Only original work.
• Writers: Use concrete details — easy on the adjectives.
• Photographers and writers: Zoom in — with your writing and your camera.
• Not just places — experiences.
• All edits must be before the deadline: May 23, 2012
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• Rules

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