Learn more about the 2026 NANPA Showcase prize-winning photographers and their work.
This year, the Top 31 consists of the Best in Category Winner, the First Runner-Up, and up to Two Judges’ Choice entries per category. Also, there are two additional levels of recognition, the Top 100 and the Top 250.
Showcase 2025 Winner / © Ilene Meyers
This year, the Top 31 is comprised of a Best in Show winner for each of the eight categories, a First Runner-Up for each category, and up to two Judges’ Choice winners in each category.
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Leslie Scopes Anderson
Top 100 – Scapes
Ken Archer
Top 100 -Birds
Tim Barker
Top 100 – Birds
Tim Barker
Top 100 – Birds
Marianne Barnett
Top 100 – Mammals
Karen Bilgrai Cohen
Top 100 – Birds
Marie Bush
Top 100 – Macro / Micro / All Other
Stanley Bysshe
Top 100 – Birds
Stanley Bysshe
Top 100 – Macro / Micro / All Other
Karen Campbell
Top 100 – Macro / Micro / All Other
Preeti & Prashant Chacko
Top 100 – Mammals
Brian Clopp
Top 100 – Macro / Micro / All Other
Stefano Crosio
Top 100 – Mammals
Stefano Crosio
Top 100 – Scapes
Jason Derrick
Top 100 – Birds
Randall Dunn
Top 100 – Scapes
Joseph Ferraro
Top 100 – Macro / Micro / All Other
Joseph Ferraro
Top 100 – Macro / Micro / All Other
Joseph Ferraro
Top 100 – Macro / Micro / All Other
Barbara Fleming
Top 100 – Comedy/Humor
Barbara Fleming
Top 100 – Mammals
Barbara Fleming
Top 100 – Birds
Daniel Fleming
Top 100 – Birds
Steffen Foerster
Top 100 – Mammals
Steffen Foerster
Top 100 – Birds
Bill Gozansky
Top 100 – Macro / Micro / All Other
Lee Greengrass
Top 100 – Birds
Carol Grenier
Top 100 – Birds
Isabel Guerra Clark
Top 100 – Scapes
Janet Gustin
Top 100 – Mammals
Janet Gustin
Top 100 – Mammals
Chuck Haney
Top 100 – Scapes
Gary Hart
Top 100 – Scapes
Gary Hart
Top 100 – Scapes
Gary Hart
Top 100 – Scapes
Gary Hart
Top 100 – Scapes
Miles Hewitt-Boorman
Top 100 – Mammals
Ethan Holshouser
Top 100 – Macro / Micro / All Other
Ethan Holshouser
Top 100 – Macro / Micro / All Other
Protik Hossain
Top 100 – Mammals
Tom Ingram
Top 100 – Mammals
Samir Kamat
Top 100 – Birds
Samir Kamat
Top 100 – Scapes
John LeeWong
Top 100 – Birds
Jan Lightfoot
Top 100 – Birds
Kevin Lohman
Top 100 – Birds
Kevin Lohman
Top 100 – Birds
Jenny Loren
Top 100 – Mammals
Jenny Loren
Top 100 – Birds
Lisa Mayo
Top 100 – Macro / Micro / All Other
Lisa Mayo
Top 100 – Macro / Micro / All Other
Susan McConnell
Top 100 – Mammals
Yoshiki Nakamura
Top 100 – Mammals
Glenn Nelson
Top 100 – Birds
Thomas Nicholson
Top 100 – Mammals
Hira Punjabi
Top 100 – Mammals
Hira Punjabi
Top 100 – Birds
Corey Raffel
Top 100 – Birds
Cathy Richardson
Top 100 – Birds
Deborah Russell
Top 100 – Mammals
Deborah Russell
Top 100 – Mammals
Angela J. Sanchez
Top 100 – Mammals
Elizabeth Yicheng Shen
Top 100 – Mammals
Maryellen Stone
Top 100 – Altered Reality
Karthik Subramaniam
Top 100 – Mammals
Bruce Taubert
Top 100 – Mammals
Bruce Taubert
Top 100 – Macro / Micro / All Other
Melissa Teller
Top 100 – Birds
John Thomas
Top 100 – Birds
Michelle Valberg
Top 100 – Mammals
Michelle Valberg
Top 100 – Birds
Marcia Walters
Top 100 – Birds
Charlie Wemyss-Dunn
Top 100 – Scapes
Andy Wolcott
Top 100 – Macro / Micro / All Other
2026 Top 250 Winner / © Kevin Lohman
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