WE ASKED FOR PHOTOS, and you delivered. With 3,702 entries submitted to Kentucky Living’s annual photo contest, this year’s entries were a stunning representation of our state across five categories—Aerial, Animals, Kentucky Travels, Nature and People. We appreciate every entry and each photographer behind the lens. Congratulations to our winners featured in the magazine, as well our People’s Choice vote winners. Thank you to our sponsor GoCadiz.
AERIAL
1st Place: A peninsula at Grayson Lake shows off its fall foliage. Photo: Skylar Dickerson2nd Place: A beautiful day over Martins Fork Lake in Harlan. Photo: Bobby Cornett3rd Place: Two combines harvest soybeans in Barren County. Photo: Wayne Garmon
ANIMALS
1st Place: Gemma, the Sapphire Gem hen. Photo: Laura Wilson2nd Place: An eastern red-spotted newt climbs up vibrant green moss in Big South Fork. Photo: Tyler Adams3rd Place: Jesse and her calf at TC Highlands Farm. Photo: Megan Tindle
KENTUCKY TRAVELS
1st Place: The sun rises over Gatliff Bridge above Cumberland Falls. Photo: Greg Sawyer2nd Place: A view of Goddard United Methodist Church in Fleming County. Photo: Leigh Anna Davis3rd Place: Onlookers enjoy the mud bog at the Ohio County Fair in Hartford. Photo: Meredith Skaggs
NATURE
1st Place: A hardworking bee gets dusted with pollen. Photo: Kimberly Prater2nd Place: A checkered white butterfly enjoys nectar. Photo: Jennifer Jenson3rd Place: Spiders weave their morning magic along a barbed wire fence. Photo: Mary Rose Jacobi
PEOPLE
1st Place: Cale Todd runs onto the William M. Clark Athletic Field in Somerset. Photo: K’Leann Morgan2nd Place: “A tree had fallen in our backyard, and I let our boy do his thing!” Photo: Kimberly CraftAnnuet Soehnlen milks Sushi, the Jersey cow. Photo: Crystal Boggs
