Housatonic Valley Association

Summer Photo Contest!

2025 Entries and Winners

A huge thank you to everyone who participated in HVA’s 2025 Summer Photo Contest!

We are thrilled to share that we received more than 425 photo submissions from 110 participants, covering 58 of the 83 towns in the Housatonic River watershed. We are blown away by these numbers and can’t wait to make next year’s contest even bigger!

Our HVA team is so grateful for your support as we work to keep the Housatonic Valley healthy and clean through land conservation, river restoration programs, and education. Check out all of the incredible winning submissions below!

Grand Prize Winner

Congratulations to Sherry Prior for her photo “Mother Fox and Her Kits.”

Sherry won a one-night stay and breakfast for two at the Manor House Inn in Norfolk, CT!

Mother fox and her kits. Her den was along the Naugatuck River

Sherry Prior
“Mother Fox and her Kits”
Naugatuck River, Torrington, CT

All of Our 2025 Winners

  • View of Mt. Tom Pond from the Tower
    Amanda-Lynn W
    View of Mt. Tom Pond from the Tower
    Mt. Tom State Park, Bantam, CT
    VentaPak Prize: VentaPak Backpack Spacer
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    Andrew Pelletier
    Eastern Bluebird
    Dover Plains, NY
    VentaPak Prize: VentaPak Backpack Spacer
  • Blue Dasher Dragonfly (frontal sideview).
    Charley Elias
    Blue Dasher Dragonfly (frontal sideview).
    Connecticut Audubon Society’s Coastal Center at Milford Point. Milford, CT.
    Mothership Prize: $50 Gift Card to Mothership Bakery and Cafe in Danbury, CT
  • Mother fox and her kits. Her den was along the Naugatuck River
    Sherry Prior
    Mother Fox and her Kits”
    Naugatuck River, Torrington, CT
    Grand Prize: A one-night stay and breakfast for two at the Manor House Inn in Norfolk, CT!
  • Fall view with the train tracks at Thomaston Dam
    Debbie
    Fall View with the Train Tracks at Thomaston Dam
    Thomaston, CT
    REI Prize: Flash 22 Daypack
  • Swamp Sparrow singing. June 2016
    Don Turner
    Swamp Sparrow Singing
    The Great Swamp, Pawling, NY
    Washington Art Association Prize: Free Drawing Class
  • Autum scene on East Aspetuck River. October, 2018.
    Don Turner
    Autumn Scene on East Aspetuck River
    New Milford, CT
    LaBonne’s Prize: $25 Gift Card to LaBonne’s Market
  • Pileated Woodpecker
    Haig Leonard
    Pileated Woodpecker
    Steep Rock Macricostas Preserve, Washington, CT
    VentaPak Prize: VentaPak Backpack Spacer
  • Caterpillars cover a tree branch
    Irish Elizabeth
    Caterpillars Cover a Tree Branch
    Wolcott, CT
    VentaPak Prize: VentaPak Backpack Spacer
  • Elegant blue heron
    Debbie Toporoff
    Elegant blue heron
    Hinsdale, MA
    Finalist Prize: Copy of Rivers of America by Tim Palmer
  • A mother jumping spider protecting her eggsack
    Jesse Hurlburt
    A Mother Jumping Spider Protecting Her Egg Sack
    Watertown, CT
    LaBonne’s Prize: $25 Gift Card to LaBonne’s Market and Finalist Prize: Copy of Rivers of America by Tim Palmer
  • Loon
    John Landon
    Loon on Benedict Pond
    Norfolk, CT
    Auction Prize: $100 Gift Card to Guido’s Fresh Marketplace
  • I swear this bunny remembers me every time I come and we see each other. When other people come by it hops away, but when I’m there it lets me sit with it in different areas it forages. Maybe it can sense I have bunnies of my own. Hmm. Regardless, this is my cottontail friend :)
    @gekktekkmedia
    Cottontail Friend
    Milford, CT
    Stio Prize: Second Light Pullover Jacket
  • Doofy Great White Egret looking like he’s in his own world. Close up on his face and his expression is hilarious
    @gekktekkmedia
    Doofy Great White Egret Looking Like He’s in His Own World
    Milford Point Audubon, Milford, CT
    Hollister House Prize: Free Admission for Two at Hollister House Garden in Washington, CT
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    Lora Noyes
    Unfolding
    Hidden Valley Preserve, Washington, CT
    Geppetto Prize: $50 Gift Card to Geppetto ~ Osteria e Bisteccheria in Torrington, CT
  • "Sunrise"
    Marta Kowalska
    Sunrise
    Dover Plains, NY
    Finalist Prize: Copy of Rivers of America by Tim Palmer
  • Swamp nature trail
    Mo Ungar
    Swamp Nature Trail
    White Memorial Park, Litchfield CT
    Finalist Prize: Copy of Rivers of America by Tim Palmer
  • Mirrored image on water
    Nataly
    Mirrored Image on Water
    Twin Lakes, Salisbury, CT
    Finalist Prize: Copy of Rivers of America by Tim Palmer
  • A portal through a tree in the late afternoon
    Shaina Eileen
    A Portal Through a Tree in the Late Afternoon
    White Memorial Boardwalk, Litchfield CT
    Finalist Prize: Copy of Rivers of America by Tim Palmer
  • Boardwalk Trail
    Sheila DePaola
    Boardwalk Trail
    North East, NY
    Finalist Prize: Copy of Rivers of America by Tim Palmer
  • Housatonic River View from Lovers' Leap State Park
    Stephanie Wozniak
    Housatonic River View from Lovers’ Leap State Park
    New Milford, CT
    Hollister House Prize: Free Admission for Two at Hollister House Garden in Washington, CT
  • Daybreak
    Suzanne Daddona
    Daybreak
    Woodbury, CT
    Finalist Prize: Copy of Rivers of America by Tim Palmer
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