REGION — This past summer, the Delaware Highlands Conservancy held its ninth annual juried photo contest, titled “Confluence: Land, Water, Wildlife.” The contest invited local photographers to capture striking nature photos from the Upper Delaware River region in five categories: landscape, wildlife, macro, water and the Van Scott Nature Reserve, plus a youth category for photographers under age 18.

The winners of the juried contest are as follows.

Landscape category: Winner Jane Biron (Chester, NJ); runners-up Roger Gottlieb (Port Jervis, NY) and Milicent Wightman (Beach Lake, PA). 

Wildlife category: Winner Patrick Santucci (Forestburgh, NY); runner-up Martha Tully with two photos (Glen Spey, NY). 

Water category: Winner Santford Overton (Ringoes, NJ); runners-up Karen Colaiaco (Matamoras, PA) and Milicent Wightman (Beach Lake, PA). 

Macro category: Winner Kathleen Colligan (Beach Lake, PA); runners-up Nicole Bernardone (Pleasantville, NY) and Sarah Hine (Waymart, PA). 

Van Scott Nature Reserve category: Winner Victoria Sanok (Honesdale, PA); runners-up Arielle Lane (Milford, PA) and Steven Mauren (White Lake, NY).

Youth category: Winner Owen Doyle, age 15; runners-up Daisy Olivo Heller, Kayla France and Carson Wightman.

People’s Choice: Winner is Eileen Chorba (Beach Lake, PA) and the Staff Pick is Aaron Smith (Glen Spey, NY). 

The ARTery Gallery in Milford, PA will host an exhibition featuring the winning photographs from November 12 until December 7.  Artwork created by ARTery member artists will be on view too. The show will commence with a reception open to the public on Saturday, November 14 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The winning photographs are also available for viewing on the Delaware Highlands Conservancy Facebook page.

The ARTery Gallery is located in the Forest Hall building at 210 Broad St. in Milford. 

For more information, call 570/226-3164/845-583-1010 or visit www.DelawareHighlands.org.