| 
      Contest Category | 
      Year End Award | 
      Photographer | 
      Name of Club | 
      Title | 
    
      | 
      Digital – Altered Reality  | 
      1st | Don 
      Specht | 
      Western Wisconsin | 
      Elegant Milkweed | 
    
      | 
      2nd | Bob 
      Rude | 
      Iowa City | Time 
      Cubed | 
    
      | 
      3rd | Mark 
      Gromko | 
      Iowa City | 
      Infinity and Beyond | 
    
      | 
      HM | 
      Allen Kurth | 
      Omaha Camera | 
      Impressions of Tulips | 
    
      | 
      HM | Mike 
      Barker | 
      Omaha 
      Camera | Ink 
      Drop Face and Stars | 
    
      | 
      HM | Dan 
      Ray | 
      Black Hills | 
      Electric Dreams | 
    
      | 
      HM | 
      Sondra Barry | 
      Wichita 
      Area | 
      Runaway Train | 
    
      | 
      Digital - B&W
 
  | 
      1st | 
      Marianne Diericks | 
      Western Wisconsin | 
      Crowned Crane | 
    
      | 
      2nd | Jose 
      Garcia | 
      Dubuque | 
      Smoke | 
    
      | 
      3rd | Ken 
      Cheung | 
      Minnesota 
      Valley | 
      Exercise on the Beach | 
    
      | 
      HM | Deb 
      Shoning | 
      Des Moines | Boy 
      at the Pond | 
    
      | 
      HM | Bob 
      Rude | 
      Iowa City | Old 
      Man | 
    
      | 
      HM | Gene 
      Schwope | 
      Saint Paul | Hard 
      Day on the Trail | 
    
      | 
      HM | 
      Allen Kurth | 
      Omaha | Day 
      Lily | 
    
      | 
      HM | Deb 
      Shoning | 
      Des Moines | 
      Afternoon in the Parlor | 
    
      | 
      HM | 
      Peggy Boike | 
      Saint Paulb | 
      Milkweed Pod and Stem | 
    
      | 
      Digital - Journalism
  | 
      1st | 
      Steve Pacholl | 
      North Metro | 
      Sometimes You Need To Improvise | 
    
      | 
      2nd | 
      Allen Kurth | 
      Omaha | 
      Settle Down Big Guy | 
    
      | 
      3rd | 
      Chris Manning | 
      Des Moines | Twin 
      Powers Activate | 
    
      | 
      HM | Ken 
      Cheung | 
      Minnesota 
      Valley | 
      SnowBirds Close encounters | 
    
      | 
      HM | 
      David Smethers | 
      Dubuque | Rock 
      climber scales sheer cliff face to summit rim of Grand Canyon | 
    
      | 
      HM | Mike 
      Barker | 
      Omaha | 
      Around the Last Barrel | 
    
      | 
      HM | 
      Larry Headley | 
      Omaha | 
      Learning to Count | 
    
      | 
      HM | 
      Larry Headley | 
      Omaha | 
      Surrounded | 
    
      | 
      Digital - Nature
   | 
      1st | 
      Barry Mullin | 
      Saint Paul | 
      Orangutan Affection | 
    
      | 
      2nd | 
      Beverly Hawkins | 
      Women’s Color | Love 
      is in the Air | 
    
      | 
      3rd | Tim 
      Beaulier | 
      Duluth-Superior | 
      Morning flight | 
    
      | 
      HM | 
      Allen Kurth | 
      Omaha | The 
      Bully | 
    
      | 
      HM | Dale 
      Rehder | 
      Fargo-Moorhead | 
      Where is Mine | 
    
      | 
      HM | 
      Terry Butler | 
      Western Wisconsin | 
      Mars, Air Glow, and the Milky Way | 
    
      | 
      HM | Tom 
      Ward | 
      Iowa City | You 
      Look Tasty | 
    
      | 
      HM | Brad 
      Eide | 
      Fargo-Moorhead | 
      Curves and light | 
    
      | 
      HM | 
      Marianne Diericks | 
      Western Wisconsin | 
      Courtship Ballet | 
    
      | 
      HM | 
      Nikki McDonald | 
      Omaha | View 
      from Below | 
    
      | 
      Digital - Pictorial
  | 
      1st | Mike 
      Chrun | 
      Western Wisconsin | St. 
      Croix Morning | 
    
      | 
      2nd | Brad 
      Eide | 
      Fargo-Moorhead | 
      Sunrise 
      at Mesa Arch, Canyonlands NP | 
    
      | 
      3rd | 
      Angela Hoffman | 
      Fargo-Moorhead | 
      Sunrise 
      Peek A Boo | 
    
      | 
      HM | 
      Sarah Becker | 
      Des Moines | 
      Mexican Sunrise | 
    
      | 
      HM | 
      Celine Hartwig | 
      Iowa City | 
      Parking Lot Reflection | 
    
      | 
      HM | 
      Marianne Diericks | 
      Western Wisconsin | 
      Smoky Mountains Sunset | 
    
      | 
      HM | 
      Brian Stockton | 
      Des Moines | 
      Star-Trail | 
    
      | 
      HM | 
      Kristie  Burns | 
      Des Moines | 
      Reddish Egret Fishing in the Surf | 
    
      | 
      HM | 
      Brian Stockton | 
      Des Moines | 
      Spirit of the Wilderness | 
    
      | 
      HM | 
      Martha Farwell | 
      Great 
      River | 
      Waiting | 
    
      | 
      Digital - Travel
  | 
      1st | 
      Kristie  Burns | 
      Des Moines | The 
      Mists of Moab, 
      Utah | 
    
      | 
      2nd | Pat 
      Boudreau | 
      North Metro | 
      Steptoe Butte Wa Dusty Road | 
    
      | 
      3rd | Tom 
      Schendel | 
      North Metro | 
      Milkyway at the Needles Eye -South Dakota | 
    
      | HM | Deb 
      Shoning | 
      Des Moines | 
      Storm in the Dust Bowl 
      Oklahoma | 
    
      | HM | Gary 
      Schafer | 
      Western Wisconsin | 
      Lido 
      Beach 
      Sarasota Florida | 
    
      | HM | 
      Diane Lowry | 
      Des Moines | 
      Rockaway Beach, 
      Oregon | 
    
      | HM | Brad 
      Eide | 
      Fargo-Moorhead | 
      Sunrise 
      at Bamburgh_England | 
    
      | HM | Tom 
      Schendel | 
      North Metro | 
      Volcanos NP Lava Field HI | 
    
      | HM | 
      Jackie Stoken | 
      Des Moines | 
      Bergsbotn Norway 
      Aurora Borealis | 
    
      | 
      Print - B & W
 
  | 1st | 
      Mark Gromko | 
      Iowa City
       | 
      Redwoods in the Fog | 
    
      | 2nd | 
      Dwight Tomes | 
      Des Moines | 
      New 
      Iowa 
      Resident | 
    
      | 3rd | 
      Mitch Keller | 
      Sioux City | 
      Winter in 
      North Dakota | 
    
      | HM | 
      Diane Darnielle | 
      Des Moines | 
      Palouse Barn | 
    
      | HM | 
      Steve Litwiller | 
      Iowa City
       | 
      Snowy Mountain Ridge | 
    
      | HM | 
      Mark Gromko | 
      Iowa City
       | 
      Zebras Drinking | 
    
      | 
      Print - Color
 
  | 1st | 
      Vernice Kingsbury | 
      Sioux City
       | 
      Red Buildings | 
    
      | 2nd | 
      Kristie Burns | 
      Des Moines | 
      Tangerine Dream | 
    
      | 3rd | 
      Wilford Yoder | 
      Iowa City | 
      Water Lilies in Blum | 
    
      | HM | 
      Michael Greiner | 
      Sioux City
       | 
      100 Years to Late | 
    
      | HM | 
      Mark Gromko | 
      Iowa City
       | 
      Flamingos | 
    
      | HM | 
      Mark Gromko | 
      Iowa City
       | 
      Black Brook | 
    
      | 
      Print – Altered Reality
  | 1st | 
      Paul Grillo | 
      Des Moines
       | 
      Where Ancestors Gather | 
    
      | 2nd | 
      Mark Gromko | 
      Iowa City | 
      Perspective | 
    
      | 3rd | 
      Bob Rude | 
      Iowa City | 
      Sunset | 
    
      | HM | 
      Bob Rude | 
      Iowa City
       | 
      The Last Crow | 
    
      | HM | 
      Paul Grillo | 
      Des Moines | 
      Monster! | 
    
      | HM | 
      Paul Grillo | 
      Des Moines | 
      Steady Stream of Traffic | 
    
      | 
      Print - Journalism
  | 1st | 
      Mark Gromko | 
      Iowa City | 
      Fast Down Hill | 
    
      | 2nd | 
      Celine Hartwig | 
      Iowa City
       | 
      Smiling at My Reflection | 
    
      | 3rd | 
      Mark Gromko | 
      Iowa City | 
      One Lap to Go | 
    
      | HM | 
      Robert Lahti | 
      Duluth-Superior | 
      She Looks Ahead | 
    
      | HM | 
      Paul Grillo | 
      Des Moines | 
      Shoot'em Up Cowgirl | 
    
      | HM | 
      Deb Shoning | 
      Des Moines
       | 
      Preparing to Show | 
    
      | 
      Print - Nature
 
  | 1st | 
      Kristie Burns | 
      Des Moines | 
      Happy Couple | 
    
      | 2nd | 
      Dwight Tomes | 
      Des Moines
       | 
      Mama's Baby | 
    
      | 3rd | 
      Diane Fonger | 
      Duluth-Superior | 
      Lunch on the Mountain | 
    
      | HM | 
      Kristie Burns | 
      Des Moines | 
      Feathers For Females | 
    
      | HM | 
      Terri Dermody | 
      Des Moines | 
      Old Man Egret | 
    
      | HM | 
      Michael Greiner | 
      Sioux City
       | 
      Golden Flow | 
    
      | 
      Print - Travel
 
  | 1st | 
      Ed Lorson | 
      Iowa City 
      Camera Club | 
      This is 
      Scotland | 
    
      | 2nd | 
      Robert Lahti | 
      Duluth-Superior  | 
      Peggy's Cove Lighthouse | 
    
      | 3rd | 
      Diane Fonger | 
      Duluth-Superior  | 
      Oak Alley 
      Plantation 
      New Orleans | 
    
      | HM | 
      Ed Lorson | 
      Iowa City
       | 
      School Days 
      China | 
    
      | HM | 
      John Ryan | 
      Des Moines | 
      Angels Landing | 
    
      | HM | 
      Diane Darnielle | 
      Des Moines
       | 
      Smokies Tremont, 
      Tennessee | 
    
      | 
      Print - Panorama | 1st | 
      Paul Grillo | 
      Des Moines | 
      An Aura of Holiness | 
    
      | 2nd | 
      Mark Gromko | 
      Iowa City | 
      Grand Prismatic Spring | 
    
      | 3rd | Ron 
      Tigges | 
      Dubuque | 
      Christmas in July | 
    
      | HM | 
      Nancy Heather Brown | 
      Des Moines | 
      Greenwood Park | 
    
      | HM | 
      Mitch Keller | 
      Sioux City
       | 
      Hong Kong Skyline | 
    
      | HM | 
      Greg Hoglund | 
      Topeka | 
      Elephants at Watering Hole | 
    
      | 
      Photo Essay | 1st | 
      Madhu Singh | 
      Iowa City | 
      Winter in Iowa | 
    
      | 2nd | 
      Mark Gromko | 
      Iowa City | 
      Safari | 
    
      | 3rd | 
      Nancy Heather Brown | 
      Des Moines | 
      What I Learned This Summer | 
    
      | HM | Bob 
      Rude | 
      Iowa City | 
      Welcome to My Nightmare | 
    
      | HM | 
      Kristie Burns | 
      Des Moines | 
      Working Dogs | 
    
      | HM | 
      Steve Litwiller | 
      Iowa City | 
      Clouds Sunrise to Sunset | 
    
      | 
      Club Communications – Newsletter   | 1st | Jim 
      Wendel | 
      Albert Lea | Lens 
      and Shutter | 
    
      | 2nd | Carl 
      Hardy | 
      Sioux City | 
      Sioux Scope | 
    
      | 3rd | 
      Barry Castetter | 
      Black Hills | 
      Black Hills Expressions | 
    
      | HM | Edwin Carlson | 
      Cheyenne | 
      Through the Lens | 
    
      | HM | Pamela Brandt | 
      Dubuque | 
      Summer Newsletter | 
    
      | 
      Club Communications - Web | 
      1st | Doug 
      Conrad | 
      Sioux City | 
      
      
      http://www.siouxcitycameraclub.com/ | 
    
      | 
      2nd | Dack 
      Nehring | 
      North Metro | 
      
      
      https://www.northmetrophotoclub.org/ | 
    
      | 
      3rd | 
      Kaleb Zook | 
      Black Hills | 
      
      
      http://blackhillsphotographyclub.com/ | 
    
      | 
      HM | Mary 
      Dahlke & Bev Kiecker | 
      Minnesota 
      Valley | 
      
      
      http://minnesotavalleyphotoclub.org/live/ | 
    
      | 
      HM | 
      Terry Butler | 
      Western Wisconsin | 
      
      
      http://wiphotoclub.com/ | 
    
      | 
      HM | 
      Dwight Corrin | 
      Wichita | 
      
      
      https://wichitaareacameraclub.smugmug.com/ | 
    
      | 
      N4C Service Award | 
        | 
      Robert Lahti | 
      Duluth-Superior Camera Club | 
      Service to N4C | 
    
      | 
      Small Club of the Year | 
        |   | 
      Iowa City 
      Camera Club |   | 
    
      | 
      Large Club of the Year | 
        |   | 
      Des Moines 
      Camera Club |   | 
    
      | 
      Photographer of the Year | 
        | Paul 
      Grillo | 
      Des Moines Camera 
      Club |   |