2023 Student Competition
The last day to submit entries was Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Each year, the contest is open to any high school or rising 9th-grade student from the following areas:
- Washington, DC
- Maryland: Frederick, Howard, Montgomery & Prince George’s counties and adjacent Maryland cities and towns
- Virginia: Arlington, Charlottesville, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Albemarle, and Rockingham counties and adjacent Virginia cities and towns
PRIZES: The Grand Prize is $500. Nine other finalists win $100 each.
If you have any questions about the student competition, including image entry, please email us at: studentcontest@midatlanticphotovisions.org.

Selected Images for 2023
In alphabetical order:
Student | School | Instructor |
Joseph Bloomfield | Winston Churchill High School, Potomac Maryland | Amy Gilbert |
Emily Caplan | Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville Maryland | Kimberly Gould |
Ria Jakhete | Chantilly High School, Chantilly Virginia | Betty Simmons |
Monique James | Frederick Senior High School, Frederick Maryland | David Barber |
Vincent Lee | Winston Churchill High School, Potomac Maryland | Amy Gilbert |
Abigail Nave | Chantilly High School, Chantilly Virginia | Betty Simmons |
Noel Southall | Winston Churchill High School, Potomac Maryland | Amy Gilbert |
Camille Stevens | Tuscarora High School, Frederick Maryland or possibly Leesburg, VA | Mrs. Rinehuls |
- “Fox” by Joseph Bloomfield, Winston Churchill High Sch
- “Contrail” by Emily Caplan, Richard Montgomery High School
- “Plasticized” by Ria Jakhete, Chantilly High School
- “The Darkest Of Days” by Monique James, Frederick Senior High
- “Reflections” by Vincent Lee, Winston Churchill High School
- “Bookends” by Abigail Nave, Chantilly High School
- “All of the Lights” by Noel Southall, Winston Churchill High School
- “Through the Mirror” by Camille Stevens, Tuscarora High School
- “The Runner Triumphant”, Sebastian Tulin, Winston Churchill HS, Amy Gilbert
- “Yin Winding” by Coco Yin, Winston Churchill High School