Tulip Festival photography contest winners announced

The 2nd Annual Lewes Tulip Festival Photography contest received 93 entrants in each of six subject categories: Tulip, Lewes Architecture, Quintessential Lewes (iconic Lewes image), Local Food, Altered Reality (manipulated) and Lewes Landscape, and two age groups, adult and 17 and under.

The entries were judged by three professional photographers who are also members of the Lewes Chamber of Commerce: Dave Koster, Ginny Stominksi and Carolyn Watson.

The chamber is one of six organizations that are sponsoring the festival, which takes place Friday and Saturday, April 15 and 16. The others are the Lewes Historical Society, Lewes in Bloom, City of Lewes Parks & Recreation Commission, Historic Lewes Farmers Market and the Zwaanendael Museum.

All 93 entries will be exhibited in a tent in Zwaanendael Park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., both days of the festival.  For more information on the Tulip Festival contact the Lewes Chamber of Commerce at 302-645-8073.

Grand Prize – Sue Eberhart – “Tulips” (Altered Reality)

Adult Tulip Category

First Place – Kenneth Arni – “Tulip Just Popping”

Second Place – Claire Ingley – “Red Tulip in Zwaanendael Park”

Third Place – Shayne Darling-Meyer – “Almost There”

Adult Lewes Architecture Category

First Place – James Hopkins – “Blue Sky, Blue House”

Second Place – Conrad Rutkowski – “Some Age Better Than Others”

Third Place – Maureen Ickrath – “Second Street”

Adult Lewes Landscape Category

First Place – Bill Gorton – “Lewes Barn at Sunrise”

Second Place – James Hopkins – “Overfalls”

Third Place – Lauren Wisely – “Lone Tree on Dunes”

Adult Quintessential Lewes Category

First Place – Anne Rhoads – “Good & Evil”

Second Place – Bill Gorton – “Lewes Historical Building”

Third Place – Conrad Rutkowski – “Red Doors of Preservation”

Adult Altered Reality Category

First Place – Dorothy Greet – I Love Lewes

Second Place – Lee Swantkowski – “Breakwater Escape”

Third Place – Dorothy Greet – "Dutch Dreams"

Adult Local Food Category

First Place – Carolyn Trout – “Lewes Farmers Market Peaches”

Second Place – Leslie Sinclair – “Who Needs Food”

Third Place – Sue Eberhart – “Delaware Peaches”

17 and Under Tulip Category

First Place – Andy Brzoska – “Overfalls on Tulips”

17 and Under Lewes Architecture Category

First Place – Andy Brzoska – “Framing a Saint”

17 and Under Lewes Landscape Category

First Place – Andy Brzoska – “Falling Down”

17 and Under Altered Reality Category

First Place - Andy Brzoska – “Kaleidoscope Tulip”

17 and Under Local Food Category

First Place – Andy Brzoska – “Come and Get It”