2025 EIC Photography Winners - Outdoor Writers Association of America

2025 EXCELLENCE IN CRAFT PHOTOGRAPHY WINNERS

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1ST PLACE PHOTO ESSAY:Off the Beaten Path, Eric Kallen

2ND PLACE PHOTO ESSAY: Seal Island sees record number of breeding puffins, Derrick Jackson

3RD PLACE PHOTO ESSAY: Indiana's National Natural Landmarks, Brent Drinkut

Derek Walsh, director of natural resources and research at Wesselman Woods, measures the diameter of a large tulip poplar, on Thursday, August 29, 2024, in Evansville.

Blue-eyed Mary in bloom at Shrader-Weaver Nature Preserve, on Thursday, April 28, 2022, near Connersville.

The 1.7-mile very rugged Trail 3 as it winds though Turkey Run State Park, on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, in Marshall.

Beach House Blowout in the winter at Indiana Dunes State Park, on Monday, January 31, 2022, in Chesterton

A walkway leads visitors to Donaldson Cave at Spring Mill State Park, on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, in Mitchell.

The Pigeon River flows through the Tamarack Bog Nature Preserve at Pigeon River Fish & Wildlife Area, on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, in Mongo. Tamarack Bog is a Natural National Landmark and features the largest tamarack swamp-bog forest in the state.