Photo Contest Awards

REGION 2 PHOTO CONTEST – SCROLL DOWN FOR THE MOST RECENT WINNERS

2026 Region 2 Photo Contest

The categories for this year’s Region 2 photo contest are Best Single Bloom, Best Multi -Bloom/Clump and Best Creative/Artistic. Photos in the latter category can be wide-ranging, but help us to see daylilies in a unique way. Compostion, lighting, color accuracy, perspective, distinction, and artistic quality count in each category. For inspiration, you can review images from our 2025 Region 2 Photo Contest in recent issues Great Lakes Daylily and below.

First place winners in each category will receive a generously donated Madcat Daylilies introduction. More information about these gift plants can be found at the ADS online database.

General Contest Rules

• Any AHS Region 2 member of any age can enter up to two entries per category for a total of six entries.
• The entries must have been taken by the member submi ng them.
• The photos must have been taken in 2026.
• High resolution digital files in .jpg format are preferred (not to exceed 7 MB), but film prints are accepted.
• Submissions must be emailed by September 1, 2026 to Region 2 Editor Saundra Dunn at greatlakesdaylily@gmail.com or mailed to 3035 Parman Road, Dansville, MI, 48819 in time to arrive by September 1, 2026.

Photo Guidelines

• All submtted images must include all or part of a daylily bloom and may also include other types of flowers, garden art or garden critters. Images should not include people.
• Please rename image files to include your name, category, and cultivar name. If you do not know how to do this, please contact Saundra Dunn for guidance.
• Minor photo editing, such as cropping and minor color and light correctoon, is allowed. Please use caution to avoid overmanipulation and enhancement of images. No borders or text should be used.
• Submittng an entry grants the American Daylily Society (ADS) and its Regions the right to reprint or republish submitted photograph(s) in any of the newsletters or journals published by ADS or any of its Regions; to publish such photograph(s) on any website maintained by or on behalf of ADS or any of its Regions; and to publish such photograph(s) in any other publication published by ADS or any of its Regions.
• Images will be judged by an independent panel of three to four judges. Selections will be made on the basis of photographic quality including light and color accuracy, focus, compostion, visual appeal and originality.
• A prize will be awarded to the first and second place winners in each category.
• In additoon, the winning photos (and others) will be included in a future issue of the Region 2 Great Lakes Daylily.

Context Rules for Printout: Download the .pdf file HERE.

Pictures must be emailed or post marked by September 1, 2026.

2025 Contest Winners and Runners Up.

Best Single Bloom Photo

Winner: ‘Spacecoast Red Dragon’ by Bobbie Craig

Runner-up: ‘Princess Madision Ann’ by Bobbie Craig

2024 Contest Winners and Runners Up.

Best Artistic/Creative Photo

Winner: Theresa Schwandt, Reeseville, WI

Runner-up: JoAnne Frederick, Upper Sandusky, OH

Best Multi-Bloom Photo

Winner: Christine Haynam, Cortland, OH

Runner-up: Richard Stevens, Carrollton, OH

Best Single Bloom Photo

Winner (tie): Debbie Scheckel, New Lenox, IL

Winner (tie): Vickie Goedde, Elberfeld, IN

2023 Contest Winners and Runners Up.

Best Winner Single Bloom Winner: Mary Kwas, Lansing, MI ‘Beautiful Edgings’ (Coverhaver, 1989)

Best Single Bloom Photo Runner Up: Patricia Jack, Hinkley, OH. ‘Carpenter’s Choice’ (Kirby-Oakes, 1981)

Best Multi-Bloom Photo Winner: Elizabeth Veldey, Lewis Center, OH. ‘Height of Fashion’ (Huben, 2012)

Best Multi-Bloom Photo Runner Up: Phil Korth, Suamico, WI. ‘Seedling 320-3 (Korth & Korth unregistered)

Best Artistic/Creative Photo Winner: JoAnne Frederick, Upper Sandusky, OH. ‘Clever Chameleon’ (Pierce-G, 2021)

Best Artistic/Creative Photo Runner Up (Tie): Phil Korth, Suamico, WI. Froggy in Seedling

Best Artistic/Creative Photo Runner Up (Tie): Theresa Schwandt, Reeseville, WI. Reflections at Serenity Gardens

2022 Contest Winners and Runners Up.

BEST SINGLE BLOOM PHOTO: Winner: Vickie Goedde, Elberfeld, IN ‘Lydia’s Regal Robe’ (Waldrop, 2008)

Runner-up: Valerie Engel, South Bend, IN ‘Tessa Ann’ (Hansen-D, 2013)

BEST MULTI-BLOOM PHOTO: Winner: Vickie Goedde, Elberfeld, IN ‘Clarification’ (Norris-R, 2002)

Runner-up: Jennifer Seely, Trenton, IN ‘Denim Sky’ (Simpson-E, 2018)

BEST ARTISTIC/CREATIVE PHOTO: Winner: Lori Doolin, Winchester, IL ‘Carol Sing’ (Saxton, 1981)

Runner-up: Bobbie Craig, Osgood, IN ‘Black Eyed Stella’ (Roberson, 1989)

2021 Contest Winners and Runners Up.

2020 Contest Winners.

WINNER: Charlie Harper. CULTIVAR: ‘Flight of Orchids’, Reed. CATEGORY: Best Single Bloom

WINNER: Saundra Dunn  CULTIVAR: ‘Heavenly Pink Twister’. CATEGORY: Best Multi Bloom

WINNER: Kelly Williams. Cultivar: ‘ Wonder of It All’ (Carr, 2008).  CATEGORY: Best Creative

RUNNERS UP

1st RUNNER UP: Amy McConnell. CULTIVAR: ‘Exotic Starfish’.  CATEGORY: Best Single Bloom

1st RUNNER UP: Christine Haynam. CULTIVAR:  ‘Destin Dreamin”. CATEGORY:  Best Multi Bloom

1st RUNNER UP: Barb Buikema. TITLE: Garden Art. CATEGORY: Best Creative