Photo contest winners:

Congratulations to the South County Tourism Council Photo Contest 2023 Winners!

South County Tourism Council is pleased to announce the winners of the 22nd Annual South County Photo Contest.  Approximately 381 entries were received capturing the essence of South County’s 449 square mile tourism region. 

The contest consists of two categories, “A Beautiful Place” and “People at Play”. First place winners in each category receive $500, second place wins $250 and third place receives $120 and four runners up win $50 each.

The winners are:

A Beautiful Place:

1^st Place: Bryn Souza of Waterford, CT

2^nd Place: Stephen Wood of Narragansett 

3^rd Place: Pat Miller of Charlestown

Runners Up:

Nicholas Foster of Westerly​​

Diane Zerba of Charlestown​​

Stacy Clark of ​​​​Pawcatuck, CT​​​

Jeff Carlson​​​​ of Wakefield​​

People at Play:

1^st Place: Ingrid Mathews of Wyoming, RI 

2^nd Place: Nicholas Foster of Westerly 

3^rd Place: Stephen Wood of Narragansett 

Runners up:

Lisa Dibello of Charlestown​​

Norman Kalen​​​​ of South Kingstown​

Pat Miller​​​​ of West Kingston​​

Tammy Anderson​​​ of Charlestown​​

Louise Bishop, president of South County Tourism Council, said; “We thank everyone who entered this year’s photo contest and shared their beautiful captures of South County!”

We were honored to have Christine Corrigan, judge the contest again this year. Corrigan has been a freelance photographer for 30 years and spent 10 years as a staff photographer at the Westerly Sun. She holds a degree in Photography and Art History from UMass Dartmouth.