The three winning images, from Kayleigh Verrell-Peters, Kristen Stanley and Regan Kenny, will be printed and hung with the Press Herald’s Photos of the Year show at the Portland Public Library from Jan. 7 through Feb. 11.

  • Winner: Kayleigh Verrell-Peters, University of Southern Maine, “Hair”
  • Winner: Regan Kenny, University of Southern Maine, “Mackworth Island”
  • Winner: Kristen Stanley, University of Southern Maine, “Self portrait taken in Parsonsfield, Maine”
  • Sarah Holmes, Bates College, “Orange dinghy at Boothbay Harbor”
  • Jake Holmes, Husson University, New England School of Communications, “Cassidy”
  • Laura Weyl, University of Southern Maine, “Since I Was Sixteen”
  • John Nelson Jr., University of Southern Maine, “Roots”
  • Henry Riley, University of Southern Maine, “Born in the U.S.A.”
  • Hans Nielsen, University of Southern Maine, “East Bayside, Portland, Maine”
  • Jes Lynch/University of Southern Maine, “Grandma’s House”
  • Christiana Becker, University of Maine, “Looking Through the X’s”
  • Mikaela Leavitt, University of Southern Maine, “Shadowbox”
  • K. Scott Davis, University of Southern Maine, “Boardinghouse: Richmond, Maine”
  • Stacia Dugas, University of Southern Maine, “Vestibule of the Walker Memorial Library in Westbrook, Maine”
  • Juliette Jones, University of Southern Maine, “Shook my Shadow”
  • Ian Harriman, University of Southern Maine, “Untitled”
  • Liz Brown, University of Southern Maine, “#loveportland”
  • Amber Andrews, University of Southern Maine, “Potter, 2015”
  • Ryan Jordan, University of Southern Maine, “R3VOLUTION”
  • John Wilson, University of Southern Maine, “Mystery at the Museum”