ATPI September Social Media Contest Winners-Theme: Practice Makes Perfect Faculty: 1st Erika E. (Duncanville HS), 2nd Amber W. (Wimberley HS), 3rd Josette C. (VR Eaton HS) #ATPI #PracticeMakesPerfect

ATPI September Social Media Contest Winners-Theme: Practice Makes Perfect Students: 1st Jamaiyah R. (Texas HS), 2nd Adriel E., 3rd Erik A., HM Nadia D. (Caney Creek HS) #ATPI #PracticeMakesPerfect

New Month, New Contest! September’s ATPI Social Media Photo Contest theme is: Practice Makes Perfect 🗓 Deadline: Midnight • Sept 24, 2025 📍 Rules & details: www.atpi.org/socialmedia/ Show us how practice shapes your craft, your passions, and your creativity! 🙌 #ATPI #ATPIPracticeMakesPerfect

ATPI August Social Media Contest Winners-Update: We’re reposting the results to correct school names and reflect the final winners list. Thanks for your understanding & congrats again to our winners! Faculty Winners: 1st Place-Clint Smith 2nd Place- Erica Garcia 3rd Place- Laura Spray

ATPI August Social Media Contest Winners-Update: We’re reposting the results to correct school names and reflect the final winners list. Thanks for your understanding & congrats again to our winners! Student Winners: 1st Place- Kyla Hataway 2nd Place- Zoey Richardson 3rd Place-Michelle Lopez

The first social media contest of the year is due next Wednesday, August 27, by midnight. Check out all the rules at www.atpi.org/socialmedia.

Time to start thinking about the 2025 ATPI Fall Contest! Deadline is November 14 at 6 p.m. Central. The contest is open to K-12 students and teachers worldwide! Check out the 33 categories and all the rules at www.atpi.org/fallcontest.

We've got new galleries available on our SmugMug site! Check out the winning portfolios from the 2025 Spring Contests - Top Program, Rising Star and Hal Fulgham Scholarship. Click on the gallery link under each contest. www.atpi.org/contests

We've updated our Fall Contest page with information for the 2025 Fall Contest for K-12 students and teachers. Thematic category this year is Layers. A new single image category - Performance. And two new video categories. www.atpi.org/fallcontest #atpifc25

We have one more ATPI Social Media Contest for this school year! Entries are due by Wednesday, May 28. K-12 students and teachers can enter. Check out all the rules at www.atpi.org/socialmedia/ #ATPIThatsaWrap

Another contest before the end of the year. Enter the Balfour Great Shot contest by May 12. Post on Instagram with #BalfourYearbooks or through their Google form. Students and advisers can enter. blog.balfour.com/balfour-grea...

Addtl contests: State Fair of Texas TAJE Best in Texas TAJE Fall Fiesta Texas Mushroom Festival Texas Photographic Society Walsworth Photo Contest Young American Talent -30-

Addtl contests: Kerens Cotton Festival Journalism Education Association Jostens National Scholastic Press Association Northwest College Wyoming Quill & Scroll Sam Houston Memorial Museum Scholastic Art SIPA SkillsUSA cont.

Contests represented in this year's team: ATPI Fall ATPI Spring ATPI Winter Conference ATPI Environmental Self Portrait ATPI Social Media Balfour Great Shot Caney Creek Virtual Meet City of Richardson Photo Contest Drexel HS Contest Houston Livestock Show ILPC cont.

And the rest of our top 10... Lillian Gray - McCallum HS, Austin Anna Haley - Texas HS, Texarkana Jozlyn Oglesbee - Port Neches-Groves HS, Port Neches Asher Ridzinski - St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas Annie Smith - Texas HS, Texarkana Check out previous teams at www.atpi.org/imagemaker

In alphabetical order... Julia Copas – McCallum HS, Austin Leah Crow – Texas HS, Texarkana Taryn Farnsworth – The Woodlands HS, The Woodlands Aiden Fritsche – The Woodlands HS, The Woodlands Sebastian Gonzalez – St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas

Let's hear it for our 2024-2025 Texas Imagemaker Team - the top 10 student photographers in Texas based on photo contest results at the local, state, regional and national levels. The point totals earned this year ranged from 82 points to 164 points. And now to the top 10...

We'll announce the 2024-2025 Texas Imagemaker Team at 9 a.m. Central tomorrow, April 30. Follow us on Twitter/X, Instagram and Buffer to find out who made the team this year!

Tomorrow, April 22, is the deadline for submitting applications for the Texas Imagemaker Team - the top 10 student photographers in Texas for the 2024-25 school year. Find all the details at www.atpi.org/imagemaker.

Check out the latest poster from ATPI, featuring winners from the 2024 Fall Contest. We'll be mailing it out to our mailing list in May. www.atpi.org/poster-galle...

First Place 2025 Rising Star Program Sports/Action Smithson Valley HS Spring Branch, TX Wyatt Bachhofer, photographer Margaret Edmonson, instructor. #atpisc25

Second Place 2025 Rising Star Program Sports/Action V.R. Eaton HS Haslet, TX Adrian Rodriguez, photographer Josette Coker, instructor. #atpisc25

Third Place 2025 Rising Star Program Sports/Action Braswell HS Aubrey, TX Jordan Doty, photographer Daniel Carr, instructor. #atpisc25

Honorable Mention 2025 Rising Star Program Sports/Action Houston Cypress Christian School Houston, TX Anna Fernandez, photographer Rachael Lechman, instructor. #atpisc25

Honorable Mention 2025 Rising Star Program Sports/Action Sabine HS Gladewater, TX Lillian Perkins, photographer Sydney Duncan, instructor. #atpisc25

Honorable Mention 2025 Rising Star Program Sports/Action Trimble Tech HS Fort Worth, TX Aleida Medrano, photographer Laura Spray, instructor. #atpisc25

First Place 2025 Top Program Documentary/Photojournalism Texas High School Texarkana, TX Annie Smith, photographer Clint Smith, instructor. #atpisc25

Second Place 2025 Top Program Documentary/Photojournalism McCallum High School Austin, TX Lillian Gray, photographer David Winter, instructor. #atpisc25

Third Place 2025 Hal Fulgham Fine Art Scholarship Taryn Farnsworth The Woodlands High School Spring, TX Julie Pelosi, instructor. Mother Nature’s Paintbrush #atpisc25

3rd Place 2025 Top Program Documentary/Photojournalism Caney Creek High School Conroe, TX Student Name, photographer Stephen Green and Leigh Anne Treistman, instructors #atpisc25

Our Top Program for 2024-2025 is... St. Mark's School of Texas Dallas, TX Scott Hunt, instructor. #atpisc25

Honorable Mention 2025 Top Program Documentary/Photojournalism The Woodlands High School Spring, TX Eesha Reddy, photographer Julie Pelosi, instructor. #atpisc25

Our Top Video Program for 2024-2025, after the judges completed the tie breaker process, is... Prosper High School Prosper, TX Michael Hatch and Michael Logan, instructors. #atpisc25

Our Rising Star Program for 2024-2025 is... Fort Worth Country Day Fort Worth, TX Emily Arnold, instructor. #atpisc25

So how about some final results? Here are the award-winning programs for the 2024-2025 school year!

1st Place 2025 Top Program Portrait St. Mark’s School of Texas Dallas, TX Jacob Lobdell, photographer Scott Hunt, instructor. #atpisc25

2nd Place 2025 Top Program Portrait Bridgeland High School Cypress, TX Blayne Hughes, photographer Juan Guevara and Jacob Moffett, instructors. #atpisc25

3rd Place 2025 Top Program Portrait Caney Creek High School Conroe, TX Elizabeth Mendola, photographer Stephen Green and Leigh Anne Treistman, instructors #atpisc25

Honorable Mention 2025 Top Program Portrait Tomball High School Tomball, TX Brodie Brennan, photographer Jerry Fordyce, instructor. #atpisc25

1st Place 2025 Top Program Thematic Bridgeland High School Cypress, TX Elizabeth Richardson, photographer Juan Guevara and Jacob Moffett, instructors. #atpisc25

2nd Place 2025 Top Program Thematic Texas High School Texarkana, TX Zoey McIntosh, photographer Clint Smith, instructor. #atpisc25

3rd Place 2025 Top Program Thematic McCallum High School Austin, TX Wynne Pirkey, photographer David Winter, instructor. #atpisc25

1st Place 2025 Top Program Landscape/Nature The Woodlands High School Spring, TX Ali Gauthier, photographer Julie Pelosi, instructor. #atpisc25

2nd Place 2025 Top Program Landscape/Nature Westlake High School Austin, TX Reese Bailey, photographer Alison Strelitz, instructor. #atpisc25

2nd Place 2025 Top Program Architecture Bridgeland High School Cypress, TX Student Name, photographer Juan Guevara and Jacob Moffett, instructors. #atpisc25

3rd Place 2025 Top Program Landscape/Nature Bridgeland High School Cypress, TX Yousef Moustafa, photographer Juan Guevara and Jacob Moffett, instructors. #atpisc25

Honorable Mention 2025 Top Program Landscape/Nature Hallsville High School Hallsville, TX Maya Onofre, photographer Mark Dimmitt, instructor. #atpisc25

1st Place 2025 Top Program Sports/Action Caney Creek High School Conroe, TX Student Name, photographer Stephen Green and Leigh Anne Treistman, instructors #atpisc25

2nd Place 2025 Top Program Sports/Action Texas High School Texarkana, TX Student Name, photographer Clint Smith, instructor. #atpisc25

3rd Place 2025 Top Program Sports/Action McCallum High School Austin, TX Student Name, photographer David Winter, instructor. #atpisc25