Among other (many less illustrious) titles, 2020 broke the record for most submissions ever to our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest. We sifted through no fewer than 5,000 entries across six categories: Birds, Mammals, Other Wildlife, Plants & Fungi, Landscapes, and People in Nature.

It’s never easy to narrow it down to just a few champs, but these six category winners in the 18 and over age bracket outshone the competition in the end with their creativity, visual storytelling, composition, and unique perspectives. See these, the Under 18 winners, and some terrific honorable mentions on the photo contest homepage.

Over the course of the 2020 Photo Contest, we will be highlighting 5 photos from the previous month’s entries on Facebook and asking fans to select their favorite. This is just a fun way of sharing some of the amazing entries and doesn’t have to do with the official judging process.

You can pick your favorite by “liking” it on Facebook. Not a Facebook user? Let us know your top pick in the comments. And, there’s still time to enter the contest—the deadline is September 30!