2026 Beachcombing Calendar Cover
Congratulations to all the 2026 Beachcombing Calendar Photo Contest Finalists and to our cover photo winner!
We received over 600 entries this year for the 2026 Beachcombing Calendar and it was hard to choose just 14! We believe the finalists all convey the beauty of beachcombing, and each image will be a pleasure to admire for a month on your wall!
We are thrilled to announce the people's choice winner for the cover: “Esmorzar a la Vora del Mar” by Ky Davis. Ky's photo was taken on a beach in southern Spain and shows the beautiful sea glass he found on his pre-breakfast snorkeling adventures. The winning image will appear on the cover of the 2026 Beachcombing Calendar, with each of the other finalists appearing inside the calendar. Ky donated his honorarium of $250 to Service Dogs for Veterans, an organization that provides custom-trained service dogs for wounded service members and their families.
Thanks to the more than 1,500 people who voted to select this year's cover. Ten random emails of cover contest voters were selected to win a free calendar when it is printed this spring. Check your email to see if yours was selected!
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Esmorzar a la Vora del Mar / Spain / Ky Davis @captainkytheseaglassguy
The Golden Hour: A SHORE Thing / Manhattan Beach / Lauri Allen @lmarieseatreasures
Top This / Venice, Florida / Meredith Blain
Seeing Stars / Bahamas / Evan Buffington
100-year-old Glass Meets 13th-Century Castle / Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven, Scotland / Lauri Allen @lmarieseatreasures
Sprinkle of Magic / New England / Kaitlin Allen @the_raven_haired_mermaid
Got Your Message / Caribbean / Clint Buffington @clintbuffingtonmusic
True Tulip / Ten Thousand Islands, Florida / Kristen Williams @theseashellmermaid
Marvelous Marbles / Lorain, Ohio / Shea Marie Alltmont @beacheskickglass
Humpback Cowrie / Costa Rica / Meredith Blain
Sunrise Bubbles and a Biscuit / Holden Beach, North Carolina / Maggie Whitaker @HudsonValleyMermaid
Miocene Scallop Fossil and 1860s Soda Bottle / Chesapeake Bay / Ray Hoffmann @rayphoto21
You can't be crabby on a beach / Connecticut / Jean St. Denis @jsaintswf
Hawaiian rainbow on a black sand beach / Big Island of Hawaii / Ingrid Lynch @ingridlynchseaglassjewelry
Each of these 14 beautiful photos will be in the 2026 Beachcombing Calendar, one for each month, one for the 2027 one-page calendar, and the winning image for the cover. Thank you to the photographers who submitted their photos in the contest and for everyone who votes for the cover photo.
Congratulations to all the finalists!
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All images are used by permission and are the property of their respective owners.
3 comments
Definitely “Seeing Stars” and “Got your Message” they are unique.
Got to be no 1 for me, the golden hour. its my favourite time of the day when hunting for seaglass. Brilliant shot but I also understand the shot/photo as I’ve been there. no one on the beach but then you see someone the size of 1cm? the next thing you know its 8cm. Another minute and it will be 6ft and in your shadow, but you still have the rest of the empty beach to search 🤣
My choice is the picture Ingrid Lynch @ingridlynchseaglassjewelry took. Where I live in Vancouver BC Canada I have found Seaglass at our beaches and I find that Ingrid‘s picture with the stones in the background and then you have her beautiful sea glass rainbow going on. It just really makes them look brighter and so beautiful because the colours pop out. It’s her picture that reminds me of what it’s like to live near the ocean and all of its beauty that it holds.
Thank you and have a great day. ☺️
