1st Place Macro / Best of Show - Kat Zhou "Octopus Mother"; Shot in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Wide-Angle Category: 1st Place - Renee Capozzola "Shark Trio"; Shot in South Fakarava, French Polynesia
Marine Life Behavior: 1st Place - Galice Hoarau "Nest"; Shot in Saltstraumen, Norway
Portrait: 1st Place - Kuo-Wei Kao "Mirror Reflection"; Shot in Pinglin, Taiwan
Coldwater: 1st Place - Nicolas Remy "The Rare Spotted Hand-Fish from Tasmania"; Shot in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Nudibranchs: 1st Place - Aleksei Permiakov "Ribbed"; Shot in Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
Blackwater: 1st Place - Dennis Corpuz "Octopus Attack"; Shot in Anilao, Philippines
Underwater Conservation: 1st Place - Lawrence Alex Wu "A Sad Catch"
Underwater Art: 1st Place - Sarah Teveldal "A Happy Bunch"; Shot in Private Residential Pool, Miami
Black & White: 1st Place - Martin Broen "Long Shadows"; Shot in Cenote Dos Pisos, Riviera Maya, Yucatan, Mexico
Compact Wide Angle: 1st Place - Enrico Somogyi "Peace"; Shot in Leipzig, Germany
Compact Macro: 1st Place - Eunhee Cho "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial"; Shot in Dauin, Negros Oriental, Philippines
Compact Behavior: 1st Place - PT Hirschfield "A Male Weedy Seadragon Carries Pink Eggs On Its Tail"; Shot in Victoria, Australia
Mobile Phone: 1st Place - Alessandro Buzzichelli "Cassiopea in the Blue"; Shot in Cala Liberotto, Italy