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July 20, 2025 /Posted in /By Mark Murray

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  • November 14, 2025
    • ATPI Fall Contest deadlineATPI Fall Contest deadlineThe deadline for entries for the 2025 Fall Contest. Entries must be uploaded by 6 p.m. Central on Nov 14. Check out all the new rules and categories by clicking on the link. + Google calendar
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The Association of Texas Photography Instructors is a K-12 organization of photo teachers in Texas and across the nation.

If your school is submitting darkroom prints for t If your school is submitting darkroom prints for the Fall Contest, the correct mailing address is:
Andrea Negri
Cypress Woods High School
13550 Woods-Spillane Blvd
Cypress, TX 77429
The address was wrong on the flyer that was mailed out. Sorry for the error. #atpifc25
2025 ATPI Fall Contest is here! Upload entries by 2025 ATPI Fall Contest is here! Upload entries by 6 p.m. Central time on Friday, November 14. Be sure to check out all the rules and categories at https://www.atpi.org/fallcontest. For our Thematic category - Layers - digitally constructed images can be entered as long as all of the elements were captured by the student. #atpifc25
📷2024 PC Left to right:
First Place
Advanced Still Life
Brayden Markham
Argyle HS
Flower Mound, TX
Instructor: Justin Holland
First Place
Advanced Sports Reaction
Aiden Fritsche
The Woodlands HS
Spring, TX
Instructor: Julie Pelosi
First Place
K-8/Beginning Sports/Action
Ryder Sanchez
Cypress Woods HS
Cypress, TX
Instructor: Teri Farrell
First Place
Advanced Fine Art/Environmental Portrait
Sebastian Gonzalez 
St. Mark’s School of Texas
Dallas, TX
Instructor: Scott Hunt
We are less than one month away from the 2025 ATPI We are less than one month away from the 2025 ATPI Fall Contest deadline. Upload entries by 6 p.m. Central time on Friday, November 14. Be sure to check out all the rules and categories at https://www.atpi.org/fallcontest. For our Thematic category - Layers - digitally constructed images can be entered as long as all of the elements were captured by the student. #atpifc25
ATPI September Social Media Contest Winners-Theme: ATPI September Social Media Contest Winners-Theme: Practice Makes Perfect
Thank you to everyone who submitted photos! We had so many amazing entries capturing the start of the school year. Be sure to congratulate our winners and check out their photos on our feed. Stay tuned for next month’s theme!
Student Winners
1st – Jamaiyah Ramos (Texas HS)
2nd – Adriel Esteban (Caney Creek HS)
3rd – Erik Alvarez (Caney Creek HS)
Honorable Mention – Nadia De Leon (Caney Creek HS)
Faculty Winners
1st – Erika Edwards (Duncanville HS)
2nd – Amber Wakem (Wimberley HS)
3rd – Josette Coker (VR Eaton HS)
Member Benefit Unlocked🔓: September 2025 Newsle Member Benefit Unlocked🔓: September 2025 Newsletter just arrived! 📷
📸 Show us how you see it: Practice Makes Perfec 📸 Show us how you see it: Practice Makes Perfect. Enter the photo contest!
“From strangers to support systems — ATPI brin “From strangers to support systems — ATPI brings together people who get it. And that’s rare.” ❤️ #FindYourPeople #ATPI
New Month, New Contest! September’s ATPI Social 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- Theme: S ATPI August Social Media Contest Winners- Theme: Summer Vibes ☀️
Update: We’re reposting the ATPI August Contest results to correct school names and reflect the final winners list. Thanks for your understanding & congrats again to our winners! We had so many incredible entries that captured the energy and joy of summer. 🌊🍉🌴 🏆 
Student Winners:
1st Place- Kyla Hataway (Navasota HS)
2nd Place- Zoey Richardson (Texas HS)
3rd Place-Michelle Lopez (Texas HS)
Faculty Winners:
1st Place-Clint Smith (Texas HS)
2nd Place- Erica Garcia (Navasota HS)
3rd Place- Laura Spray (Trimble Tech HS)
Don't forget to submit! Midnight Aug 27 (Wed) is t Don't forget to submit! Midnight Aug 27 (Wed) is the deadline for the ATPI Summer Vibes August Social Media Contest!!
Summer went by too fast and so does this photo con Summer went by too fast and so does this photo contest. Show us your best summer photo work, but do it before Midnight on August 27!!!
Time to start thinking about the 2025 ATPI Fall Co 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 https://www.atpi.org/fallcontest.
We've got new galleries available on our SmugMug s 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. https://www.atpi.org/contests
1st Place #ATPIThatsAWrap Social Media Contest Jon 1st Place
#ATPIThatsAWrap Social Media Contest
Jonathan Contreras
Caney Creek High School
2nd Place #ATPIThatsAWrap Social Media Contest Ell 2nd Place
#ATPIThatsAWrap Social Media Contest
Ella Owens
Port Neches Groves HS
3rd Place #ATPIThatsAWrap Social Media Contest Ard 3rd Place
#ATPIThatsAWrap Social Media Contest
Arden VanDeHoef
Port Neches Groves HS
Honorable Mention #ATPIThatsAWrap Social Media Con Honorable Mention
#ATPIThatsAWrap Social Media Contest
Nadia Lopez
Texas High School
Faculty 1st Place #ATPIThatsAWrap Social Media Con Faculty 1st Place
#ATPIThatsAWrap Social Media Contest
Rachael Lechman
Cypress Christian School
Faculty 2nd Place #ATPIThatsAWrap Social Media Con Faculty 2nd Place
#ATPIThatsAWrap Social Media Contest
Mike Tobias
Port Neches Groves HS
Our Fall Contest page is updated on the website wi Our Fall Contest page is updated on the website with the 2025 Thematic category. Plus, a new single image category and two new video categories. Deadline is Nov 14. Check it all out at https://www.atpi.org/fallcontest
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