2025 Contest Prizes

1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place winners will each choose one of the following three prize packages in the order of their placement. As merited, several honorable mentions will also be selected. The contest prize packages have been generously donated by the Contest Sponsors.

Northern California Prize Package 1:

• Gift certificate for 1 to go rafting, courtesy of All-Outdoors California Whitewater Rafting
• Gift certificate for 2 people on a public daytime kayak tour for 4 hours, courtesy of Blue Waters Kayaking
• $300 voucher for any sailing trip, courtesy of Captain Kirk’s San Francisco Sailing
• Gift certificate for 2 people on any food tour, courtesy of Local Tastes of the City Tours
• Gift certificate to rent a stand-up paddleboard or kayak for two hours (for 1 person) or one hour (for 2 people), courtesy of Sea Trek

Northern California Prize Package 2:

• 4 General Admission Guest Passes to the de Young Museum or Legion of Honor, courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• San Francisco Premier Dinner Cruise for 2, courtesy of City Cruises
• 4 tickets to a whale tour, courtesy of San Francisco Whale Tours
• 4 deliveries of sustainable seafood for 2 (must be in the San Francisco Bay Area), courtesy of Sea Forager

Central California Prize Package:

• $80 gift card to be used toward any rental, courtesy of Adventures by the Sea
• A guided two hour kayaking trip of Morro Bay for 2 people, courtesy of Central Coast Outdoors
• $100 voucher that can be applied to a guided LED night clear kayak tour, courtesy of Clearly Tahoe
• Gift certificate for 1 adult whale watching ticket, courtesy of Santa Cruz Whale Watching
• Gift certificate for two lunches or tea for two, courtesy of the Steinbeck House

Southern California Prize Package:

• Gift certificate for 2 people, courtesy of Captain Dave's Whale Watching
• Gift certificate for 2 people on a day trip to Santa Cruz or Santa Rosa Island, courtesy of Island Packers
• 2 general admission tickets, courtesy of Los Angeles County Museum of Art
• 4 tickets to your choice of the Old Town Trolley or Seal tours, courtesy of Old Town Trolley and Seal Tours
• Gift certificate for 2 general admission tickets, courtesy of Palm Springs Aerial Tramway

Honorable Mentions will receive a reusable water bottle courtesy of Klean Kanteen.