| Pictorial |
| 1st |
Hurricane Isaac Stirs up Havana | Bill Jackson |
| 2nd | The Making of the Dream | Philippe Cailloux |
| 3rd | spiderwoman | Bill Jackson |
| HM | Zabriskie Badlands | Etsuko Kaizuka |
| HM | Just Watching | Lucy Kiang |
| HM | Spiral Down | Judy Kramer |
| HM | I spy... | Philippe Cailloux |
| HM | North Peak Sunrise | Susan Diederichsen |
| Entries: | 36 Prints, 15 Makers | |
| Monochrome |
| 1st (POY) |
untitled 1 | Bill Jackson |
| 2nd | Cascading Torrent | Shinnan Kiang |
| 3rd | What Lies Below | Elaine Heron |
| HM | Old Woman. Havana, Cuba | Susan Diederichsen |
| HM | A sniff test at Grimshaw Lake | Stan Chism |
| HM | San Francisco View | Branko Radonjic |
| HM | Memories of Frozen Peaks | Shinnan Kiang |
| Entries: | 29 Prints, 11 Makers | |
| Photojournalism |
| 1st |
Woman receives tetanus shot at clinic in Mali, Guinea | Judy Kramer |
| 2nd | Sunday Market Meat Vender
Pisac Peru | Dan Hartford |
| 3rd | Italian Street Art at Palo Alto Art Festival 2012 | Etsuko Kaizuka |
| HM | Homeless, Granada Spain | Dan Hartford |
| Entries: | 11 Prints, 6 Makers | |
| Travel |
| 1st |
Shoe Salesman Havana, Cuba | Bill Jackson |
| 2nd | Fog lifting over Machu Picchu | Dan Hartford |
| 3rd | Close Encounter with Orca Pod, Paradise Harbour, Antarctica | Shinnan Kiang |
| HM | Red Square by night - Moscow | Philippe Cailloux |
| Entries: | 16 Prints, 8 Makers | |
| Nature |
| 1st |
Osprey with Fresh Catch, Arastradero Preserve, Palo Alto | Caroline Lambert |
| 2nd | Snow Monkey Enjoy Hot Spring, Japan | Lucy Kiang |
| 3rd | Cheetah with Cubs | Elaine Heron |
| HM | Father Ostrich Standing Guard | Elaine Heron |
| Entries: | 13 Prints, 7 Makers | |
| Creative |
| 1st |
Sublimation | Elaine Heron |
| 2nd | Waiting | Bill Jackson |
| 3rd | Pink Transforming | Lucy Kiang |
| HM | Trapped | Susan Diederichsen |
| HM | Calling the Dead: Now there is an App for it. | Stan Chism |
| HM | untitled 2 (cyanotype) | Bill Jackson |
| Entries: | 27 Prints, 12 Makers | |
| Total Entries: | 132 Prints, 15 Makers | |