Congratulations to all the 2026 Beachcombing Calendar Photo Contest Finalists!

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!

Now, we're asking you to help us pick which of these images will be on the cover. From now through May 1, 2025, you can vote for your favorite image. The winner will appear on the cover of the 2026 Beachcombing Calendar and the cover winner will get $250. Ten random voters will get a free calendar.

The Golden Hour: A SHORE Thing / Manhattan Beach / Lauri Allen @lmarieseatreasures

Top This / Venice, Florida / Meredith Blain

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

Clint Buffington @clintbuffingtonmusic

True Tulip / Ten Thousand Islands, Florida / Kristen Williams @theseashellmermaid

Marvelous Marbles / Lorain, Ohio / Shea Marie Alltmont @sheastadium43235

Humpback Cowrie / Costa Rica / Meredith Blain

Esmorzar a la Vora del Mar / Spain / Ky Davis @captainkytheseaglassguy


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

Ingrid Lynch @ingridlynchseaglassjewelry


Vote for your favorite image

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!

All images are used by permission and are the property of their respective owners.