2026 Fish Art Contest Winners
The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens is the official host for the Texas Fish Art Contest. Texas entries are judged there, and state contest winners are displayed in the visitor center. Winning Texas entries are forwarded to Wildlife Forever's headquarters in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, to compete for national awards
Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest sponsors state contest winning prizes and state contest winners are invited to attend an awards ceremony each summer at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center.
First, second and third place winners from each age division, the Mighty Minnow Award and the Special Species Award are displayed on this page. In addition to these, 28 entries received honorable mentions. Print-quality images of Texas winners can be found in the TPWD Flickr gallery.
All images © Wildlife Forever
First Place
Grades 10-12
Dalia Morales
Seaweed Blenny
Grades 7-9
Alice Zhang
Rainbow Trout
Grades 4-6
Candace Chen
Guadalupe Bass
Grades K-3
Jeremiah Lee
Alligator Gar
Second Place
Grades 10-12
Eliza Chung
Rio Grande Cichlid
Grades 7-9
Annabelle Yuan
Paddlefish
Grades 4-6
Eva Huang
Yellowtail Snapper
Grades K-3
Franco Du
Bluegill
Third Place
Grades 10-12
Adrienne Wang
Rainbow Trout
Grades 7-9
Ivan Zaklyazminskiy
Hammerhead
Grades 4-6
Yueran Lang
Guadalupe Bass
Grades K-3
Nora Cheng
Flying Fish
Mighty Minnow
Haasya Doddapaneni
Hammerhead
Special Species Award
Annabelle Yuan
Paddlefish