The photo gallery below includes the best images submitted for our annual reader photo contest
Candlelight by Ben Coy, Brookegreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet
Lighting The Night Melissa Drake Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet
Inlet Sunrise Colors Jon Snyder Murrells Inlet
Huntington Beach State Park Sunset Thomas J. Baccari Huntington Beach State Park, Murrells Inlet
Carolina Sunrise Austin Bond Morse Park Landing, Murrells Inlet
Marlin Quay Sunset Tami Kull Marlin Quay Marina, Garden City
Be Still by Kesha Sims, Surfside Beach
Windswept Sand Bill McCormick Litchfield Beach
Roseate Spoonbill Leslie Nolan Huntington Beach State Park, Murrells Inlet
Sunrise at Cherry Grove Beach Keith Green Jr. Cherry Grove Beach Pier
Joyful Egret Paulette Thomas Waccatee Zoo, Myrtle Beach
Summer Nights Matthew Trudeau Ocean Boulevard, Myrtle Beach
Marsh Lynne Brock Pawleys Island
Myrtle Beach SkyWheel At Sunset - David Smith Myrtle Beach SkyWheel
Plantation Tour Bronnie Fisher Pawleys Island
WATER LILY Nancy Job Willbrook Plantation, Pawleys Island
Blue Heron Hunter Amy Vincent Huntington Beach State Park, Murrells Inlet
READERS" CHOICE WINNER - Spinning Colors Brandon Kelley Myrtle Beach SkyWheel
Tranquility Jim Poag Litchfield by the Sea, Litchfield Beach
State Park Solitude Chuck Lawhon Myrtle Beach State Park
Shrimper Sunset Ed Roberts Marlin Quay Marina, Garden City
The Intruder Steve Ellwood Huntington Beach State Park, Murrells Inlet
Hooked Jimmy Pate Surfside Beach
Be Still Kesha Sims Surfside Beach
Forward Bow Christine Martin Lizzul Garden City
Marshwalk Sunset Amanda Jeffers Atlantic Avenue, Garden City
The Pelican Christopher John The Pelican Inn, Pawleys Island
“Palmetto Pride” Sunrise Lee E. Norberg Garden City Beach
Pool Boy Chris Herath Myrtle Beach
Milky Way Over Chapel Victoria Stroupe - Pawleys Island Chapel
Barefoot Carousel Irene Tolvay Dowdy Barefoot Landing, North Myrtle Beach
Hopeful Marilyn Doherty Surfside Beach
A Sight To Behold Patricia Warren Georgetown