The winners of the sixth annual iPhone Photography Awards have been announced, and they took some pretty spectacular photos. 

Naturally, the competition requires that all pictures be taken with an iPhone or iPod, and competitors are forbidden from touching up their photos using photo editing software.

The prizes this year included iPad Minis and oddly, gold bars.

1st place: 2013 Photographer of the Year

Photo: Holly Wesley

2nd place: 2013 Photographer of the Year

Photo: Brolin Roney

3rd place: 2013 Photographer of the Year

Photo: Bob Weil

1st place: News/Events

Photo: Mohammed Radhi

1st place: Travel

Photo: Jenny Friedman

1st place: People

Photo: Kim Hanskamp

1st place: Seasons

Photo: David Rondeau

1st place: Landscape

Photo: Maegan Moore

1st place: Lifestyle

Photo: Luyu Huang

1st place: Nature

Photo: Stankiewicz Baldassarri

1st place: Others

Photo: Lisa Jay