{"id":23517,"date":"2018-08-14T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=23517"},"modified":"2018-08-13T20:43:51","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T00:43:51","slug":"2018-photo-contest-deadline-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/08\/14\/2018-photo-contest-deadline-approaches\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Photo Contest Deadline Approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Submissions Accepted Through End of August<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 362px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/8\/7510\/29462320283_879efd3a93_b.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of sunset over Chesapeake Bay\" width=\"352\" height=\"197\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Stephanie Somers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a>\u00a0is accepting entries for its 15th annual\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/photocontest.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photo contest<\/a>\u00a0until Aug. 31. Photographers of all skill levels can enter online or by mail for a chance to win cash and other great prizes.<\/p>\n<p>This year is shaping up to be a banner year for submissions, with more than 300 photographers already entering their original work.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Contest categories include\u00a0birds, flora, insects, outdoor recreation, nature in action, scenic landscapes and wildlife.\u00a0First, second and third place winners for each season, as well as one grand prize winner, will be selected by a panel of judges. An additional &#8220;Fan Favorite&#8221; winner is selected\u00a0by popular vote on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MarylandDNR\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook.<\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Winning entries will be posted online and featured in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/dnrMagazine.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Maryland Natural Resource<\/em><\/a>\u00a0seasonal magazine and in the 2019\u00a0wall calendar.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors to the department&#8217;s website can learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/photocontest.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how to enter<\/a> the contest, and view past <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/accessdnr\/collections\/72157631002361792\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">entries<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/accessdnr\/collections\/72157631003104130\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">winners<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submissions Accepted Through End of August The\u00a0Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u00a0is accepting entries for its 15th annual\u00a0photo contest\u00a0until Aug. 31. Photographers of all skill levels can enter online or by mail for a chance to win cash and other great prizes. This year is shaping up to be a banner year for submissions, with more<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/08\/14\/2018-photo-contest-deadline-approaches\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,3171,11,1965,3172,23,12,33,13],"tags":[4140,3635,3044],"class_list":["post-23517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-boating","category-fisheries","category-maryland-forest-service","category-hunting","category-land","category-parks","category-the-bay","category-wildlife","tag-maryland-natural-resource-photo-contest","tag-natural-resource-magazine","tag-photo-contest"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23517"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23543,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23517\/revisions\/23543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}