{"id":25985,"date":"2019-01-03T09:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T14:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=25985"},"modified":"2019-01-03T07:10:17","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T12:10:17","slug":"annual-photo-contest-now-taking-submissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2019\/01\/03\/annual-photo-contest-now-taking-submissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Photo Contest Now Taking Submissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>2019 Contest Runs Through Aug. 31<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/2\/1872\/30875336398_0d5685fd0f.jpg\" alt=\"2018 Photo Contest Grand Prize Winner, \u201cLittle Blue Heron Ready to Pounce\u201d by Kevin Moore\" width=\"350\" height=\"276\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">2018 Photo Contest Grand Prize Winner, \u201cLittle Blue Heron Ready to Pounce\u201d by Kevin Moore<\/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 now accepting entries for its\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/photocontest.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">annual photo contest<\/a>. Photographers, novice or professional, can enter for the chance to win cash and other great prizes.<\/p>\n<p>Winning entries will be posted online, featured in an issue of the seasonal\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/dnrMagazine.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Natural Resource<\/a>\u00a0magazine, and placed in the 2020 wall calendar.<\/p>\n<p>More than 4,300 photos were submitted by more than 800 photographers in the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2018\/09\/18\/2018-photo-contest-winners-selected-from-4300-entries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018 contest<\/a>, shattering last year\u2019s record of 1,500 photos.<!--more--> Photographers from more than 16 states, including California, Florida, New York and Ohio entered the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Entries can include images from anywhere in Maryland featuring birds, fauna, flora, insects, natural phenomena, outdoor recreation, scenic landscapes, weather or\u00a0wildlife. Judges will choose first, second and third place winners for each season; from among the first-prize winners, an overall grand prize winner will be awarded. Social media users will also be able to select a \u201cFan Favorite\u201d via the department\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MarylandDNR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Photographers may submit up to three entries for $10 with additional entries (no limit) at $3 each between now and Aug. 31. All photos must be original and unpublished. The contest is open to residents and visitors alike, but only photos of Maryland will qualify to win.<\/p>\n<p>The best overall photo receives a grand prize of $500 cash, a one-year\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopdnr.com\/marylandstateparkpassports.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland State Park and Trail Passport<\/a>, a complimentary five-year magazine subscription and five copies of the 2020 calendar. First, second and third place winners also receive prizes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2019 Contest Runs Through Aug. 31 The\u00a0Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u00a0is now accepting entries for its\u00a0annual photo contest. Photographers, novice or professional, can enter for the chance to win cash and other great prizes. Winning entries will be posted online, featured in an issue of the seasonal\u00a0Maryland Natural Resource\u00a0magazine, and placed in the 2020 wall<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2019\/01\/03\/annual-photo-contest-now-taking-submissions\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"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":[957,3171,11,1965,3172,23,12,14,33,13],"tags":[3047,4140,3046,3635,3044],"class_list":["post-25985","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-nrp-news","category-the-bay","category-wildlife","tag-facebook","tag-maryland-natural-resource-photo-contest","tag-maryland-state-park-and-trail-passport","tag-natural-resource-magazine","tag-photo-contest"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25985","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\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25985"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26017,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25985\/revisions\/26017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}