{"id":30242,"date":"2020-03-09T14:44:43","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T18:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=30242"},"modified":"2020-03-09T14:44:43","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T18:44:43","slug":"annual-photo-contest-now-taking-submissions-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/03\/09\/annual-photo-contest-now-taking-submissions-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Photo Contest Now Taking Submissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2020 Contest Runs Through Aug. 31<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48722194162_c5c32412b1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of female red-winged black bird gathering branches in springtime\" width=\"350\" height=\"307\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">This photo of a female red-winged black bird by Larry Helms earned second place in the Spring category of the 2019 Photo Contest..<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is now accepting entries for its <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/photocontest.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">annual photo contest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Photographers, novice or professional, can enter for the chance to win cash and other great prizes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Winning entries will be posted online, featured in an issue of the seasonal <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/dnrMagazine.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Natural Resource<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> magazine, and placed in the 2021 wall calendar.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">About 2,000 photos were submitted by 500 photographers in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2019\/09\/13\/2019-photo-contest-winners-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2019 contest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Entries can include images from anywhere in Maryland featuring birds, fauna, flora, insects, natural phenomena, outdoor recreation, scenic landscapes, weather, or wildlife. 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 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MarylandDNR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Facebook page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The best overall photo receives a grand prize of $500 cash, a one-year <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopdnr.com\/marylandstateparkpassports.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland State Park and Trail Passport<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a complimentary five-year magazine subscription and five copies of the 2021 calendar. First, second, and third place winners also receive prizes. Visit the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/photocontest.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photo Contest web page<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to see contest rules and how to submit your entry.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 Contest Runs Through Aug. 31 The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is now accepting entries for its annual 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 Maryland Natural Resource magazine, and<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/03\/09\/annual-photo-contest-now-taking-submissions-2\/\">&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":[957,3171,11,1965,4998,3172,23,12,14,33,13],"tags":[4140,3046,3635],"class_list":["post-30242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-boating","category-fisheries","category-maryland-forest-service","category-hiking","category-hunting","category-land","category-parks","category-nrp-news","category-the-bay","category-wildlife","tag-maryland-natural-resource-photo-contest","tag-maryland-state-park-and-trail-passport","tag-natural-resource-magazine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30242","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=30242"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30245,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30242\/revisions\/30245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}