{"id":32696,"date":"2021-03-02T12:20:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T17:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=32696"},"modified":"2021-03-02T12:20:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T17:20:07","slug":"maryland-dnr-2021-photo-contest-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2021\/03\/02\/maryland-dnr-2021-photo-contest-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland DNR 2021 Photo Contest Now Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Entries for Annual Contest Taken Until August 5<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 380px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50397541083_3ec47eafd1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of kiteboarder on the water at sunset\" width=\"370\" height=\"274\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">This photo of a kiteboarder at Assateague by Kevin Moore earned second place in the Fall category of the 2020 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\"><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\"><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, park passes, and other great prizes.<\/span><!--more--><\/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\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Natural Resource<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> magazine, and placed in the 2022 wall calendar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">About 2,500 photos were submitted by 475 photographers<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/10\/01\/2020-photo-contest-winners-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2020 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, insects, flora, recreation, scenic landscapes, weather, and wildlife. A panel of judges will choose first, second, and third place winners for each of the four seasons; from among the first-place 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\"><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. 5, 2021. 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\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland State Park and Trail Passport<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a complimentary magazine subscription, and five copies of the 2022 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\"><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>Entries for Annual Contest Taken Until August 5 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, park passes, and other great prizes.<\/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":[3168,4140,3046,3044,4962],"class_list":["post-32696","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-magazine","tag-maryland-natural-resource-photo-contest","tag-maryland-state-park-and-trail-passport","tag-photo-contest","tag-wildlife"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32696","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=32696"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32698,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32696\/revisions\/32698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}