{"id":35718,"date":"2022-03-08T14:45:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T19:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=35718"},"modified":"2022-03-08T14:11:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T19:11:50","slug":"maryland-dnr-2022-photo-contest-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2022\/03\/08\/maryland-dnr-2022-photo-contest-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland DNR 2022 Photo Contest Now Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Entries for Annual Contest Taken Until August 1, 2022<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51440328323_7e5deaa25a.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of owl landing in marshy area\" width=\"354\" height=\"273\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo &#8220;Short-eared Owl Hovering&#8221; by Mitch Adolph, submitted to the 2021 Maryland DNR 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\"> (DNR) 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\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><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 the quarterly <\/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 next DNR wall calendar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">About 2,000 photos were submitted by 400 photographers in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2021\/09\/14\/2021-photo-contest-winners-announced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2021 contest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/marylanddnr\/albums\/72157719803018976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">winning images<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0are posted on the DNR website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Entries can include images from anywhere in Maryland featuring birds, insects, flora, recreation, scenic landscapes, 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\"><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 5 p.m. on Aug. 1, 2022. 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 2023 calendar. First, second, and third place winners also receive prizes. Interested photographers can visit the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/photocontest.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photo Contest webpage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to see contest rules and how to submit your entry. Good luck to all who enter!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entries for Annual Contest Taken Until August 1, 2022 The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) 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":[3046,3635,3044],"class_list":["post-35718","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-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\/35718","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=35718"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35725,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35718\/revisions\/35725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}