{"id":42214,"date":"2024-08-19T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T18:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=42214"},"modified":"2024-08-19T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T18:10:00","slug":"maryland-dnr-extends-photo-contest-deadline-to-august-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2024\/08\/19\/maryland-dnr-extends-photo-contest-deadline-to-august-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland DNR Extends Photo Contest Deadline to August 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contest features higher cash prizes for first place winners<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/photocontest.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-42216\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/2024-Photo-Contest-deadline-extended.jpg\" alt=\"Poster for 2024 Maryland Natural Resource photo contest\" width=\"400\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/2024-Photo-Contest-deadline-extended.jpg 748w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/2024-Photo-Contest-deadline-extended-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is extending the deadline for submission to its <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/photocontest.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2024 Maryland Natural Resource Photo Contest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Photographers have until 5 p.m. on Aug. 26 to enter their photos into competition for cash prizes, State Park passes, and publication in DNR\u2019s 2025 nature calendar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The contest is judged by season: winter, spring, summer, and fall. First, second, and third place winners are selected for each seasonal category. A grand prize winner is selected from that group. The 2025 photo contest features higher cash prizes this year &#8211; $700 for the grand prize winner, and $100 for each seasonal first place winner.\u00a0 All first place winners receive a one-year <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopdnr.com\/AnnualStateParkAndTrailPassport.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland State Park and Trail Passport<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition to the winners chosen by the department there will be a \u201cFan Favorite\u201d selected by popular vote on Facebook. The photo with the most \u201clikes\u201d will be printed in the calendar and will receive free calendars and a State Park Passport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All winners will be published in the 2025 calendar and receive free copies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photos must be <a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/photocontest.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">submitted online to the DNR website<\/a>, accompanied by an entry fee of $10 for up to three photos and $3 for each additional entry. Winners will be announced in early fall.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contest features higher cash prizes for first place winners The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is extending the deadline for submission to its 2024 Maryland Natural Resource Photo Contest. Photographers have until 5 p.m. on Aug. 26 to enter their photos into competition for cash prizes, State Park passes, and publication in DNR\u2019s 2025 nature<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2024\/08\/19\/maryland-dnr-extends-photo-contest-deadline-to-august-26\/\">&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":[957,3171,5336,11,1965,4998,3172,23,12,33,13],"tags":[4140],"class_list":["post-42214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-boating","category-camping","category-fisheries","category-maryland-forest-service","category-hiking","category-hunting","category-land","category-parks","category-the-bay","category-wildlife","tag-maryland-natural-resource-photo-contest"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42214","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=42214"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42219,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42214\/revisions\/42219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}