{"id":44527,"date":"2025-05-01T15:13:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T19:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=44527"},"modified":"2025-05-01T15:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T19:30:11","slug":"maryland-dnr-2025-photo-contest-is-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2025\/05\/01\/maryland-dnr-2025-photo-contest-is-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland DNR 2025 Photo Contest is Underway!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 427px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54050195327_5ba1a6acb3.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of bird among green leaves in a tree\" width=\"417\" height=\"316\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">2024 DNR Photo Contest Winner and First Place Spring &#8211; Green Heron in the Gardens by Debby Berlyne.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photographers and nature enthusiasts are invited to submit their most beautiful images of the state\u2019s flora and fauna to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/photocontest.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources 2025 Photo Contest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As in past years, winning entries will be featured on the next Maryland DNR nature calendar to be published in late fall, and all winners will receive free copies. 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. Cash awards are $700 for the grand prize winner, and $100 for each seasonal first place winner. 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\">This year, contest judges will also be looking for photos for our new DNR hunting and fishing licenses hard cards. 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\">Photos must be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/photocontest.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">submitted online to the DNR website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 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>Photographers and nature enthusiasts are invited to submit their most beautiful images of the state\u2019s flora and fauna to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources 2025 Photo Contest. As in past years, winning entries will be featured on the next Maryland DNR nature calendar to be published in late fall, and all winners will receive<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2025\/05\/01\/maryland-dnr-2025-photo-contest-is-underway\/\">&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":[957,3171,5336,11,1965,4998,3172,23,12,14,33,13],"tags":[5367,5384,3046,3044],"class_list":["post-44527","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-nrp-news","category-the-bay","category-wildlife","tag-fishing-license","tag-hunting-license","tag-maryland-state-park-and-trail-passport","tag-photo-contest"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44527","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=44527"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44530,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44527\/revisions\/44530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}