Announcing the 2023 Voyageurs Photo Contest

Submit your favorite Voyageurs National Park memories for a chance to win outdoor-inspired prizes and help support our mission to preserve, share, and protect the natural beauty of Minnesota's national park. Thank you for participating!

Megan Schrooten

How to Enter

  • Email (up to seven) submissions to photocontest@voyageurs.org

  • Include your Name, Mailing Address, and Phone Number

  • Share your story! Please include a few sentences that describe your photos and experience at Voyageurs National Park

Deadline for entry is Monday, October 16th

Winners will be selected in three categories:

  • Friends & Family: Send us your favorite photos of yourself, family, or friends enjoying Voyageurs.

  • Wildlife: Showcase your wildlife shots captured in Voyageurs.

  • Landscape: Brilliant sunsets, endless waterways, starry skies - share your favorite scenic photos of Voyageurs.

Additionally, photos will be highlighted in the Conservancy’s print newsletter, social media channels, and website!


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Share Your Voyageurs Memories

Celebrate Voyageurs National Park by entering the 2023 Photo Contest today! Protect your park and enter to win exclusive prizes. Email photocontest@voyageurs.org

 

About the Voyageurs Conservancy

Voyageurs Conservancy is the official nonprofit partner of Minnesota's National Park. We work directly with the National Park Service to support recreation and conservation projects, enhance the visitor experience, and protect the wild nature of the park for future generations. Join today.

Additional Photo Contest Rules

  • The contest is open to all photographers, except employees of the Voyageurs Conservancy and the immediate families of such employees.

  • We cannot accept any photo or video footage obtained from drones being flown within Voyageurs National Park without a permit from the National Park Service.

  • Submissions may be watermarked if desired, but the watermark should be inconspicuous enough to not interfere with the judging of the photo. A watermarked photo might not be honored by competition (at the judge's sole discretion) if the photographer is unable or unavailable to provide a pristine, water-mark-free version of the image upon request.

  • Photos can be taken in any year, but photos submitted in the Voyageurs Conservancy’s previous photo contests are not eligible.

  • Entries may originate in any format, as long as they are submitted electronically. Previously published material for which non-exclusive rights were granted may be entered as long as you still maintain the right to grant us a license (see Your Rights below). You must be able to disclose when and where the photo appeared previously to the Voyageurs Conservancy upon request.

  • Photos must only be submitted by the original photographer, and have been taken within Voyageurs National Park.

  • If you choose to include people with your submission, you are responsible for obtaining the necessary releases from the individuals depicted.

  • Entrants must not submit images that involve human nudity, reckless behavior, the willful harassment of wildlife, or damage to the environment by the photographer or any other person. They should be appropriate for all audiences.

Your Rights

  • You will retain all rights to any photograph you submit, including ownership if applicable. You do grant the Voyageurs Conservancy and the National Park Service a royalty-free, nonexclusive right, in perpetuity, to:

  • Use the photograph on the internet and in any of our printed publications in support of our mission.

  • Keep the files provided, and to archive the images on CD or in other electronic forms, so that your photos can be used to support our mission and be properly credited.

  • As conditions of this permission, the Voyageurs Conservancy shall credit all photographs with the caption "Photographer's Name" when able.

    Questions: Questions and inquiries about the contest rules can be emailed to photocontest@voyageurs.org.

    Email Communications: By entering the contest, you are giving the Voyageurs Conservancy permission to email you with information about the contest and about our organization. You can unsubscribe at any time.

View 2022 Photo Contest Winning Photos & Honorable Mentions

Slideshow photo credits: Steve Brown, Robin Oram, Kelsey Lynch, Allison Charnin, Colin Willemsen, Lisa Maass, Mark Oram, Ron Hawkins, Dan Foster, Larry Sang Jr., Emily Kurmis, Johnny Andrews, Ron Hawkins, Ryan Hunter, Malcolm Stweard, Matt Swenson, Mandy Fuller, Evan Witt