Announcing the 2016 Wilderness Volunteers Photo Contest

The 2016 season is nearly over, so let's celebrate all of the great work our trip participants helped WV accomplish this year by awarding some great prizes for a few fantastic photos!

A few of our great entries from last year:

Enter your favorite WV project photos by uploading your selections to the WV gallery in these categories:

• Landscapes (scenic photos of our nation's public lands)
• Wildlife (from slugs to bears, if it's a wild animal it's game)
• On the Trail (volunteers/hikers on trails)
• Hard at Work (volunteers working on projects)

Please add a description for each photo as well as your name and what project it was taken on.

One winner will be selected for each category as well as a grand prize winner for best photo.

Grand Prize:

• A gift certificate for a free Wilderness Volunteers project good for the 2017 project season.

Best Landscape:

• Black Diamond SPOT headlamp donated by Peace Surplus
• a one-year subscription donated by Backpacker Magazine
• a sport bottle, coupon for 20% off one full price item, & chapstick donated by REI    

Best Wildlife:

• Ultra-Sil Day Pack (20L) donated by Sea to Summit
• a one-year subscription donated by Outside Magazine
• a sport bottle, coupon for 20% off one full price item, & chapstick donated by REI  

Best On the Trail:

• Clear Stopper Dry Bag (8L) donated by Sea to Summit
• a one-year subscription donated by Backpacker Magazine
• a sport bottle, coupon for 20% off one full price item, & chapstick donated by REI  

Best Hard At Work:

• Ultra-Sil Pack Cover (Medium) donated by Sea to Summit
• a one-year subscription donated by Backpacker Magazine
• a sport bottle, coupon for 20% off one full price item, & chapstick donated by REI  

You can enter as many photos as you like, just be sure to do so before the deadline on November 30th! 

A huge thank you to this year's photo contest sponsors:

Peace Surplus

Outside Magazine

Sea To Summit

Backpacker Magazine

REI

Official Contest Rules:

• All photos must be taken on a 2016 Wilderness Volunteers Project and must comply with Leave No Trace ethics & principles.

• Each entry must include the photographer's name and the project it was taken on

• The same photo cannot be entered in more than one category. Judges reserve the right to switch images to other categories.

• The contest is open to all 2016 WV project participants and leaders, except for Wilderness Volunteers staff, contest judges and their families. WV reserves the right to verify, in its sole judgment, entrant eligibility. 

• Photographs will be judged on originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact and artistic merit. Awards will be selected by a panel of judges, and all decisions are final.  

• Entries must be submitted to the Wilderness Volunteers photo gallery (no later than 11:59pm on by Monday, November 30th to be eligible.

• Judges may exclude entries that do not meet the above criteria. 

• Winners will be notified by email. Wilderness Volunteers is not responsible for lost or damaged prizes.