Announcing the 2017 Wilderness Volunteers Photo Contest

The 2017 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 2018 project season

Best Landscape:

• Mom's Stuff All-Purpose Pinon Salve (adventure sized) donated by Mom's Stuff 
• LifeStraw Personal Water Filter donated by Eartheasy
• MiiR Vacuum Insulated Camp Cup donated by REI    

Best Wildlife:

• Mom's Stuff All-Purpose Pinon Salve (adventure sized) donated by Mom's Stuff 
• LifeStraw Personal Water Filter donated by Eartheasy
• REI buff donated by REI    
• Wilderness Volunteers tri-blend tshirt 

Best On the Trail:

• Mom's Stuff All-Purpose Pinon Salve (adventure sized) donated by Mom's Stuff 
• LifeStraw Personal Water Filter donated by Eartheasy
• Aloe Gator Sunscreen & SPF 30 chapstick donated by REI 
• Wilderness Volunteers Klean Kanteen    

Best Hard At Work:

• Mom's Stuff All-Purpose Pinon Salve (adventure sized) donated by Mom's Stuff 
• LifeStraw Personal Water Filter donated by Eartheasy
• Coupon for 20% off one full price item donated by REI      
• Wilderness Volunteers baseball hat

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:

Mom's Stuff

Eartheasy

REI

Official Contest Rules:

• All photos must be taken on a 2017 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 UTC on by Thursday, November 30th, 2017 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.