The 2021 Wilderness Volunteers Photo Contest

It's been quite the year and even though we have mere weeks left in 2021, Wilderness Volunteers is pleased to announce our 2021 Photo Contest. This is one of our very favorite annual events and we want to celebrate the 2021 project season This year we're back to four categories:

• On the trail / hard at work. Photos that depict any kind of work or a hike during a 2021 Wilderness Volunteers project. Think tools, volunteers, hikes, and anything that looks like work.
  

• Landscapes. Photos with a landscape from a 2021 Wilderness Volunteers project. 

• Camp life is the life for me. Photos of life in camp from a 2021 Wilderness Volunteers project. Could include meals, hanging out at your tent, R & R, playing games, etc.
  
  
• Wildlife, wildflowers, and trees. Photos from a 2021 Wilderness Volunteers project depicting wildlife, wildflowers, trees, and vegetation.

This contest is open to all project leaders and volunteers who participated in a 2021 Wilderness Volunteers project. It's time to sit down with your phone, your laptop, or your camera and find those winning shots that make the judge's life so hard. 

Click on each category above for the upload page.
Click here to view entries so far for each category.

Please include your full name and which 2021 project your image is from.
(eg. ScoobyDoo_CrabOrchardNWR2021.jpg)
    
    The contest will close on  Friday, January 14, 2022, at the end of the day. One winner will be selected for each category with one grand prize winner being selected. You can enter as many photos as you like, just be sure to do so before the deadline. The winners will be announced on Friday, January 21, 2022. 

Official Contest Rules:

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

• Each entry must include the photographer's name and the 2021 project it was taken on in the file title.

• 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 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 11:59 pm UTC on by  Friday, January 14, 2022, 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.