
2023 Maryland Natural Resource Photo Contest
The 20th Annual Maryland Department of Natural Resources Photo Contest is open!
All winners will be featured in the department’s 2024 wall calendar and published in The Maryland Natural Resource magazine. Enter now for your chance to win cash, park passports, calendars, and other prizes! All entries must be submitted online.
Contest Prize & TERMS
PRIZE DETAILS:
Grand Prize Winner (Overall)
$500; one-year Maryland State Park Passport; two-year subscription to the Maryland Natural Resource magazine; five copies of the 2024 calendar with your winning image on the cover.
Three First Place Winners (winter, spring, summer, fall, minus the Grand Prize Winner)
Maryland State Park Passport; two-year subscription to the Maryland Natural Resource magazine; five copies of the 2024 calendar
Four Second Place Winners (winter, spring, summer, fall)
One-year subscription to the Maryland Natural Resource magazine; five copies of the 2024 calendar.
Four Third Place Winners (winter, spring, summer, fall)
One copy of the 2024 calendar with winning photo published.
2022 Result
Nearly 2,500 photos were submitted by 500 photographers in last year’s contest. Read all about it and check out the winning images. Not eligible to enter? - Find contest where you are.
COPYRIGHT: Photographers retain copyright to these photos, the above agreed to permissions not withstanding. USAGE RIGHTS: Per our terms, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources may post photos online—including the department’s website and social media outlets such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Flickr—after the contest. Do not embed any nonessential personal data (metadata) into your files.
$500; one-year Maryland State Park Passport; two-year subscription to the Maryland Natural Resource magazine; five copies of the 2024 calendar with your winning image on the cover.
Three First Place Winners (winter, spring, summer, fall, minus the Grand Prize Winner)
Maryland State Park Passport; two-year subscription to the Maryland Natural Resource magazine; five copies of the 2024 calendar
Four Second Place Winners (winter, spring, summer, fall)
One-year subscription to the Maryland Natural Resource magazine; five copies of the 2024 calendar.
Four Third Place Winners (winter, spring, summer, fall)
One copy of the 2024 calendar with winning photo published.
2022 Result
Nearly 2,500 photos were submitted by 500 photographers in last year’s contest. Read all about it and check out the winning images. Not eligible to enter? - Find contest where you are.
COPYRIGHT: Photographers retain copyright to these photos, the above agreed to permissions not withstanding. USAGE RIGHTS: Per our terms, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources may post photos online—including the department’s website and social media outlets such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Flickr—after the contest. Do not embed any nonessential personal data (metadata) into your files.
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