the 2021 voyageurs photo contest is now open!

Memories are made and captured at Voyageurs National Park. From a canoe cutting through glassy water, sunset boat rides, to the perfect s’more, celebrate and share your Voyageurs memories in this year’s photo contest. Your photos from Voyageurs National Park help us protect and celebrate this special place. Thank you for participating!

How to Enter

Email your photo contest submissions to photocontest@voyageurs.org. Please include the following in your submission:

• Send up to seven photo contest entries to photocontest@voyageurs.org

  • Photo (no larger than 25 MB) or Video (up to 2 minutes)

• Provide your contact information

  • Name, Address, and Phone Number

• Share your story!

  • Please include a few sentences describing your photos and experience at Voyageurs National Park!

Winners will receive prizes from our 2021 outdoor partners! The deadline for the Photo Contest is September 27, 2021

Winners will be selected in three categories:

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

• Wildlife & Scenery: Showcase your scenery or wildlife shots taken within Voyageurs National Park.

• Dark Skies: Help us celebrate our Dark Sky Park certification with striking photos of stars, comets, the Milky Way, and more.

New Photo Contest Drawing Winner: To encourage and welcome new participants to enter the Photo Contest, all entries will be entered in a random drawing for a chance to win a prize from our outdoor partners!

In addition to receiving a prize, the winning photos will be promoted in our print newsletter, social media accounts, and website communications!

You can check out the winning photos & honorable mentions from 2020 on our Facebook page.

The Voyageurs Conservancy is the nonprofit partner of Minnesota's National Park. We represent a community of people committed to the future of Voyageurs, working together to support recreation and conservation projects, enhance the visitor experience, and protect the wild nature of the park for future generations. Join today.

Additional 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 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.

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