STATE PARKS:
Big Bog | Buffalo River | Crow Wing | Cuyuna Country | Franz Jevne | Garden Island | Glendalough | Hayes Lake | Itasca | Lake Bemidji | Lake Bronson | La Salle Lake | Maplewood | Old Mill | Red River | Scenic | Schoolcraft | Zippel Bay
STATE TRAILS:
Cuyuna Lakes | Heartland | Paul Bunyan
STATE PARKS:
Bear Head Lake | Cascade River | George H. Crosby Manitou | Gooseberry Falls | Grand Portage | Hill Annex Mine | Jay Cooke | Judge CR Magney | Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine | McCarthy Beach | Moose Lake | Savanna Portage | Split Rock Lighthouse | Temperance River | Tettegouche
STATE TRAILS:
Gitchi Gami | Willard Munger
STATE PARKS:
Big Stone Lake | Blue Mounds | Camden | Charles A lindbergh | Father Hennepin | Flandrau | Fort Ridgley | Glacial Lakes | Greenleaf Lake | Kilen Woods | Lac qui Parle | Lake Carlos | Lake Maria | Lake Shetek | Mille Lacs Kathio | Minneopa | Minnesota Valley | Monson Lake | Sakatah Lake | Sibley | Split Rock Creek | Upper Sioux Agency
STATE TRAILS:
Casey Jones | Central Lakes | Glacial Lakes | Luce Line | Minnesota Valley | Sakatah Singing Hills
STATE PARKS:
Afton | Banning | Beaver Creek Valley | Carley | Forestville/Mystery Cave | Fort Snelling | Frontenac | Great River Bluffs | Interstate | John A Latsch | Lake Louise | Myre Big Island | Nerstrand Big Woods | Rice Lake | St. Croix | Whitewater | Wild River | William O’Brien
STATE TRAILS:
Blazing Star | Brown’s Creek | Gateway | Goodhue Pioneer | Great River Ridge | Douglas | Mill Towns | Harmony-Preston Valley | Root River | Shooting Star
May 15 – Submissions process opens
June 15 – Submission deadline
June 16-30 – Judging selection process
July 3 – Winners announced online and on social media
A panel of judges will be choosing the winners using the following criteria:
1. Content – capturing the unique qualities, experiences or beauty of that park or trail. Photos from any season is welcome.
2. Composition – the framing and balance of elements within the shot.
3. Technical Quality – the lighting, crispness, color, focus of the shot.
All photos (not just the winners) have the potential to be featured with photographer credit in our 2024 calendar. Any photographer whose photo is selected will receive two copies of the calendar, plus a discount on any additional copies.
Hints for increasing chances of being featured:
First place photos from each category will be published in Minnesota Trails Magazine, which is distributed to all state parks and many bike shops, plus mailed to P&TC members.