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GRAND RIVER CONSERVATION AUTHORITY
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More than $2,200 in prizes will be awarded. This includes random monthly giveaways. We encourage you to explore nature with your camera and submit photos throughout the contest. After the contest closes, prizes will be awarded for the best photos in three categories:
- Recreation: Images depicting people enjoying recreational activities in the GRCA’s parks, natural areas and trails, and along the rivers.
- Nature: The flora, fauna, landscapes and riverscapes within the Grand River Parks and the river system. This includes local wildlife, aquatic life, plants and studies of patterns in nature.
- Panoramic photos: The panoramic category is dedicated to wide format landscapes or riverscapes and photos of people enjoying activities in Grand River Parks and natural areas. These can be captured by stitching multiple images together, or by using a panoramic camera.
The overall Grand Prize is a $500 gift certificate from a local camera retailer of the winner’s choice.
First place prize in each category is $250 and second prize of $100, also from a local camera retailer.
In addition, one Grand River Park Membership pass will be given out in a random draw each month from May through October. This pass is valued at $125 and provides access to all Grand River Parks for one year. It comes with vouchers valued at more than $90. Each photographer who submits a photo during a calendar month will be entered into this monthly draw and a park membership winner will be chosen at random within a week of the end of each month.
More information, including contest rules and information on how to submit photos can be found on the GRCA website The photos will be used by the GRCA in publications and online.
This is the third time the GRCA has held a photo contest of this type. The winning pictures and a selection of other entries 2012 contests and the 2014 contest can be seen on the GRCA’s Flickr page
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