A call for entries to professional and amateur photographers to submit your finest scenic, close-up, and artistic renderings of wildflowers from the Columbia River Gorge area. A collection of 40 entries selected will be displayed at The Columbia Art Gallery in Hood River for the July 2013 gallery show called "The Earth Laughs In Flowers", inspired by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

All finalists and the three winning images will be unveiled at The Columbia Art Gallery in Hood River on Friday, July 5th during the first Friday gallery opening. Details to follow.

Submission Deadline: Monday, May 27, 2013

Prizes:

• 1st Place: $500 gift card to Pro Photo Supply
• 2nd Place: $300 gift card to Pro Photo Supply
• 3rd Place: $200 gift card to Pro Photo Supply
• 37 more finalist will be selected along with 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners to be displayed at The Columbia Art Gallery for the July 2013 gallery show.

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Have a favorite photo of your pet? Enter the 22nd Annual Fuzzy, Furry, & Feathered Friends Photo Contest

Get out your camera and start taking pictures of your favorite furry and feathered friends. The annual OHS Photo Contest is now open for submissions. Past winners have included almost every type of photo imaginable – from candid moments of dogs romping on the beach to classic portraits of kittens and puppies.

Submission Deadline: Monday, June 3, 2013

Cost: $5.00

All winners will be featured in the Oregon Humane Society’s quarterly magazine, on the shelter’s popular website - oregonhumane.org, Pro Photo Supply’s in-store gallery and website, and at select Beard’s Framing stores, beardsframingstore.com.

All prizes courtesy of Pro Photo Supply, Canon and Beard’s Framing. Winners will be announced by the end of June 2013.

Prizes And Categories:

• Grand Prize: a Canon Rebel T5i SLR camera from Pro Photo Supply, plus a $250 gift card from Beard's Framing.
• Best Dog Photo: photo winners each get a $100 gift card to Pro Photo Supply and Beard’s Framing.
• Best Cat Photo: $100 gift card from Pro Photo Supply, and a $100 gift card from Beard's Framing.
• Best Other Animal Photo: $100 gift card from Pro Photo Supply, and $100 gift card from Beard's Framing.
• Best Youth Photographer: $50 gift card from Pro Photo Supply, and $50 gift card from Beard's Framing.
• Funniest Photo, Child with Pet, Me & My Pet (adult with pet), Dog & Cat Couple (special moments when a cat and dog frolic, snuggle, or just hang out together), and Editor's Choice photo: $50 gift card from Pro Photo Supply, and $50 gift card from Beard's Framing.

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Submit your favorite nature images taken within the boundaries of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge to the 7th Annual 2013 photography competition!

Submission Deadline: August 11, 2013

Adult Content Prizes:

• 1st Place: $300 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply
• 2nd Place: $150 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply
• 3rd Place: $100 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply
• 9 Honorable Mentions: $25 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply

Youth Contest Prizes (18 or under):

• 1st Place: $100 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply
• 2nd Place: $75 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply
• 3rd Place: $50 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply

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Submit your favorite nature and wildlife images taken in Washington County and the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge

Presented by Friends of the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge and the Washington County Oregon Visitors Association.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: September 2, 2013

ADULT PRIZES:

• 1st Place: $300 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply, Leupold Binoculars & Lensbaby Composer Pro with Double Glass
• 2nd Place: $150 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply & Vortex Binoculars
• 3rd Place: $100 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply & OnOne Perfect Photo Suite 7
• 9 Honorable Mentions: $25 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply

YOUTH PRIZES:

• 1st Place: $100 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply & Leupold Binoculars
• 2nd Place: $75 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply & private workshop with Photographer Jack Graham
• 3rd Place: $50 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply

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Whether it's a photo of you fishing, kayaking or just a beautiful shot of a stream, submit your stunning freshwater shots to be entered to win.

What you win:

• $25 gift card to Pro Photo Supply
• One month of your photo displayed on The Freshwater Trust's homepage, along with your name and the opportunity to provide a link to an online photography portfolio (if you have one). Your photo will also be displayed indefinitely on the The Freshwater Trust's Photo of the Month Archive page
• LPosting on The Freshwater Trust's Facebook page, announcing the winner
• All submission will also be entered in a biannual contest to be published in print and online in the Blue Prints section of freshwater magazine

How to enter:

• You must fill out one submission form for each photo you submit.
• No more than 5 photos may be submitted in a single month by the same photographer.
• You must own the right to publish in print and digital formats any photos you submit and agree to the following Terms and Conditions.

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Submit your favorite nature and wildlife images taken on Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge!

Presented by The Columbia Gorge Refuge Stewards!

CONTEST PRIZES:

• 1st Place: GoPro HD Hero3 Silver (Value of $299), plus 1-year family membership in the Columbia Gorge Refuge Stewards
• 2nd Place: $75 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply, plus 1-year family membership in the Columbia Gorge Refuge Stewards
• 3rd Place: $50 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply, plus 1-year family membership in the Columbia Gorge Refuge Stewards
• 9 Honorable Mentions: $25 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply, plus 1-year family membership in the Columbia Gorge Refuge Stewards

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Our favorite time of year is when the tulips bloom! Send us your best photo taken at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES:
CLOSED

Categories Include:

• Flowers – Show us interesting, unique and beautiful pictures of flowers at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm. They can be shot using macro lenses and modes, or consider a zoom, wide-angle or creative lenses. Don't limit yourself, and get creative!
• Details & Macro – Getting in close is the trick for this category. We welcome pictures of small details that tell a larger story. Don't restrict yourself to just flower shots, think abstract; a water drop, insects, leaves, ice crystals, etc. Anything goes as long as it is in a tight composition. Remember that a macro image of a flower might also go into the "Flower" category.
• Landscape & Field – These pictures include landscapes, sunsets, field shots of the tulips and may also include hot air balloons or other major landmarks in the fields.
• Catch All – This category is for the pictures that may not fit with the other three categories. But remember: it must be taken at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm and may include landmarks such as the tractors, windmills, wooden shoes, or pictures with people and animals, etc.

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Grand prize is round-trip coach airfare for two, provided by Air Canada, to Toronto, known for its view from 1,100 feet in the CN Tower and its proximity to Niagara Falls. The Port of Portland is adding a $1,500 Visa gift card to help with lodging and other expenses.

In addition, one first place, second place and third place prize will be awarded in each of The following categories: Off Continent, North America, and Celebrating Oregon

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Submissions Closed

PRIZES:

• 3 FIRST PRIZES A $600 gift certificate to Pro Photo Supply or a $600 gift certificate to Shutterbug.
• 3 SECOND PRIZES A $300 gift certificate to Pro Photo Supply or a $300 gift certificate to Shutterbug.
• 3 THIRD PRIZES A $200 gift certificate to Pro Photo Supply or a $200 gift certificate to Shutterbug.

Winning entries will be published in The Oregonian's A&E Travel section on Sunday, April 21, 2013.

Winning entries will have their photos displayed at Pro Photo Supply and Shutterbug Broadway.

Drop off your ENTRY FORM & photos at:

• The Oregonian
  1320 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201
• Pro Photo Supply
  1112 NW 19th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. For the entry form and for full rules, go to www.oregonlive.com/contests. Ends 5:00 PM PT 2/22/13. Open to amateur photographers who are legal residents of Oregon and SW Washington 18 or older, except employees of Sponsors, their immediate families and those living in the same household. Void outside Oregon and SW Washington and where prohibited. Certain travel terms and conditions apply. A.R.V. of 1 grand prize $3,540, 3 first prizes with A.R.V. $600 each, 3 second prizes with A.R.V. of $300 each and 3 third prizes with A.R.V. $200 each. Sponsors: The Oregonian, Air Canada, Port of Portland, Pro Photo Supply and Shutterbug.

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An amateur and professional photo contest benefitting the MESD Outdoor School in Portland, Oregon.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Submissions Closed

Each category winner (Top 100, Portland, Outdoor School, Youth & Professional) will all receive a cash prize! And, thanks to Imaging by Fox, each winner and first runner up from each category will also recieve their winning photograph professionally printed.

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It's time for Homes & Gardens of the Northwest's annual Garden Photo Contest!

There's no theme; it's shooter's choice. As long as the photo is taken in a garden – public or private – in the Pacific Northwest after September 1, 2011, it's eligible to win!

We'll pick five winners, each will receive a $200 gift card from Pro Photo Supply.

The five winning photos and some runners-up will be printed in the last Homes & Gardens newspaper issue of the year, and displayed on OregonLive.com and at Pro Photo Supply.

Submission Deadline: Submissions Closed

- Download an Entry Form.
Each print you submit needs a completed entry form on the back. Please attach it with tape or glue. Do not use staples or paper clips. After opening the link, print the form and fill it out and attach it to your entry.

- Download the 2012 Contest Rules

Entries must be postmarked by Oct. 1 and mailed to:

Homes & Gardens of the Northwest Photo Contest
The Oregonian
1320 S.W. Broadway
Portland, OR 97201

OR dropped off by that date at either:

The lobby of The Oregonian at the above address;
OR
Pro Photo Supply
1112 N.W. 19th Ave.
Portland, OR 97209

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Registered nurse. Pharmacist. Construction manager. Those are some of the jobs that past Oregon Wild Outdoor Photo Contest winners have had. With the 8th Annual contest returning this summer YOU have a chance to win too!

Grab your camera, hit the trail, and frame up the perfect shot to submit in our four main categories: Wildlands, Wildlife, Waters, and Endangered Places – this year featuring the wild backcountry where Oregon’s most famous wolf (Journey) roamed during his epic trip from the Eagle Cap Wilderness all the way to northern California.

Submission Deadline: Submissions Closed

ENTRY FEE: $5 (allows you to submit up to five photos and the chance to win exciting prizes from our outstanding sponsors)

PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED FOR THE BEST PHOTOS IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

• Wildlands
• Wildlife
• Waters
• Endangered Places

The contest is open to amateurs and professionals with great prizes from Pro Photo Supply and others for the winners. We'll unveil the winners at a special event in October.

Enter your blues festival photos in the 25th anniversary photo contest.

Pro Photo Supply has teamed with Oregon Food Bank to sponsor a photo contest to capture 25 years of great performances, friendly crowds and millions raised to feed people who are hungry in Oregon and SW Washington.

Send us your best images and we’ll pick the 25 best for display at the festival in July.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Submissions Closed

PRIZES:

• 1st Prize: $200 Gift Card to Pro Photo Supply
• 2nd Prize: $100 Gift Card to Pro Photo Supply
• 3rd Prize: $50 Gift Card to Pro Photo Supply
• 6 Honorable Mentions: $25 Gift Card to Pro Photo Supply

Please contact Norm Eder if you have a film archive of festival photos from 1987-2005.

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Oregon’s North Coast is like having a beach in your backyard, and from Astoria to Seaside to Pacific City, it’s one great photo after another waiting to happen. We’d like you to share what the North Coast is to you, whether it’s a panoramic vista, a favorite family memory, or some hidden gem along Highway 101. So, enter your best shot from a past trip, or better yet, head west this weekend and start snapping.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Submissions Closed

One Grand Prize Winner will receive: Nikon SLR Digital Camera from Pro Photo Supply, 1-night stay at the Gilbert Inn in Seaside, 1-night stay at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites in Astoria, a $100 gift card to the Twisted Fish Steakhouse and a $100 gift card to Fort George Pub & Brewery. Total package value of over $1,400!

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Then. Now. Here. is a celebration of photography as a unique medium and tool that can help us explore and examine who, and where, we are.

The premise is simple- show us your photographs of Portland and its people, THEN or NOW. This spring, as a component of Portland Photo Month, we've invited a guest juror, Raymond Meeks, to curate a slideshow from these images. This slideshow will then be presented on our site, as well as displayed around the city throughout the month of April in the form of public projections

There is no charge to submit photographs and the submission process is open to anyone. The only rule is that all photographs should be made in or around Portland, whatever that means to you. For each photograph submitted, please include the photographer's name and year the photograph was made (if known). Caption information is welcome, but not necessary. Found images are acceptable and encouraged, but please attribute them as such. We welcome submissions of historic images from individuals or organizations.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Submissions Closed

Submissions are accepted via email only, with a maximum of 10 photographs submitted by any one person. All submissions should be saved as .jpegs with maximum dimensions of 600 pixels high or 1000 pixels wide. Color space will be srgb.

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The International Conservation Photography Awards (ICP Awards) is a premier worldwide photography event focused on conservation and the environment. The 2012 edition of the biennial juried photo competition, along with awarding cash & merchandise to selected photographers, will include an online exhibit, a 5-month museum gallery exhibit at the prestigious Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture in Seattle, Washington, and publication in national photography magazines and other printed communications.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Submissions Closed

CATEGORIES:

• Natural Environment at Risk
• Community at Risk
• Landscape
• Wildlife
• Flora
• Underwater
• Documenting a Conservation Project
• Puget Sound at Risk
• Student

PRIZES:
There will be a mix of cash and merchandise awards in each category as follows:

• FIRST PLACE PRIZE: $1000
• SECOND PLACE PRIZE: $500
• THIRD PLACE PRIZE: TBD

Selected photographers whose images are chosen for awards will be honored with a 5-month exhibit at the prestigious Burke Museum in Seattle, Washington.

The Burke Museum will tour the top 25 (or so) images – this includes the top 2-3 prize selections in each category plus the Canon Prize recipient (excluding the Puget Sound at Risk category) – to potentially 5 or 6 museums in other parts of the US in the two years following show's exhibit in Seattle.

The selected images with photographer credits will also be presented in the ICP Awards Gallery and in other prominent print and online media.

Student Category: There will be cash prizes of $400 each for the top 3 student images selected; plus there will likely be additional Honorable Mentions in student category.

Honorable Mentions in each category will be included in the exhibition(s) and in all communications regarding results of the awards selections, including the ICP Awards website and gallery. Several Honorable Mentions will be included in each category, all to be included in the Burke Museum exhibit and the online exhibit.

The Canon Prize: In honor of Art Wolfe, the founder of the ICP Awards. Art Wolfe himself will select one image that he deems the best to receive this special prize, brought to you by our long-time friend and sponsor Canon (previously known as the Art Wolfe Award).

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