Community Corner
Submit Your Best Shots To The Forest Preserve's Photo Contest Today!
Monthly winners receive a $75 Visa gift card. Overall winners chosen in January will take home $500, $250 or $150 for the top three photos.
The start of fall brings new opportunities for those hoping to snap a winning shot in the Forest Preserve District of Will County's popular Preserve the Moment photo contest.
Not only will fall color start creeping in, but bird migration is in full swing, bringing in some feathered friends that are only here as they pass through while heading to their wintering grounds.
For example, American white pelicans have arrived both around Four Rivers Environmental Education Center in Channahon and Rock Run Rookery Preserve in Joliet. The pelicans are just one of the many opportunities to wow the judges this month. There's a bounty of wildlife out there and perfectly framed scenery shots are great ways for those taking photos with their phones to get in on the action.
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If you haven't already submitted your photos for September, be sure to do so by 11:59 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30. The winning photo each month will be chosen via Facebook voting after Forest Preserve judges narrow down entries to five finalists.
Monthly winners will receive $75 gift cards and advance into a final round of judging once the contest concludes Dec. 31. In January, the top three overall contest winners will be determined by a public vote on the District’s Facebook page, with the first-place winner receiving a $500 gift card; second place, $250; and third place, $150.
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Three random drawings also will be held for all contest participants, and those three winners will each receive a $75 MasterCard gift card. All who enter will receive a participation gift.
Participants may enter up to five digital photos per month. All photos must be uploaded via the District’s contest upload page. Be sure to fill out all the required categories, including the date and location the photo was taken.
All photos must be taken in a Will County forest preserve by amateur photographers age 18 or older. Be sure to read the contest rules before entering. Entries not adhering to the rules will be automatically disqualified.
The Preserve the Moment photo contest is sponsored by The Nature Foundation of Will County.
