2018 National Park Photo Contest Winners
We received 3,000 spectacular photo entries to our 8th Annual National Park Photo Contest and the winners have been selected.
Contests
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Are you feeling lucky? National Park Trips Media offers contests and sweepstakes for recreational gear, trips, camera equipment, and lodging. Here you will find our current contests.
Photographer? Be sure to enter our annual photo contest sponsored by Tamron.
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Backstories of the 2018 Winning National Park Photos
Want to know how to get a winning shot? Read these behind-the-scenes stories on how our three first-place photographers captured award-winning photos.
Behind the Shot. Stories About the 2017 Winning Photos
The three winners, Roger Twilley, Matt Meisenheimer, and Tony Prince, are all hobbyists—none is a professional photographer by trade—but their images were no accidents.
National Park Photo Contest presented by Tamron
Do you love to take vacation photos in national parks? Whether it’s a landscape, a wildlife pic, or a great family moment, send it our way. Enter your photos Jan. 2 - Aug. 31, 2018
National Park Photo Contest Winners - 2014
2014 Grand Prize: Mike Wheeler with his photo of a grizzly and two cubs in Grand Teton National Park. Also winners Dana Raynor and Jonathan O'Reilly
National Park Photo Contest Winners - 2015
2015 Grand Prize winner is Amit Lamba - A Storm is Coming! Grand Canyon National Park. Runners up are Stephen Goldschmidt and D Brent Young.
National Park Photo Contest Winners - 2016
2016 Grand Prize winner is Kate Noll of wildlife from Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. Runners up are Phill Monson and Sandeep Gali. + 56 Honorable Mentions
National Park Photo Contest Winners - 2017
The three Grand Prize winners are Matt Meisenheimer for Landscape, Roger Twilley for Wildlife, and Tony Prince for Night Skies. Also see 48 Honorable Mention photos.