Contest Guidelines Overview

• All photos must be taken within Virginia Beach
• Entry period runs from Saturday, March 7, 2026 12:00 am to Saturday, April 18, 2026 11:59 pm.
• Entries can be from before or during the contest time period.
• Must be your own original, non-AI generated work. Basic color editing (cropping, exposure, color correction) is allowed.
• The general public, LRNow employees and LRNow board members can enter up to 5 photos in the contest. Winners will be chosen from a general public pool of entries and another set of winners will be chosen from the employees/board members pool of entries.
• Please designate which photo category you are entering each photo into:
  • Wildlife
  • Landscape
  • Humans & the Environment
  • Conservation & Sustainability.
• Please submit entries via email to emilyw@lrnow.org as either a photo file attachment or a download link.
  • Name each file using this format: LastName_FirstName_Category_PhotoTitle
  • See file format, size, resolution and dimension requirements in the complete contest rules.
• Each photograph also requires its own completed entry form.
• Winners will be announced by the end of April. The general public pool of entries will have one overall winner and one winner per category. The employee/board member pool will have one overall winner and, depending on the number of entries, may have one winner per category.
• Winning photos will be featured in the following places:
  • LRNow website
  • LRNow social media
  • at the 2026 LRNow oyster roast fundraiser event
  • in the 2027 LRNow annual report
• Please be sure to review the full contest rules before participating.

See the full contest rules here.

Entry Form: Form-Fillable PDF Photo Entry Form (Word doc photo entry form available upon request to emilyw@lrnow.org)