The Audubon Community Nature Center is now accepting entries in its 2024 Nature Photography Contest. With $1,600 in prize money, Youth and Adults compete in the categories of Wildlife, Scapes, Macros and Close-up Details, and Community Choice. Pictured is 2023 Adult Honorable Mention recipient “New Beginning” by Deidre Kowalewski of Fredonia.

A total of $1,600 in prize money will be awarded to winners in the Audubon Community Nature Center 2024 Nature Photography Contest.

Adults and youth ages 8-18 have four ways to win $200 for their nature photographs.

Judges will choose the adult and youth winners as well as three honorable mentions in the categories of Wildlife, Scapes, and Macros and Close-up Details. All winners receive a $200 cash prize.

In the Wildlife category, any wild animal is acceptable, including birds, mammals, fish, snails, insects, etc. Photographs of animals in captivity, such as pets, zoo residents, or rehab/education animals are not accepted.

In the Scapes category, submit a photo of landscapes, plantscapes, seascapes, weather, clouds, rainbow, mountains, ponds, or any view the photographer finds beautiful.

For the category of Macros and Close-up Details, photographers don’t need a macro lens to get an amazing close-up shot. The category is not just for close-up shots of small things, but also for close-up details of large things, like an animal’s eye or a detail on a fossil.

Cash prizes of $200 will also be awarded to the Adult and Youth photos receiving the most Community Choice votes online. A photo could receive both the Community Choice and a judged award.

Winning and honorable mention photographs will be displayed on the contest website. ACNC will print the winners to exhibit in the Nature Center, and winners and honorable mentions will be announced in a news release that is widely distributed, including to their local media when known.

Full details of the competition are at GoGoPhotoContest.com/ACNCPhotoContest2024, where you can submit photos, vote on entries, and see the 2022 and 2023 contest winners.

The sooner photographs are submitted, the longer the public can vote for them for the Community Choice awards. Photographers are reminded to encourage friends and family to vote for their photo(s). All the social media buttons are right there for postings.

Deadline for submissions is Sunday, July 7, 2024.