Share The Experience Photo Contest: Win $10000 Cash and Other Great Prizes!

Pictures can make you a winner! I think it sounds strange, but let's utilize your photographs of natural beauty as a way of earning! A popular annual photography contest, "Share the Experience Photo Contest," is back this year to encourage nature lovers and amateur photographers to share their favorite views, moments, and adventures in the national parks and public lands. This is the biggest contest yet, offering cash prizes along with free hotel stays and outdoor adventure prizes. Let's go to your favorite place and capture it for 2022 Share the Experience photo contest for a chance to win some prizes.

Limit: The contestant must be 13 years old at the time of entry. Each contestant can submit up to 10 photographs per month. Per month 10 entries are allowed per eligible person.

How to Participate in Share the Experience photo contest:

Submission Phase: June 22, 2022, December 31, 2022

Visit www.sharetheexperience.org and complete the free online entry form in accordance with the instructions provided and submit up to ten photographs per month. The photograph must be in .jpg format and no more than 5 MP in size.

All photographs must be taken on lands managed by one (1) of the six (6) Federal Recreation Agencies between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2022.

Share the Experience photo contest Winner selection:

Monthly Promotion Phase:

Per month, judges will select three winners on the basis of the following criteria: (i) originality, (ii) artistic composition, (iii) technical quality, (iv) photographic technique, and (v) whether t h e photograph showcases the best of America’s recreational opportunities.

Annual Promotion Judging Phase:

Judging Phase: January 1, 2023, to February 28, 2023

During the judges phase, judges will review all eligible entries to determine a maximum of two hundred and fifty (250) top entries.

Finalists will be selected on the basis of the following judging criteria: (i) originality, (ii) artistic composition, (iii) technical quality, (iv) photographic technique, and (v) whether the photograph showcases the best of America’s recreational opportunities.

Annual Promotion Winner Selection:

On or about February 28, 2023, The qualified panel of judges will select nine winners including 1 grand prize,1-first prize, 1-second prize, and 6 honorable mention category prize winners from the 250 finalists. Winners will be notified on April 15, 2023.

Share the Experience photo contest Prizes:

One grand prize winner will receive the following prize pack:

• $10000 cash check
• Two-night stay at a Historic Hotels of America participating location (ARV: $600)
• Hydro Flask Soft Cooler Tote (ARV: $175)
• Hydro Flask 16oz Tumbler (ARV: $24.95)
• Annual Federal Lands Recreation Pass (ARV: $80)

(ARV of Grand Prize: $10879.95)

One first prize winner will receive:

• $5000 cash check
• Two-night stay at a Historic Hotels of America participating location (ARV: $600)
• Hydro Flask Soft Cooler Tote (ARV: $175)
• Hydro Flask 16oz Tumbler (ARV: $24.95)
• Annual Federal Lands Recreation Pass (ARV: $80)

(ARV of Grand Prize: $5879.95)

One third prize winner will receive:

• $3000 cash check
• Two-night stay at a Historic Hotels of America participating location (ARV: $600)
• Hydro Flask Soft Cooler Tote (ARV: $175)
• Hydro Flask 16oz Tumbler (ARV: $24.95)
• Annual Federal Lands Recreation Pass (ARV: $80)

(ARV of Grand Prize: $3879.95)

(6) Honorable mention category prizes:

Adventure & Recreation: a two-night stay at a Historic Hotels of America participating location (ARV: $600), one Hydro Flask 16oz Tumbler (ARV: $24.95) and one Pass (ARV: $80.00) will be awarded.

Outdoors for All: a two-night stay at a Historic Hotels of America participating location (ARV: $600), one Hydro Flask 16oz Tumbler (ARV: $24.95), and one Pass (ARV: $80.00) will be awarded.

Historical & Cultural: a two-night stay at a Historic Hotels of America participating location (ARV: $600), one Hydro Flask 16oz Tumbler (ARV: $24.95) and one Pass (ARV: $80.00) will be awarded.

Scenic, Seasons & Landscapes: a two-night stay at a Historic Hotels of America participating location (ARV: $600), one Hydro Flask 16oz Tumbler (ARV: $24.95), one Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 80AZ Smartphone App-Enabled Refractor Telescope (ARV: $179.95), one and one Pass (ARV: $80.00)

Wildlife: a two-night stay at a Historic Hotels of America participating location (ARV: $600), one Hydro Flask 16oz Tumbler (ARV: $24.95), one Celestron TrailSeeker ED 8x42 Binoculars (ARV: $314.95) and one Pass (ARV: $80.00) will be awarded.

Night Skies: a two-night stay at a Historic Hotels of America participating location (ARV: $600), one Hydro Flask 16oz Tumbler (ARV: $24.95), one Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ Smartphone App-Enabled Newtonian Reflector Telescope (ARV: $399.95) and one Pass (ARV: $80.00) will be awarded.

(21) Monthly Prizes:

Per month three winners will receive one Annual Federal Lands Recreation Pass (ARV: $80)