13th Annual Churchill Wild Photo Contest open for entries

The 13th Annual Churchill Wild Guest Photo Contest is now open for entries!

Our annual photo contest allows us to recognize and showcase the talented photographers who join us on our polar bear safaris each year and is open to all guests who visited the Churchill Wild polar bear lodges in 2024. You’ve shared your photographs with family and friends and we now invite you to share them with us. Whether you’re a hobbyist or a pro, we welcome your entries!

We’ve set up six different categories and prizes include a gift certificate towards a Churchill Wild safari and a P&H Photo gift card. This year, we’ve updated our categories and added a brand-new People’s Choice award! After the submission deadline on April 11th, we’ll open up voting on this page, allowing you to cast one vote per day for your favourite photo. Winners will be announced on April 22nd.

As Ansel Adams once said, “There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” We couldn’t agree more, but there are a few rules for this contest below. Need inspiration? Check out last years winners here.

HOW TO ENTER

Please read through our rules and guidelines below and submit your photo(s) to contest@churchillwild.com by April 11th, 2025 to be eligible for judging.

CATEGORIES

1. Polar Bear
2. Wolf
3. Other Wildlife
4. Landscape
5. Lodge Interior or Exterior
6. People’s Choice

PRIZES (to be awarded in each category)

• First Place | $1,500.00 CAD Gift Certificate* plus a $100 B&H Photo gift card.
• Second Place | $1,000.00 CAD Gift Certificate* plus a $50 B&H Photo gift card.
• Third Place | $750.00 CAD Gift Certificate* plus a $25 B&H Photo gift card.

1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes will be awarded in each category. *Towards a Churchill Wild Safari

REDEEMING PRIZES

• Winners may transfer their gift certificate to a family member or friend if they wish.
• Prizes cannot be redeemed for cash.
• Usage of gift certificates subject to availability.
• Cannot be combined with any other discount and no commissions will apply.
• Must be applied to a 2025, 2026, or 2027 trip.
• Remaining balance is due 90 days prior to departure and will be invoiced by Churchill Wild in due course.

RULES and GUIDELINES for ENTRIES

• Only guests who visited a Churchill Wild lodge in 2024 are eligible to enter the contest.
• All photos submitted must have been taken on a Churchill Wild safari during the 2024 season.
• All entries must be labelled with the photographer’s NAME and the CATEGORY into which it is being entered.
• Contest entries will be accepted until April, 11th 2025.
• You may submit ONE photo per category. If more than one photo is submitted for a category, the first one received will be the one entered for that category.
• By entering this contest, you are acknowledging that Churchill Wild reserves the right to use your images for promotional purposes. Photo credit will be given whenever your photos are used.

PHOTO SPECIFICATIONS

• Photos may not be cropped (zoomed in) by more than 10% to give a fair indication of what the original shot looked like.
• Photos will be judged on the basis of composition, light, colour, sharpness, creativity and human interest. Post-processing is expected from DSLR entries but photos should not be over-processed.
• Do not add text to photos. Failure to comply will exclude your submission from the contest.
• Submitted images should be at least 1500 pixels (on the long side) at 72 dpi to allow for a fair comparison between images.
• All files should be in .JPG format.

ATTN: GROUP LEADERS

If you were the leader for a group of guests in 2024, please forward this notice to them to ensure they have the opportunity to enter the contest.

Contest closes April 11th, 2025. Winners will be announced on April 22nd, 2025.