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2026 CPRS Parks Make Life Better Photo Contest ENTER YOUR BEST SNAPS!
Submit your best photos to the CPRS Parks Make Life Better Photo Contest! If you win Best of Show, your photo will be featured on the cover of the spring issue of California Parks & Recreation magazine!
You could win a GoPro HERO camera or a DJI Osmo Mobile!
At right: 2025 Judges’ Choice photo by Sarah Valentine, Recreation Specialist, City of Folsom
The Judge’s Choice winner will win a GoPro HERO camera and the People’s Choice winner will win a DJI Osmo Mobile smartphone stablizer. Additional entries from each category will also be featured in the magazine.
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Entry deadline: February 24, 2026 12:00 p.m. PST Prizes donated by Pernsteiner Creative Group.
Submit your photos at: www.bit.ly/2026CPRSPhotoContest or scan QR code Photo contest categories: • Parks & Playgrounds • Recreation Programs • Festivals & Events • Sports, Health & Fitness • Senior/Adult Programs • Staff & Volunteers Who is eligible to enter? Full-time, part-time, seasonal staff, or interns of CPRS member agencies and professional members are eligible to enter. Industry Partner members are not eligible. Photos should be high resolution, minimum 300 dpi at a final size of 9” x 12”. Photos will be judged in two ways: People’s Choice winners (CPRS member voting) and Judge’s Choice winners (CPRS staff voting). The top Judge’s Choice photo will be featured on the magazine’s cover. The top 3 photos in each category will appear in the spring issue of CP&R magazine. There is a maximum limit of five (5) total photo submissions per photographer.
Rules & Terms Each photo should include in the file name (in this order): category, agency, photographer’s name, title of photo. • You must be at least 18 years of age to enter. • Photos taken between January 1, 2025 and February 24, 2026 are eligible. • All entries must have been photographed at California Park & Recreation Society park or recreation agencies, by CPRS members. • You must have obtained all model releases for your photos. By entering the contest, you are assuring CPRS that you have obtained all model releases necessary to publish the image in all forms for commercial and noncommercial purposes. By entering, you also warrant to CPRS that 1) you are the sole copyright holder of the image, 2) the image is not otherwise commercially available for sale, and 3) the image does not violate or infringe upon the copyright, trademark, rights of publicity, privacy, or any other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity. • By virtue of their entry, contestants irrevocably agree that CPRS may adapt, edit, and/or modify their photographs in any way and may also publish or otherwise use their photographs for promotion of California Parks & Recreation magazine and for other publications; displays; videos; the CPRS website; and for any other editorial, trade, advertising, commercial or other purposes without your prior approval or inspection and also without compensation, right to royalties, or any other consideration. You also agree to fully and forever release, discharge, indemnify, defend, and hold harmless CPRS and each of their independent contractors, officers, board members, agents, and employees, from any and all claims arising out of the publication or use of the photograph by CPRS as described in these rules. A photo credit will be given in all cases of publication by CPRS.
Photo Contest voting begins at |noon on 2025 March 10, 2026 and ends at noon on March 26, 2026. 12 CALIFORNIA PARKS & RECREATION SUMMER CPRS Members can vote for one photo per category. Voting information will be listed on the CPRS website as well as throughout the CONNECTIONS 2026 Conference.