2027 Spokane Audubon Calendar Photo Contest
Are you a current Spokane Audubon Member with beautiful images of wild birds taken in Eastern Washington (East of the Cascades) or Northern Idaho that you would love to see in the pages of the 2027 Spokane Audubon Calendar? If so, submit your best four images beginning April 15 through May 15. You can find all the details below.
2027 Spokane Audubon Calendar Photo Contest Guidelines
Submission Period: April 15 – May 15, 2026
Submit photos to: calendar@spokaneaudubon.org
Requirements
All photographs must be submitted by a Spokane Audubon Society member in good standing (i.e., a current member).
A maximum of four photographs can be submitted per person.
Photographs must be submitted via email to calendar@spokaneaudubon.org.
Each photograph must be submitted in jpeg format, be in landscape orientation with dimensions of 9.25” wide x 6.75” high (aspect ratio of 37:27), have a resolution of at least 300 pixels per inch (at least 2775 x 2025 pixels), and be no larger than 10MB in size.
Submitted photographs shall not have the © symbol with the photographer’s name or other inserted script.
For images selected for the calendar, the photographer maintains copyright and agrees to provide perpetual use of the photograph(s) to Spokane Audubon Society for the calendar and other promotional and educational purposes.
All photos must be of wild birds and must be taken in Eastern Washington (east of the Cascades) or Northern Idaho (north of the WA-OR border). Please include the species name(s) and location where each photograph was taken.
Call for Entries
Photographers may submit entries starting Wednesday, April 15, 2026. The deadline is Friday, May 15, 2026; no entries will be accepted after that date.
Judging and Selection
Selection will be made by a panel of three to five impartial judges, at least one of whom is a Spokane Audubon Society board member. At least some panel members will have moderately advanced bird identification skills and experience with bird photography.
Photographers who submit entries will not be judges.
The bird(s) in a natural setting must be the focus of the photograph. Preference is given to interesting behaviors, unusual or hard-to-see species, and eye-catching compositions. Habitat and artificial features should not overpower nor draw attention away from the bird(s).
Judging criteria are photo composition, technical excellence, artistic merit, and overall impact. Normal processing is allowed but over-processed or altered photos will be rejected.
Submissions must comply with the specified size requirements; the judges have the right to reject photographs that do not meet these requirements.
Following selection, all entrants will be notified of the decisions.
Publication
Each photograph will be published with the common name of the bird species and © with the name of the photographer.
Special Note: Photographers whose images are selected for the calendar may need to provide a TIFF version of the photograph for printing purposes.
