ENTER YOUR BEST SHOTS IN UPEC’S 2026 PHOTO CONTEST

Deadline for entries is January 1 1

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Every year, UPEC invites people to help us recognize and share the beauty of our Upper Peninsula landscape and its inhabitants by entering our Photo Contest. (view some past winners here)

This year we will honor photo winners in two general categories: Unedited Photos and Digitally Enhanced Photos. Unedited Photos are exactly that: shots you take and then submit to the contest without any post-processing. In the Digitally Enhanced category, you can take your original photo and let your creativity run free using any of the many digital photo editing tools out there. You can send us up to three photos total, in either or both of the categories. The shots can be of any subject, so long as it’s a picture of the UP. Photos must be a high-resolution shot in .jpg format (file size: 1 megabyte minimum; 5 megabytes maximum).

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New for 2026: Youth Contest! We’ve added a new, third category just for young (17 and under) photographers. Follow the guidelines above.  Win or lose, all Youth Contest entrants can choose to get a free one-year UPEC Student Membership ... just check the box on the form.

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The winning entries in each of the three categories will be enlarged, printed, and mounted and we’ll display them at our Celebrate the UP! event next spring in Marquette. The photographer will get to keep the print, as well as a $50 First Prize. The winning entries will also be published in our newsletter.

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Submit your photos here (deadline is January 11)

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