Interested in entering the Spring Photo Contest?
We want to see Clare & Gladwin County through your lens!

Contest Submission Link

Contest Rules & Subject Release/Consent

A Subject Release Form is required if your submission includes an identifiable person. A Consent Form is required for photographers under 18 years old. These can be submitted to the Google Form Submission Link or turned in in-person to 750 M-18 Gladwin, MI.

2025 Winter Conservation Photo Contest Submissions:

1st Place: Tim Binns, "Waxing Crescent

Martha Dennis, "Snow Squall in March"

Sheryl Hyde, "Frosty Drink"

2nd Place: Gail Grove, "Waiting in Line"

3rd Place: Mary Oakley, "Let there be Light"

Gerald Beach, "Gigantor's Invasion"

Annette Tyler Courser, "Cautiously Curious"

Mary Andrews, "Hard at Work"

Debra Bouwens, "Hoar Ice"

2024 Autumn Conservation Photo Contest Submissions:

1st Place: Brittany Rease, "Barred Owl Among the Fall Colors"

2nd Place: Gail Grove, "Our Big Backyard"

3rd Place: Martha Dennis, "Blue Turkey Tail"

Autumn Baker, "Furgeson Lake in Clare County"

Mary Force, "Autumn Beauty"

Haley Walts, "Tufted Titmouse"

Dawn Cain, "The Beauty of Letting Go"

Mary Andrews, "Respite"

Colleen Carroll, "Bee"

2024 Summer Conservation Photo Contest Submissions:

1st Place: Michelle Andres, "Barred Owl"

2nd Place: Brittany Rease, "Mama Hummingbird Feeding her Babies"

3rd Place: Mary Force, "Beauty in Michigan's Outdoors"

Haley Walts, "Leaves Framing the Sunrise"

Gail Grove, "Bird Feed"

Martha Dennis, "East of the Barn"

Tim Binns, "Mid August Evening"

Mary Andrews, "Summertime, and the Livin' is Easy"

Autumn Baker, "Blue-spotted Salamander"

Gerald Beach, "A Fungi Among Us"

2024 Spring Conservation Photo Contest Submissions:

1st Place: Mary Andrews, "The Promise of Spring"

3rd Place: Martha Dennis, "Leucanthemum vulgare"

Colleen Carroll, "Alice"

2nd Place: Gail Grove, "Last Light"

MeLissa Williams-Hinrichs, "Cardinal in Spring"

2024 Winter Conservation Photo Contest Submissions:​

1st Place: Tim Binns, "Winter Whitetails"

3rd Place: Gail Grove, "The Cows are Waking Up"

2nd Place: Martha Dennis, "Middle Branch"

3rd Place: Judy Macauley, "Snowy Banks Along the Cedar River"

Kelly Nurenberg, "March Skies"

Jen Binns, "Moo'd Lighting"

Michael Ross, "End of the Hour"

Colleen Carroll, "Lunchtime"

Graycin Guoan, "Serene Day On The Lake"

Joshua Sauve, "Winter's Crystal Blanket"

Danae Haskell, "Bend of the North Branch"

Mary Andrews, "Sylvan Grove"

Erin Schuler, non-competition submission