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Each year, Keep Iowa Beautiful aims to raise awareness of Iowa’s rural and urban beauty with our Annual Photography Contest. The photo contest offers both amateur and experienced photographers an opportunity to tell Iowa’s story from the perspective of Iowans in a fun, engaging way!
Keep Iowa Beautiful encourages anyone interested to submit their work to this photo contest, which includes cash awards totaling over $2,000! Participants can enter photos in as many categories as they like. Photos will be accepted until December 12th, 2025.
The six categories are:
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Iowa Landscape: Capture Iowa’s beauty through depictions of Iowa’s landscape, including but not limited to: farm fields, rolling hills, and wooded forests.
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Iowa Water: Feature Iowa’s beautiful water systems with depictions of Iowa rivers, streams, ponds and lakes.
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Iowa Cities: Iowa’s urban centers are hubs of history, culture, and beauty. This category features depictions of Iowa’s cities, street scenes, and urban landmarks.
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Iowans in Action: This category aims to capture the spirit of Iowa through depictions of the people that live, work, and play in Iowa. All means of action that can be captured: biking, running, fishing, hunting and hiking are but a few.
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Iowa Wildlife: Iowa is home to a variety of beautiful critters. This category aims to showcase Iowa’s beauty through depictions of Iowa’s wildlife animals: mammals, fish, birds, bugs and more!
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Hometown Pride: 100+ Iowa towns have participated in our Hometown Pride program. This category features depictions of Hometown Pride towns and/or photos of activities by Hometown Pride committees. View our Hometown Pride Communities to see if your photo qualifies.
NEW THIS YEAR: a Youth Winner! Young photographers (Grades K-12 eligible) will be celebrated with their own award while also being eligible for all contest categories.
To view prior winners, read complete contest rules, and submit entries now through Friday, December 12th, click here.
We can’t wait to see Iowa’s beauty through your lens!
Sincerely,
Andy Frantz
Executive Director, Keep Iowa Beautiful
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