ONPS Photo Contest

The annual ONPS Photo Contest is open to ONPS members and the general public.  All photos entered become the property of ONPS and may be used for displays, publications, and/or educational purposes. ONPS will credit photographers. ONPS sponsors annual photo contests in the following areas:
  • Garden Wildflowers
  • Native Landscapes
  • Flora and Fauna
  • Close-Up (image should show 1 subject that measures less than 12 inches across within the camera’s or photo’s field of view)
  • Plant of the Year
    • TBA
  • Special Category - a changing category designated each year by the ONPS board.
    • TBA
All photos must be taken in Oklahoma of a native plant species in its natural habitat. The deadline for submission is December 1, 2018.
 
Rules:
  • Photographs entered must be of native plants and/or fungi growing wild in Oklahoma.
  • Each photographer may enter a maximum of two (2) unmounted, cut to size color prints in each category, for a total of six (6) photos.
  • Photos taken with digital cameras for contest entry should also include a high resolution digital copy of each photograph, submitted on a CD at time of entry.
  • Photos must measure between 4" x 6" and 5" x 7" inches in size.
  • Photographs entered in previous contests are not eligible.
  • Photographs need not have been taken during the past year.
  • Photographs not meeting all requirements will be disqualified.
  • Winners will be announced in the summer ONPS newsletter and online.

2017 Contents Winners Announced

Click here to view the winners of 2017 Photo Contest.
Click on links below to see the winning photos of the following categories.
​Close Up
Host Plant
Plant of the Year
Native Landscape
Flora and Fauna
Garden Wildflowers
2018 Contest Announcement
​​To Enter:
In addition to completing the entry form below, please attach the following information to the back of each photo: contestant’s name, category entered, orientation of the photo unless obvious, plant name, and Oklahoma county where photo was taken.  The deadline for submission is December 1, 2018.

ONPS Photo Contest Entry Form (click here)

Winners will be recognized at the 2019 ONPS Indoor-Outing in February of 2019 and announced online and in the following issue of The Gaillardia, the ONPS quarterly newsletter. Unlike in past years, there will be no monetary awards for winners.  Winners will be acknowledged for their excellence and appreciated for sharing their experience.