Photo Contest

The 2009 contest was a great success.
Check back in April to participate in the 2010 contest.

Frank J. Koshere, Abbey Lake 3rd place Amateur Category 2008

Great Lakes Forever and Budweiser have been partners since 2005 to produce the annual Great Lakes photo contest in an effort to raise awareness of the Great Lakes and engage people in their protection. See the 2009 winners.

Amateur and professional photographers are invited to enter their best Great Lakes photographs that exemplify the unique landscape of the Great lakes and the communities that live on the shores. Six finalists will be chosen from the pool of hundreds of submitted photographs and win great prizes from Budweiser. In each category the grand prize winner will receive a Budweiser tandem kayak.  First place will receive a Budweiser Magellan Triton 300 handheld GPS and second place a Budweiser day pack. 

Grand prize winners will get their photo on beer coasters. Last year, the winning photos were printed on more than 120,000 beer coasters that were distributed to all eight Great Lakes states and two Canadian provinces. Not only does this contest highlight the talented photographers in the Great Lakes area, it also works toward making residents aware of the problems the Great Lakes face and engage them in protecting this vulnerable and valuable natural resource.