
John Fielder
Photo Contest
Annual Photo Contest Winners
2026 Photo/Video Contest
Each fall ESWA solicits entries for its annual contest for photos that best evoke the splendor of the Wilderness Areas that ESWA helps protect – Eagles Nest, Holy Cross, Flat Tops, and Ptarmigan. In remembrance of John Fielder's many contributions to preserving Wilderness, the annual photo contest has been named in his honor. The winner is announced at the Annual Meeting/Party in late September.
SUBMISSIONS
Any ESWA member may submit a photo and for this year we are also accepting videos. All submissions must be made by September 1st, 2026. Use the form below to submit your photos and videos.
Rules
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Any member of ESWA may submit photos or videos. If you would like to join our organization, you can become a member here.
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Each individual may submit no more than three photos and videos in total.
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Photos and videos must be taken in one of our four Wilderness areas and the submission must include the Wilderness are where it was taken- but must not include the specific location.
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Shorter, concise videos are better. The world has a short attention span. We are limiting video length to no more than 1 minute and 1GB.
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Photos and videos may not include people or dogs or man-made structures of any kind.
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Traditional editing is permissible (brightness, contrast, color, crop, sharpening)
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Winners will be determined based on the judges' opinion of how well the photos and videos represent the wilderness characteristics of the areas in which ESWA works.
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By submitting your photos and videos, you allow ESWA to use them in any way that it deems appropriate. This includes on the website, on photo cards (photo cropping if needed), on social media, etc. Where possible, ESWA will credit the photographer.
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Members of the selection committee are ineligible to submit photos.
Submit your photo or video
If your photo or video meets all of the requirements stated for the John Fielder award above, please submit using this form.
Note that photos can be no more than 15MB and videos can be no more than 1GB in size.













