Summer Events

• Summer Beauty – Scenic spring and summer landscapes across West Virginia state park areas

• Outdoor Recreation – Your favorite warm-weather activities (hiking, fishing, and more)

• Wildlife – Wild animals in their natural park habitats

• Plants – Flora and blooms found throughout park areas

• Pets in Parks – Your companion enjoying West Virginia’s great outdoors

By submitting a photo to this contest, you agree to the following rules:

All photos must be taken on a WV State Park, State forest, or WVDNR managed Rail Trail. Up to three photos may be submitted per individual, per category. Submission must be received by August 7, 2026. All photos must be original. Light edits/enhancements only – images with heavy effects, manipulations, watermarks, unnatural saturation, exposure, or contrast will not be considered. Entrants must obtain written permission from any individual or group of individuals featured in a photograph and submit with photo. West Virginia State Parks Foundation and WVDNR staff will make selections based on the quality, composition, content, originality, creativity, and mass appeal. Decisions are final and in sole and absolute discretion of staff. By entering the contest, you grant the Foundation and WVDNR a royalty-free, world-wide, perpetual, non-exclusive license to publicly display, distribute, reproduce, and create derivative works of the entries, in whole or in part, in any media now existing or later developed, for any purpose, including, but not limited to, advertising and promotion of the Foundation and its website, exhibition, and commercial products, including but not limited to Foundation publications. Any photograph reproduced will include a photographer credit as feasible. The West Virginia State Parks Foundation nor WVDNR will be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such uses.