Kansas photographers are encouraged to participate in the Department of Agriculture’s annual photo contest.
KDA began accepting photos on July 19TH, and will continue accepting entries through the end of August.
This year’s KDA Photo Contest categories were selected to promote different aspects of Kansas agriculture: Farm Fresh, Technology in Agriculture, Kansas Critters, and Kansas Life. A video category will also accept drone footage submissions, harvest videos, or other short clips of under 30 seconds that showcase Kansas agriculture. Additionally, there is a separate Youth Division for young photographers under age 19. Prizes will be awarded to the top two winners in each of the six categories.
After submission, KDA is granted permission to use any photograph for publications, social media, websites, and displays throughout the year without payment or other consideration from the photographer.
Photo entries should be sent in .jpg format to KDA.PhotoContest@ks.gov. Videos should be sent in .mp4 or .mov format. Entries must include a title and brief description, where and when the photo/video was taken, the photographer’s full name and age, entry category hometown and email address.
Guidelines for the KDA Photo Contest, including deadlines, categories and prizes, can be found at agriculture.ks.gov/PhotoContest. Voting to select finalists will begin on KDA’s social media sites in late August. For more information, contact Heather Lansdowne, KDA director of communications, at Heather.Lansdowne@ks.gov or 785-564-6706.
