We want to celebrate the west through your eyes. Enter our annual photo contest today.
What’s your particular view of the American West?
What image is projected inside your mind when you consider our glorious region? Is it a perfectly framed landscape shot from past travels in the mountains or the desert? Does it depict your cherished friends and family on horseback, working land, or riding the trail? Does it honor the dogs or horses or cows or other four-legged friends who support and love us on homes and ranches every day?
Everyone’s view of the West is different, and we want to see yours.
“The Wilds,” Nancy Florence (Carson City, Nevada)
We’re calling this year’s reader photograph contest “THE WEST FROM HERE.”
We’re giving every entrant one shot to show us their best view of the American West. That’s right: You’ve got one shot (literally, each entrant is allowed one photo to submit), so you’d better make it count.
You also have a short time to submit – we’re taking entries from September 1 to October 1, and the winner will be revealed in a future issue of C&I. The winning shot will be chosen by expert judges and Western photographers Beau Simmons and Erika Haight, and the winning photographer will receive a $1,000 prize, a subscription to the magazine, and the chance to get the winning photo in print.
“Swirling Indigenous,” Chad Coppess (Pierre, South Dakota)
So, we ask again: What’s your view of the West? We’re all eyes.
Submit your best entry below!
Click here to see our 2024 winners and honorable mentions.
Our apologies as the 2025 Photo Contest is now closed for submissions / entries.
Please follow us on social media to hear more about the winners and additional details in our upcoming 2025 Photography issue!
- Model Release Form must be included to publish images that depict a person / people who could be recognized.
- Download the Model Release Form below.
- Be sure to attach the completed form when you submit your entry / entries.
- Any questions or comments, please email: [email protected]
Please CLICK HERE to download the release form.
Read the full contest rules here: Terms & Conditions.
Featured lead image: Navajo Heritage, Bruce Miller (Idaho Falls, Idaho); Winner, 2024
