Jersey Shore Photo Contest
Have a stellar shot of our coast? Submit your favorite photo of the Jersey shore to NJ Sea Grant Consortium’s 2025 Jersey Shore Photo Contest! We will decide our favorite top 25 picks and then the public will vote and narrow down the top 12 for our annual calendar! Submit your photo by June 20th. Winners will be announced in July!
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- Only one (1) photo submission per person.
- Stick to the contest theme: Natural Elements of New Jersey Beaches. We welcome both traditional and innovative approaches to this subject, but please no family portraits.
- Photo files must be .JPG or .PNG format and a minimum of 300 DPI saved at a quality setting of “10” or higher and 8 ½” for the longest side.
- Images must be horizontal (landscape).
- Entries will be accepted until 5 pm (EST) on June 27th
- Submit only your own original work.
- Photos should be appropriate for a general audience. Explicit content is expressly prohibited.
- Post-processing and digital manipulation is not allowed, but minor adjustments to contrast, filtration, subtle burning, and dodging are acceptable.
- All entries become the property of NJSGC and may be used by the organization for other educational or marketing materials (the twelve finalists will receive an additional waiver for signature prior to publication of the calendar).
- Do not include any logos or text on the photo.
- By submitting your photo to this contest, you grant NJSGC permission to publicly display, reproduce, and use the photographs in all manner and media for any and all purposes, including related promotional purposes, in perpetuity. You also warrant that the photo is your original work and does not violate the copyright or any other personal or property right of any third party, and that you may be required to and can obtain any and all releases and permissions necessary for its use in the production of our calendar, including releases for any recognizable faces, unless they are incidental to a larger scene (e.g., a group of sunbathers on the beach).