• Members submit digital images, which are judged by the entire CNPA membership.

• Opens 8:00am on October 1, 2025

• Deadline for submission is 6:00pm on October 31, 2025

• $9.50 per image / May enter up to 15 single images in any combination of categories

• Awards for Best of Show, Top of Tier, and Category winners (first, second and third place)

• Eight diverse categories to enter

• One overall winner receives the Best of Show title

• Please click on ‘Rules & Guidelines’ above for full image eligibility criteria

2026 Categories:

Landscape | Wildlife World | Wildlife North America | Captive | Small Stuff | Plants | Birds | Artistic/Creatively Processed

Tier One ELIGIBILITY:

Includes any member who has won a Best of Show, Top of Tier, First Place prize or multiple prizes (BOS, TOT, or 1st to 3rd Place prizes) in any previous CNPA Members’ Choice Contest or who describes him/herself, or is generally recognized, as a professional photographer or workshop leader.

Test: Have you won (2) 3rd place or better or any one of the top prizes – including a 1st Place in all previous Members’ Choice Contests,? If yes, enter in Tier 1.

Tier Two ELIGIBILITY:

Includes any member who has never won a Best of Show, Top of Tier, First Place prize or won any multiple of prizes (BOS, TOT, 1st to 3rd Place prizes) in any previous CNPA Members’ Choice Contest and who does not describe him/herself, or is not generally recognized, as a professional photographer or workshop leader.

A member who has entered in Tier One may enter in Tier Two in subsequent years if they meet the new criteria.

While any member may choose to enter in Tier One, the Contest Committee may require that a particular member enter in Tier One.