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2025 Grand Prize Winner, Salt Cure – Catherine Yüksek, 44, took this photo of her daughters, Serena and Sage, with their friends Sage, Stella, and Vivi, in Galveston during the last weekend of Sept. 2024 on a brief getaway to celebrate Stella’s 10th birthday..
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Contest Rules and Guidelines
Eligibility: This is a local photo contest intended for amateur photographers residing in The Buzz Magazines’ circulation area. Professional photographers, both full- and part-time, will be disqualified. Any photographer who charges a fee or sells photos of any kind, for any amount, will be disqualified.
Artificial Intelligence: Images generated or manipulated with Artificial Intelligence (AI) are not permitted. Any use of these tools will automatically disqualify the entry from the contest.
Timing: Photos must have been taken within the past 12 months.
Entry deadline: May 15, 2026, 11:59 p.m. (no exceptions)
Categories:
- Animals (wild, domesticated and farm animals)
- Landscapes (including urban)
- Nature (e.g., wildlife, plants, birds, insects, close-ups of natural scenes and textures)
- People and Portraits
- Sports, Action, and Other
Number of Entries: You may enter as many photos as you like per category.
Submission guidelines: All entries must be submitted via our website. Photos cannot be accepted via e-mail or on disc. Please submit photos as high resolution as possible within the upload size limit (5 MB).
Winners: Winning photos will be published in our July 2026 print issue and will also be published on our website by July 1, 2026.
Prize: Our grand prize winner will receive a Nikon Z 30 compliments of Houston Camera Exchange. The Z 30 is Nikon’s smallest, lightest Z series mirrorless camera—incredible image quality, full compatibility with 40+ interchangeable NIKKOR Z mirrorless lenses, amazing creative effects, and easy setup via your smartphone.
Judging: Judging will be performed by The Buzz Magazines. All decisions are final and at the sole discretion of The Buzz Magazines.
Photo release: By entering this contest, permission is hereby granted to The Buzz Magazines to publish and use this photo in print, online, and in social media. The photographer retains ownership and copyright of the photo.