The Photo and Art Contest will occur in a hybrid format for the 2025 conference.
The Photo and Art Committee is responsible for arranging the contest and for soliciting qualified entries for the annual meeting of the Texas Chapter.
Digital copies (JPEGs, etc.) must be submitted using the form below by 5 p.m. on Monday February 17, 2025.
You must bring your art submissions and the physical prints of your photo submissions to the Photo & Art table between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Wednesday the 19th.
To submit entries:
- Go to the TCTWS membership portal ( https://www.xcdsystem.com/tctws )
- YOU WILL NOT LOGIN TO THE TCTWS.ORG WEBSITE AS IN YEARS PAST
- Log-in to your TCTWS membership profile
- Click on “Photo Contest Entry” and follow on-page instructions
All contestants must be members of the Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society. (If you have registered for the TCTWS Annual Meeting you are a member.) Contestants will be limited to 1 entry per photo category. Photography categories will be:
- Texas Wildlife (not including captive animals)
- Texas Plants (includes plant-like organisms such as fungi)
- Texas Scenery
- Non-Texas Wildlife, Plants or Scenery
- Humor
- Work related
- Wildlife conservation (may include captive animal or species of conservation concern)
- Remote camera (not including captive animals)
Art may include original drawings, paintings, carvings, sculpture, poetry, etc. All entries compete in one category. Art submissions are limited to 5 entries per person.
Contestants are required to submit a digital copy of photographs and/or art via the TCTWS membership portal (https://www.xcdsystem.com/tctws) to be used at the Awards Banquet. Email photo.art@tctws.org with questions on submitting. If you do not provide digital copies of your submissions by 1 p.m. Wednesday the 19th, your work will not be displayed at the Awards Banquet.
To help defray the cost of awards, there will be an entry fee of $1.00 per item, which can be paid at the time of submission.
Photographs should be a standard size (3″ x 5″ up to 11″ x 14″), unmatted, and unframed; however, cardboard backing is permitted.
An electronic voting platform will be available within the TCTWS 2025 Annual Meeting App from 8 a.m. on Thursday the 20th to 3 p.m. Friday the 21st.
- Open “TCTWS 2025 Annual Meeting” application
- Click “Menu” button in bottom left corner
- Click Rubiks Cube icon labelled “Photo Contest Voting”.
- Select the category of interest.
- To vote on an image, simply touch the image and tap the “Vote For This Photo” button.
- Scroll to the very bottom of the page to go to a different category.
- For the “Best of Show” category, find your favorite entry then make note of the category and last 4 digits of the image name (ex: TCTWS2025-XXXX). You will vote by selecting the image name from a list rather than viewing the image
You may pick up your entries between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Saturday the 22nd. The committee is not responsible for photos & art left after the close of the conference.
Winners will be announced during the Thursday evening Awards Banquet. Provided there are at least 5 entries in a category, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places will be awarded in each category. If there are < 5 entries in a category, only 1st place will be awarded. There will also be “Best of Show” award for the most popular entry.
Photo and Art Contest Submission Form
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