You have just a few weeks left to submit your photos in the Erie Canal Photo Contest. For the 18th straight year, residents and visitors can send photos relating to the canal to the Erie Canalway National Heritage Fund for a chance to have the picture featured in next year’s Erie Canal Calendar.
According to organizers, images should convey people enjoying activities on the waterway and Canalway Trail or show the unique character of New York’s canals and canal communities. Winning photos will be featured in the 2024 Erie Canalway calendar.
Images will be judged in four contest categories: On the Water, Along the Trail, Canal Communities, and Classic Canal. Judges will select first, second, and third-place winning images in each category, as well as 12 honorable mentions.
Submitted images must be in horizontal format and taken within the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, which spans 524 miles across the full expanse of upstate New York. It encompasses the Erie, Cayuga-Seneca, Oswego, and Champlain canals and their historic alignments, as well as more than 230 canal communities.
Download the official contest rules and an entry form at https://eriecanalway.org/get-involved/photo-contest
Entries must be postmarked by August 25, 2023.
