The Friends of the Forest Preserves is currently accepting applications for its Enter Friends Photo Contest Grant Program.
Donor Name: Friends of the Forest Preserves
State: Illinois
County: Cook County (IL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/31/2026
Size of the Grant: Less than $1000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Prizes
- First Place receives $350.
- Second Place, Third Place, and Best of categories (ex. Fauna, Flora, Landscape, People, Youth Photographer, etc.) receive $100 each.
- Honorable mention receives $25 each.
Rules
- Photos must be taken in a forest preserve in Cook County, Illinois.
- Invasive and non-native species must not be prominent in the photo. This also applies to photos taken at Chicago Botanic Garden and Brookfield Zoo.
- Each photographer may enter a maximum of five photographs.
- Each photo file name should include the following (yes, your documents will have long names, but all this information is necessary):
- a title (if desired)
- descriptors such as the species photographed (if known)
- location where the photo was taken (forest preserve and town)
- name of photographer
- ex. “‘Motherhood’ mergansers at Busse Woods in Elk Grove Village by Kim Munroe”.
- If you are submitting photos for the youth category (18 years or younger), or on behalf of a youth, please specify this in your email and include the birthday of the photographer.
- Winning photographers consent to allowing Friends to use their photos on the website, across social media, in publications, and other materials. Friends will not share photos with other entities unless permission is granted in advance by the photographer.
- Submit photos as a high resolution (this is generally considered 300 DPI/PPI (dots per inch/pixels per inch) or higher) JPG/JPEG file.
For more information, visit FFP.
