New ways to win during the Northwest Exposure Photo Contest
WTA's annual photo contest is now open! Show us your best photos from all across the state!
WTA's Northwest Exposure Photo Contest is now open until October 12. And, for the first time ever, we’re including a contest within a contest! Thanks to the generous support of Glazer’s Camera, we will be awarding four gift certificates to the Glazer’s Photo Lab, where you can print your favorite memories on trail to cherish forever!
How to enter our bonus contest
During the contest, we will feature four "SnapShot winners," who will be selected at random. To enter, just submit a photo that matches the prompts below during the appropriate week and include the hashtag in your caption, simple as that! Winners will receive a $25 gift card to Glazer’s Photo Lab.
Please note: Your photo could still be selected as a finalist even if it is one of our SnapShot winners.
Categories
Photo by Lan Wen
- #Campground (Aug. 17- 23)
- Show us your favorite campsites over the years. From stunning views to your favorite memories captured on camera, we can’t wait to see what you share! Please remember these photos must follow all Leave No Trace principles.
Photo by Katie Egresi
- #Desert (Aug. 31 - Sept. 6)
- From sagebrush and shrub steppe to the rolling hills of Eastern Washington, we want to see the desert landscapes you’ve explored!
Photo by Scott Gardner
- #SouthernWA (Sept. 14- 20)
- Practically Oregon but not quite! Anything south of Highway 12 is what we’re looking for.
Photo by Robert Riedlinger
- #SmilesonTrail (Sept. 28 - Oct.4)
- Got a great picture of someone smiling AND a trail in the same frame? Show us your best shot!
Winners will be announced on our social media and notified via email.
Comments
I'm looking forward to seeing this year's winners. If anyone at WTA is reading this, just a little comment about last year's (2025) contest winners. The photo with the "Price Glacier in the background," as the subject and photographer purportedly run up Mt. Shuksan doesn't make sense. The Price Glacier is ON Mt. Shuksan, which as the caption notes, is in the background. The photo was not taken on Mt. Shuksan, but rather somewhere to the north, like Ruth Mountain or nearby Icy. Besides, no one is going to climb Mt. Shuksan in shorts and running shoes. At over 9130 feet--the 9th highest peak in the state--it's an ascent requiring glacier travel and an exposed summit block usually protected with ropes and requiring a rappel to get off. Maybe it's just a typo, but it behooves all of us to get things right. I wouldn't want to see folks heading out to try to jog up Mt. Shuksan.
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coldrainandsnow on Aug 10, 2026 06:36 PM