2025 Photography Contest
By Ed Dornfeld
Love where you live. Love where you bank.
Colorado Credit Union is looking for beautiful, good-quality images of our amazing state to be featured in our 2026 Calendar.
Enter our photography contest for a chance to win $500 or other prizes* and have your photo(s) featured in next year’s calendar as either the cover or a featured month, which will be distributed throughout all three of our branch locations.
Entry Details:
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Photos must be horizontal/landscape.
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Photos must be at least 300dpi, submitted as a .PNG, .JPG or .JPEG files and are 100MB for a single photo upload or 500MB combined uploads.
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You may enter up to three (3) photos.
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Absolutely no AI or stock photos accepted.
Contest Rules
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Sponsor: Colorado Credit Union, 10026 W. San Juan Way, Littleton, CO 80127
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No purchase necessary: no purchases or payment of any kind is necessary to enter the 2025 Photography Contest
Anyone may enter the contest. You do not have to be a member of Colorado Credit Union. You must be 18 years or older to submit a photo. If you are under the age of 18 and the author of a photo, please have an adult (18 years or older) submit the form and photo on your behalf. You do not need to be a professional photographer.
Please note: Colorado Credit Union employees and family members may enter images but will not be eligible to win a prize.
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Photos must be taken in Colorado within the last 3 years to qualify
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Photo submission must include location name or place
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Photos must be your own, original work photography (no AI generated or stock photos accepted)
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No black and white photos
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Photos must be horizontal/landscape
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Photos must be of landscape, nature, wildlife, sunrise/sunset. NO people or domesticated animals.
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Only digital/electronic photos accepted
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Photos must be 300dpi, submitted as a .PNG, .JPG or .JPEG files and are 100MB for a single photo upload or 500MB combined uploads
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You may enter up to three (3) photos
An internal selection committee at Colorado Credit Union will narrow down the entries to the top fourteen (14) photos that will be featured in our 2026 calendar.
The top fourteen (14) entries will then be judged through public voting on social media to determine the top three (3) prize winners. Voting will begin September 15 and will conclude September 30 at 11:59 pm (MDT).
The social media public poll does not impact the chosen calendar photos. The voting determines the prize-winning photos only.
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The top thirteen (13) photos and photographer's name will be featured in the 2026 calendar.
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First place: $500
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Second place: $250
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Third place: $125
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The remaining ten (10) entries will receive a Colorado Credit Union gift.
Entrant/photographer may only win once. If two (2) of your images win 1st and 3rd place, you will receive the first-place prize only. The fourth place in the voting will receive the third-place prize.
You will not be notified if your photo was NOT chosen to be in the calendar.
Colorado Credit Union employees or family members are not eligible to win a prize.
Additional contest rules.
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Colorado Credit Union has permission to use your photograph to publish print (2026 calendar) and/or digital publications, post on social media, use for promotional purposes, and place on Colorado Credit Union’s website.
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The submitted photo(s) are your own, original work and not AI-generated or stock photos.
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The person submitting the photo must be over the age of eighteen (18).
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Contact information (email and/or phone) will be used to contact the winners.
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Remove any personal watermark or trademarks on the photograph. Photographer will be recognized and given credit for their work.
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The photographer will be credited in the printed calendar.
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If you do not wish to have your name published in the calendar, please let us know when we notify you for being chosen.
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Additional contest rules.