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2026 Park View Calendar Contest
Showcasing beautiful original photography by Park View Members
Each year, Park View creates a calendar featuring beautiful, scenic photos submitted by our members. Submit your best images for a chance to be featured in our calendar!
Submission Guidelines
What to know before you upload.
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Photos must be submitted before August 31, 2025 at 11:59 p.m.
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To be eligible to participate, you must be a Park View member.
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Each member can submit up to two (2) entries.
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To be considered, photos must be horizontal (landscape orientation). That means photos should be formatted wide like a TV, not tall like a phone.
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Avoid photographing people. Photos that contain people will not be considered for inclusion.
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By submitting your photos to Park View, you are allowing the use of your photos in any Park View marketing materials.
How it Works
A quick overview of how our annual calendar contest works.
Submit Photos
Entries will be accepted August 1–31, 2025. Members can submit up to two landscape-oriented photos.
Top entries selected
A Park View selection committee will review all entries and choose the top 40 photos to move on to the voting round.
Vote
In early October, voting will open for the top 40 finalists. Every vote helps decide which photos will be featured in the calendar.
Winners Announced
The top photo wins $50 and the calendar cover; other finalists and 4 seasonal honorable mentions will be featured inside.
Be Inspired by some of our Past Contest Winners
2025 Calendar Photo Contest Winners
Thank you to everyone who entered our 2025 Calendar Contest.
2025 Grand Winner (Cover Photo)
Green to Gold Along the River - Colin Pennington
January 2025
Massanutten Mountain - Arnold Driediger
February 2025
Wintertime Feeding - James Knicely
March 2025
Glacier View, AK - Harold Teer
April 2025
Spring Storm Poppies - Marcia Weaver
May 2025
Wildflower Garden - Whitney Hartman
June 2025
Rainbow Over Grottoes, VA - Steve Cooke
July 2025
Beauty Attracts Beauty - Shyanne McDonaldson
August 2025
Summer at the Schoolhouse - Janae Speigle
September 2025
Green to Gold Along the River - Colin Pennington
October 2025
Mabry Mill, Virginia - Tom Wheatley
November 2025
Fall in Fort Valley - Jeremy Stinson
December 2025
Blackwater River in Blackwater Falls State Park, WV - Herb and Sarah Mters
Honorable Mention
Walking With Bumblebees - Alyssa Burkholder
Honorable Mention
Burke's Garden, VA - Rhonda Herr
Honorable Mention
Silver Lake Mill - Ken Layman
Honorable Mention
North River in Briery Branch, VA - Whitney Hartman
Need More Info?
Calendar Contest FAQs
Get the answers you need to your questions about our Calendar Contest.
Park View members may submit photos beginning at 12:00 am EST on August 1, 2025 and continuing until 11:59 pm EST on August 31, 2025.
After August 31, 2025, a panel of judges will carefully select the top 10 photos from each season—spring, summer, fall, and winter.
Following the selection, a public voting period will open for one week, allowing community members to vote for their favorite photos. The votes will determine the winning photos that will be featured in the calendar.
The top 3 photos in each seasonal category will be featured in the calendar, while the 4th place photo in each category will receive an honorable mention.
The calendar contest opens for submissions every year on August 1. Enter at https://pollunit.com/polls/2026-calendar-contest.
The winning photos will be featured in the Park View 2026 printed calendar. Park View may also post the winning photos to our social media pages, website, in our newsletter, as signage and more. Photographer attribution is important to us and will be given wherever possible.
Official Rules
Photo Eligibility: We are looking for photos that depict landscapes, nature, and landmarks. Animals are acceptable if they enhance the background.
Photo Subject Restrictions: Photos that contain people will not be accepted for the contest.
Eligibility: No purchase or payment is necessary to enter or win. Participants must be a member of Park View Federal Credit Union (Park View). Park View employees and board members are eligible to participate.
How to Enter: Photo entries are only accepted online at pvfcu.org/calendar. All entries must be submitted by August 31, 2024.
Number of Entries: A limit of two (2) photos with one (1) entry form per submission.
Photo Format: Photo submission must be a digital photo (jpg, tiff, or png) and at least 1MB to be considered. Photos with too low of resolution will not be considered. Only horizontal pictures will be considered and must fit the 11” x 8.5” calendar format.
Photographer: Entries must be submitted by the original photographer. Do not submit a photo taken by someone other than yourself. Your submission of the photo and entry is your guarantee that you are the author of the photo.
Judging: Photos will be narrowed down to the top 10 entries per season. Park View members will vote for the finalists from this group.
Prize: The photograph with the most votes will win $50 and be featured on the cover. The top 12 photos with the most votes will qualify to be in the calendar.
Ownership/Use Rights: By entering the contest, photographers agree to have their submitted photograph displayed by Park View without any fee or other form of compensation, other than the prize money of $50 for first place and agree that Park view may use photographs in any advertising and/or promotion it deems suitable. Photos will be credited to the photographer named in the entry form. If the ownership of any photograph submitted to Park View is contested in any matter, Park View retains the discretion to disqualify that photograph and discontinue its use of the photograph. Photos submitted will not be returned.
Calendars will be distributed free to Park View members.
Questions? Please contact marketing@pvfcu.org