The Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition’s annual photo contest is now open. UPEC invites photographers to share their best shots representing the beautiful UP, including photos from any season of the year. There are four categories:

1. Nature panoramas, wildlife, and landscapes

2. Humans engaged with the natural world

3. Close-ups of hidden or overlooked beauty

4. Wonderful fluid water

Photographers can be from anywhere, but the photos must be from the Upper Peninsula, with one submission per category per person.

Winners will be announced in each category in the winter 2019-2020 UPEC newsletter, and winning photos will be published there and in later newsletters. They also may be part of an on-line photo gallery and on display at the next Celebrate the UP!, scheduled for March 2020 in Houghton.

For complete contest rules and instructions on how to submit, write to UPEC at upec@upenvironment.org.

The contest deadline is November 1, 2019.