If you love to explore the scenic byways of Kansas ranch country and you love taking photos on your adventures, there’s a photo contest that just opened that’s made for you.

The Ranchland Trust of Kansas opened its ninth annual photography contest April 15. The contest is open to professional and amateur photographers of all ages. Photographs entered will showcase the natural beauty of ranching and grazing lands across the state.

The competition offers Kansans the chance to explore and capture the many activities, seasons and faces of Kansas’ ranching tradition.

LANDSCAPE: This shot from the Flint Hills of Kansas was the Landscape category winner in the 2019 Ranchland Trust of Kansas photo contest.

Participants should submit photos expressing the mission of RTK: “To preserve Kansas’s ranching heritage and open spaces for future generations through the conservation of working landscapes.” This may include landscape, livestock and people, with preference to grasslands, grazing land, ranchers, cattle and much more.

Participants may enter up to five photos. The contest will be open through the entire summer and close on Aug 31. Entries will be judged by a panel of professionals in the field of photography and by RTK representatives.

All prizes for the contest are sponsored by Wolfe’s Camera Shop of Topeka. Wolfe’s will award 10 photo cards to all 10 category winners.

Categories include: Grand Prize, Landscape, Livestock, People, Youth (ages 5-17), Kansas Livestock Association member, Fan Favorite via Facebook voting and three honorable mentions.

The grand prize winner will receive their choice of an 11 inch by 14 inch stretched photo canvas or a 12 inch by 18 inch metal print of their winning photo.

FAN FAVORITE: Facebook voters chose this photo of Red Angus cattle in a Tallgrass Prairie pasture as their favorite in the 2019 Ranchland Trust of Kansas photo contest.

Participants can find the full contest rules and entry form online. For questions, please contact Samantha Weishaar at 785-273-5115 or [email protected].

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