DU Magazine Photo Contest

2026 DU Magazine Photo Contest

Presented by Drake Waterfowl and Wild Wings

Here's your chance to have an image published in Ducks Unlimited magazine and win a ton of gear from Drake Waterfowl and custom artwork from Wild Wings!

Have you taken a great photo of a favorite hunting partner, your retriever in action, or waterfowl in their natural habitat?

Overall Winner − $1,500 Drake gift card + Wild Wings custom canvas painting
Overall Runner-Up − $250 Drake gift card
Waterfowl Winner − $250 Drake gift card
Waterfowl Runner-Up − $100 Wild Wings gift card
Retriever Winner − $250 Drake gift card
Retriever Runner-Up − $100 Wild Wings gift card
Waterfowl Hunting Winner − $250 Drake gift card
Waterfowl Hunting Runner-Up − $100 Wild Wings gift card

From November 1, 2025, to January 31, 2026, we will be accepting entries for the 2026 DU Magazine Photo Contest. As in past years, the DU magazine staff will judge entries in three categories: waterfowl, waterfowl hunting, and retrievers. The winner and runner-up in each category, as well as an overall winner and runner-up, will have their photos published in the May/June 2026 issue of Ducks Unlimited magazine.

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20 MB or less ".jpg" image file with no spaces in the file name

Photo Description

CONTEST RULES: This contest is open only to Ducks Unlimited members who are legal residents of the United States and at least 18 years old on the date of entry. You’ll need to provide your member ID number when submitting your photo as well as contact information, including your name and phone number. Employees of Ducks Unlimited and their families are not eligible to enter. Anyone who has been previously selected as a winner of the DU Member Photo Contest (including winners of individual categories) or been paid as a photo contributor to Ducks Unlimited magazine is not eligible to enter.

Submissions must be digital. No slides or prints will be accepted. Digital submissions must be at least 3,000 pixels wide by 2,000 pixels high (72 dpi). Images that do not meet this standard will not be judged.
Limit of three entries per person.
Ducks Unlimited members who wish to enter must agree to the contest rules posted at ducks.org/photocontest. Entrants must certify that all submissions are their original photographs and, by entering, agree that their photographs may be published in Ducks Unlimited magazine, on the DU website and other digital media.

2026 DU Magazine Photo Contest

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