2024 Rahway River Parkway Photography Contest!

We are excited to announce our 2024 Rahway River Parkway Photo Contest!

You don't have to be a professional photographer or have a fancy camera. All you have to do is snap some good shots, send in your entries, and follow our contest rules. We look forward to seeing all of your beautiful captures of the parks, and like last year, we will showcase the winners in our 2025 calendar!

Deadline: August 15,12 AM EST.

Winners by Category

This year, we are shaking things up! We are introducing three, separate contest categories and will be selecting a winner from each other them. These categories are:

Landscape
Wildlife
Recreation

Instead of our usual 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place prizes, we will be awarding the top photo in each of these three categories. Each contestant is still able to submit up to three entries. However, in order to ensure a variety of entries, we ask you to submit photos for at least 2 different categories.

For example: (2 Landscape + 1 Recreation) OR (2 Wildlife + 1 Recreation) OR (1 from each category)

We are hoping these new categories will encourage everyone to explore all of the diverse beauty our parks have to offer!

How to enter:

Go out and enjoy the parks that make up the Rahway River Parkway! If you're uncertain of all the parks, visit our website for a list of qualifying parks.
Take awesome photos and pick out your best ones.
Enter up to 3 photos into our contest through our online submission form. Must complete one form for each entry. (RRP Photo Contest Form )
All entries must be in horizontal format and must be at least 2MB in size. All submissions failing to meet these requirements will not qualify.
Make sure to note the location of your photo
Have fun!

CONTEST RULES / FINE PRINT

Photos must be taken along the Rahway River Parkway which includes any greenways immediately along the Rahway River as it flows through Union County, and all parks and sections listed below.

Milton Lake Park
Rahway River Park
Osceola Park
Mohawk Park
Nomahegan Park
Lenape Park
Blackbrook Park
Sperry Park Section
McConnell Park
Meisel Avenue Park
Hanson Park
Washington Ave Park
Hampton Park
Cranford Section
Larchmont Section
Droescher's Mill Park

Entries must include location of image and be submitted using our online submission form. One photo per entry form, with a limit of 3 entries per person in a minimum of 2 categories (see above). You will receive an automated response when each entry is submitted.

Deadline is August 15,12 AM EST.

Entrant must own the rights to their photos and will continue to retain them. However, by submitting photos to this contest, entrant allows Friends of Rahway River Parkway to print or publish them in conjunction with the contest and for other charitable purposes, with full credit to the photographer.

Winning images will be selected by a panel of professional local photographers who will be looking for a variety of images that are esthetically pleasing, technically sound, and that showcase the variety of offerings of the Rahway River Parkway. Subjects can be of natural, cultural, historical, or personal themes. If people are identifiable in your photo, you must have model releases for them.

After the contest, the calendars will be sold as a fund-raiser for Friends of Rahway River Parkway, with no further compensation to the winning photographers. Our gratitude, however, is eternal.