{"id":207318,"date":"2026-06-01T09:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/207318\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T09:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:16:10","slug":"erie-canalway-photo-contest-opens-for-2026-entries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/207318\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie Canalway Photo Contest Opens for 2026 Entries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Erie Canalway Photo Contest Is Back as Canal Season Opens<\/p>\n<p>The New York State Canal System is officially open for the season, and along with it comes a familiar call for photographers \u2014 time to grab your camera and start capturing the <a href=\"https:\/\/bigfrog104.com\/tags\/erie-canal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Erie Canal<\/a> in action.<\/p>\n<p>The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor has opened entries for its<a href=\"https:\/\/eriecanalway.org\/get-involved\/photo-contest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> annual photo contest<\/a>, and they\u2019re looking for images that really show the personality of the canals. Think sunrise over the water, boats moving through, trail life, small-town canal scenes \u2014 anything that tells the story of the region.<\/p>\n<p>Photographers can submit up to three images, whether they\u2019re just snapping shots on their phone or working behind a professional lens.<\/p>\n<p>What They\u2019re Looking For<\/p>\n<p>Entries will be judged in four categories:<\/p>\n<p>A Vibrant Connector: Waterways, Parks, and TrailsPast Meets PresentThe Canal at WorkScenic Beauty<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:<a href=\"https:\/\/bigfrog104.com\/theres-only-one-place-in-new-york-you-can-drive-under-the-erie-canal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u00a0There&#8217;s Only One Place in\u00a0NY You Can Drive Under the Erie Canal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Judges will pick first, second, and third place winners in each category, plus 12 honorable mentions.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say the goal is simple \u2014 show the canal the way people actually experience it<\/p>\n<p>Win a Spot in the 2027 Calendar<\/p>\n<p>Winning photos will be featured in the 2027 Erie Canalway Calendar, which highlights the best images from across the canal system all year long.<\/p>\n<p>Deadline to enter is August 28, 2026 \u2014 so there\u2019s time, but not a ton of it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/attachment-900-2.jpg\" alt=\"CNY News logo\"\/>Covering a Huge Stretch of New York<\/p>\n<p>Photos must be taken within the <a href=\"https:\/\/eriecanalway.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor<\/a>, which stretches 524 miles across upstate New York and includes the Erie, Cayuga-Seneca, Oswego, and Champlain canals, plus more than 200 canal communities along the way.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, it\u2019s about spotlighting the people, places, and everyday moments that make the Erie Canal more than just history \u2014 it\u2019s still very much alive across New York.<\/p>\n<p>Everything New York Has to Offer From A to Z<\/p>\n<p>New York is more than just the Big Apple. The Empire State has so much to offer. From mountains and waterfalls to castles and kaleidoscopes, see everything from A to Z you can enjoy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Credit &#8211; Polly McAdams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Erie Canalway Photo Contest Is Back as Canal Season Opens The New York State Canal System is officially&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137,139],"class_list":["post-207318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}