These artistic winterscapes feature creative winter scenes including snow or ice sculptures.
Embellish your creations with plant materials, colour and lights - let your imagination run wild!
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The Winterscapes Photo Contest for 2022 is now closed. We hope you’ve had fun getting outside and creating your Winterscapes! View the gallery of Winning Entries to celebrate the creativity of our winners, and to get inspired for next year.
These artistic winterscapes feature creative winter scenes including snow or ice sculptures.
Embellish your creations with plant materials, colour and lights - let your imagination run wild!
These winterscapes feature landscaped yards with showy plants, decorations or wildlife-friendly features.
These fun and play-friendly winterscapes feature whimsical elements such as snow slides, forts, snowpeople or ice creations, tree ornaments, and lights. Suitable for group activities!
Read the following rules, terms and legal conditions below before submitting any photos.
Questions and inquiries about contest rules can be emailed to front.yards@edmonton.ca.
All eligible photos nominated for a Winterscapes Award will be available for voting. Photos will be posted to the YegParks Facebook page. Interested Edmontonians can vote for their favourite photo by "liking" it. Voting will remain open for one week. The photos in each category that receive the most “likes” will then be subject to VIP judging to determine the top three winners in each category.
Three finalists in each of the categories (Winter Garden, Winter Play, and Winter Art) will be selected to receive a Winterscape Award from an internal judging panel. A maximum of nine awards will be given in total. Photos of the nine finalists will be posted in the Winterscapes gallery.
Online nominations can be submitted starting on Monday January 10, 2022. The deadline for submitting nominations is 11:59pm MST, Monday February 28, 2022. Finalists will be announced in March 2022 on the City of Edmonton and YEG Parks Facebook pages. The City of Edmonton reserves the right to adjust any deadline(s) as the result of causes beyond its immediate control.
Prizes for the contest are awarded based on a random draw from all eligible nominations. The chances of winning are based on the number of nominations received.
All residents who submit an eligible photo nomination will be entered into a weekly draw to win a fun winter themed prize including Snow Play Books and Snowman Kits.
Prize draws will be completed and winners will be contacted by 4:30pm MST on each Thursday of the contest (January 10 – February 28, 2022), with the exception of the last week of the contest, where the winner will be contacted before 4:30pm MST on Friday, March 4, 2022. Prizes will be mailed to the recipient(s) within 3 business days from confirmation of mailing address.
Awards for finalists will be selected and recipients will be notified of the selection by March 31, 2022.
All submitted photos will be uploaded to the YEG Parks Facebook page for public viewing. Once finalist awards have been announced, and recipients notified, photos within the gallery will be organized into award recipient categories. Winterscape photos of finalists will be used in promotions for future Winterscapes promotional material.
Personal information is being collected by this program under the Authority of Section 33(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) Act and will be used for administrative purposes of the City of Edmonton's Winterscapes Photo Contest, to contact winners for the prize draw, and to notify recipients of the Winterscape Awards. Names and contact information provided will be used to verify entry information, to distribute awards, and to credit persons whose material is selected for publication where photo credit permission has been given by the photographer. If you have any questions concerning FOIP please contact City of Edmonton, Community Greening Coordinator at 780-496-4678. For program-related inquiries, please contact 311 or front.yards@edmonton.ca.
Online | Contact 311 Online |
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If you are calling from outside of Edmonton: 780-442-5311
Telephone | 311 |
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TTY | 780-944-5555 |