The North Star State is steeped in natural beauty, and we want your help in capturing, sharing and celebrating it each season.

The Minnesota Star Tribune's outdoors and photography departments invite you to share your images of the place we love to call home. Submit your most engaging nature photo of the spring season for your chance to win a gift card and get published in print and online on Minnesota Star Tribune platforms.

Contest rules:

  • To enter, please upload an original file of your photo taken in Minnesota between March 20 and June 20.
  • Accepted photos include landscape, sky, flora and fauna. (Please, no pets or people.)
  • Include the time, date and the location where the photo was taken.
  • Certify no Artificial Intelligence was used to generate, create, fill or augment this photo in any way and no other digital or physical manipulation of the image has occurred that would result in a content change.
  • Certify you are the copyright holder and give the Minnesota Star Tribune permission for the photograph’s perpetual, unlimited usage.