Each photographer may enter up to five images.

Your entry has three parts: your images, the entry form, and the entry fee payment.

IMAGE SUBMITTAL
Photo-sharing app option (Preferred): This year images must be submitted through your favorite photo-sharing application (Google Drive, Dropbox, WeTransfer, etc.) with an access link sent to Chertok Florida Native Nature Photo Contest Chair Teresa Williams at mwilliams@cfl.rr.com.

Mail-In & Hand-delivery Options: Or if preferred, you can mail or hand-deliver your entries on a flash drive (non-returnable, labeled with your name and address) along with your entry form and a check for your entry fees, written to Orange Audubon Society and mailed to the address on the entry form (link in the green boxes above). Or you can deliver these items to the contest chair, Teresa Williams, at the April Orange Audubon program meeting at Harry P. Leu Gardens.

ENTRY FORM AND ENTRY FEE SUBMITTAL
Online option (Preferred): Or you can fill in the entry form online and pay the entry fee online at the same time through the link: Youth or Adult (Novice or Advanced).

Mail-in option: Along with submitting your photos, fill out the entry form pdf linked in the green boxes above, and mail with your check.

ELIGIBILITY SCREENING: All entries must be postmarked or electronically submitted by April 30, 2025, and will be screened to assure that they meet eligibility requirements.

To increase knowledge of Florida native fauna and flora and enhance other educational aspects of the contest, participants will be notified soon thereafter if any entry is disqualified for not following the Contest Rules below (the most frequent cause of disqualification is non-native elements in the photo). Participants may optionally replace such an image with no additional entry fee, but such replacements must be submitted by May 27, 2025 (postmarked or electronically submitted by date) and meet all other contest requirements.

Youth Awards
– 1st place: $100 cash, $25 gift card, ribbon 
– 2nd place: $60 cash, $15 gift card, ribbon 
– 3rd place: $40 cash, $10 gift card, ribbon 
– 4th place: $30 cash, ribbon
– 5th place: $20 cash, ribbon 
– Honorable Mentions: Ribbons only; awarded at judges’ discretion

Novice and Advanced Awards
– 1st place: $200 cash from OAS + $100 gift card from Colonial Photo & Hobby + ribbon
– 2nd place: $100 cash from OAS + $50 gift card from Colonial Photo & Hobby + ribbon
– 3rd place: $50 cash from OAS + $25 gift card from Colonial Photo & Hobby + ribbon
– Honorable Mentions: Ribbons only; awarded at judges’ discretion.

Awards are taxable and, depending on tax residency status, may be subject to reporting and tax withholding. Winners will be notified if reporting and/or tax withholding applies to their award payments. 

About the Contest
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney L. Chertok moved to Orlando in 1985. Nature photography was of particular interest to Mr. Chertok. For 34 years he edited a photograph-filled engagement calendar featuring images solicited by competition. Mrs. Kit Chertok served as an Orange Audubon board member during the 1990s. She was instrumental in establishing the Chertok photo contest, in her husband’s memory, to encourage others to carry on the tradition of an annual nature photography competition. This is the 37th year of this contest!