2026 Calendar Photo Contest

Get your cameras ready! Our 2026 Photo Contest runs from May 19, 2025, to July 15, 2025. Winners will be revealed by August 8, 2025. Mississippi Land Bank reserves the right to use any and all photos submitted for marketing and communication purposes, which may include our annual report, social media posts and other marketing or printed materials.

Upload your Entry to the Photo Contest Below

Win One of Thirteen Prizes!

1st place      $250

2nd place    $150

3rd place     $100

10 honorable mentions - $25 gift card

Winners will be announced in August.

Submit your entries any time before July 15.

  • Photos should be a minimum of 3000 x 2000 pixels - full-size and high resolution.
  • Your photo (JPEG format) must be horizontal/landscape. Vertical photos will be disqualified.
  • Limit 5 entries per individual. You will need to submit each image one at a time.
  • Entries can feature any part of the rural lifestyle (farm animals, barns, crops, equipment, hunting/recreational scenes, sunsets, etc.).
  • Entries must be taken within the 32-county territory of Mississippi Land Bank. (The counties included are: Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Coahoma, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Webster, Winston and Yalobusha.)