Atlantic Puffins photo by Krisztina Scheeff, Audubon Photography Awards Purple Gallinule photo by Tina Wright, Audubon Photography Awards

April 8 is the deadline to win up to $5,000 in cash in the Audubon Photography Awards Contest by entering one or more bird photos in one of this year’s four Division Categories: 1) Professional, 2) Amateur, 3) Youth ages 13 to 17, and 4) Plants for Birds. Start by reviewing contest entries from past competitions to get an appreciation for the level of competition (reviewing the photos is great fun whether you wish to enter the contest or not), review the contest official rules, then select the best images from your files, and follow through.

Sponsored by Audubon, Nature’s Best Photography, and Canon USA, you can get all the details and review the best bird photos entered in the past couple years’ contests at https://www.audubon.org/photoawards-entry