2020 Official Contest Calendar
updated 12/21/19
Hello and welcome to this year’s photo contests! updated 12/21/19
Here is the calendar for 2020:
January
1/1-1/3 Poster’s Choice Post your favorite Disney photo
1/4-1/10 The Magic Kingdom Any photo taken in or of a Magic Kingdom
1/11-1/17 Where Am I? Post your photo taken in a Disney Park or Resort that will require some thought as to where it is
1/18-1/24 The Little Things This contest focuses on the little Disney details that are easily missed
1/25-1/31 New Stuff There are lots of new things at Disney Parks and Resorts to see. Show us a photo of something new.
February
2/1-2/7 Critters Photos of live animals at a Disney Park or Resort
2/8-2/14 Looking Up Enter your photo from a Disney Park or Resort that you had to look up to take
2/15-2/21 Princes and Princesses Any photo with a theme of Princes and/or Princesses
2/22-2/28 Pixar Anything that includes something Pixar-related is acceptable
March
2/29-3/6 Color Capture the colors of Disney
3/7-3/13 Flower & Garden Enter your photo of the plant life of the Disney Parks and Resorts
3/14-3/20 Fire Any photo featuring fire at a Park or Resort
3/21-3/27 Springtime Any photo that captures Spring at a Park or Resort
April
3/28-4/3 Cast Member Appreciation Photos should be of cast members doing what they do best, making magic
4/4-4/10 Animal Kingdom Photos taken in or of Disney’s Animal Kingdom Park
4/11-4/17 World Showcase Any photo taken in World Showcase
4/18-4/24 Park Icons Photos must be focused on a Disney Park icon
4/25-5/1 Non-Park/Resort Anything Disney related that wasn’t taken within a Disney Park or Resort
May
5/2-5/8 Star Wars Enter your Star Wars photo
5/9-5/15 Water Any photo where water is the theme taken in a Park or Resort
5/16-5/22 Construction Lots of construction going on at the parks and resorts. Show us your photo.
5/23-5/29 Disney Transportation Any photo of Disney transportation (Bus, boat, monorail, etc.)
June
5/30-6/5 Park Entrances Post your photo taken of a Disney Park from outside the turnstiles
6/6-6/12 Live Entertainment (non character) Post a photo of any live Disney entertainer
6/13-6/19 Disney Mountains Photos must include any of the Disney mountains
6/20-6/26 Summertime Any photo that captures spring time at a Park or Resort
July
6/27-7/3 Future World Any photo taken in or of Future World at Epcot
7/4-7/10 Fireworks Photos of fireworks at a Disney Park or Resort
7/11-7/17 Crowds Any photo of crowds at a Park or Resort
7/18-7/24 Resorts Any photo taken at a Disney hotel
7/25-7/31 Disney’s Hollywood Studios Photos must be taken in or of Disney’s Hollywood Studios
August
8/1-8/7 Oops We have all taken that photo or two that just didn’t turn out as we had intended. Show us how yours turned out.
8/8-8/14 Nighttime Photos must be taken at night of anything Disney
8/15-8/21 Signage This contest revolves around the signs of the Disney Parks and Resorts
8/22-8/28 Show Us Your Smiling Face For this contest, you don’t have to be the one that took the picture, we want you to be IN the picture!
September
8/29-9/4 Food & Drink Photos can of any food and/or drink anywhere on property
9/5-9/11 Watercraft Any photo of watercraft at a park or resort
9/12-9/18 Architecture Enter your photo featuring the architectural elements of Disney
9/19-9/25 Autumn Any photo that captures the season of Autumn
October
9/26-10/2 Epcot Any photo taken in or of Epcot
10/3-10/9 Adventureland Photos taken in or of any Adventureland will be accepted
10/10-10/16 Parades Any parade at any Disney Park is acceptable
10/17-10/23 Haunted Mansions Enter your photo where one of the Haunted Mansions (or Phantom Manor) is the focus
10/24-10/30 Halloween Any Halloween photo at a Park or Resort or even at home with a Disney subject
November
10/31-11/6 Disney Villains Photos with any of the Disney Villains as the subject
11/7-11/13 Postcard Post a photo you think looks like a postcard
11/14-11/20 Fantasyland Photos taken in and of any Fantasyland
11/21-11/27 Words Photos of wording at a park or resort
December
11/28-12/4 Asia at Animal Kingdom Photos taken within the Asia area of Animal Kingdom
12/5-12/11 Wintertime Any photo of Winter at a park or resort
12/12-12/18 Lights Any photo of light at Disney is acceptable
12/19-12/31 Holidays Photos must be related to the Holidays but can be taken in or outside of Disney property
Official Contest Rules
The rules will be very similar as previous years.
Contests will run from Saturday-Friday 11:59pm PACIFIC TIME, submissions after this time will not be included. An individual thread will be created for each contest.
One submission per member, per contest. Once you post your picture, you cannot replace it. You cannot re-use the same entry in multiple contests even if used in a different year. Obviously I cannot remember every picture posted in a contest so try your best to remember if you have entered a picture.
Pictures can be taken with any type of camera (film or digital)
Pictures can not be altered in any way, except to adjust size, crop, or add your own personal watermark. This is a photography contest, not a photo-editing contest.
Please resize pictures to be no larger than 1024x768 OR 768X1024
You may attach the photo to your post or upload it to your own personal site and link the photo. If you use your own site, you are responsible to ensure the photo is viewable at all times (and not subject to bandwidth limitations).
Pictures can be taken at any time for any contest. For example, if you visited in April of 2002, you can use those pictures for any contest that interests you.
Pictures must be taken by the member submitting the entry, and not by a family member or by a cast member (meaning you physically have to take the entry. CM’s are of course allowed to enter their own photos) except for the one contest where it is allowed.
Voting will begin shortly after the contest end time.
If 10 or less people participated, 1 poll will be posted, and it will be open for 6 days.
If more than 10 entries exist, the entries will be divided into similar-sized groups, and will be listed in the order that they were submitted.
No breaking of park rules or common etiquette to take your pictures. (No accessing restricted areas, no flash photography on attractions which do not allow it....stuff like that)
The overall subject of the contest is "Disney". Although some contests are specific to areas of Walt Disney World, anything "Disney related" can be taken for other contests, including, but not limited to, other Disney parks. For contests like the "Fantasyland photo contest", any Disney park's Fantasyland would be accepted. Some contests allow photos not taken on Disney property and this is noted in the topic description.
If there are any changes to these rules those changes will be posted in this thread as well as at the beginning of each week’s contest after the change takes effect.
