Friends of the Wissahickon’s 2026 Biennial Photo Contest Opens Next Month
Cover Photo: Redmond Brubaker, 2024 Photo Contest Summer Winner
Hey, Wissahickon-lover. Consider this your formal invitation to the 2026 Biennial Photo Contest, hosted by Friends of the Wissahickon, Woodmere, and Wissahickon Trails.
Whether you’re sporting a telephoto lens or a camera phone, we’re opening submissions for your Wissahickon photography (from the last three years) on April 1!
The link to submit your photos will go live on our website in just four short weeks. You’ll have until October 15 to get up to four of your original photographs on our judges’ desks.
In the fall, after deliberation from our panel, we’ll announce the winners for Best in Show, Best Phone Camera Submission, and the top picks for our four categories: Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer.
You and your social networks will get the chance to weigh your vote on Facebook by “liking” your faves for the People’s Choice category.
This is your opportunity to get out, explore the park, and capture its beauty for the chance to win cash prizes, a Family Membership to Woodmere for two, and show off your work in person and on FOW’s social media.
Get one of these dates on your calendar to gather inspiration or even snap a few photos.
Did you know that you can also submit photos from any of Wissahickon Trail’s nature preserves or along the Green Ribbon Trail? FOW’s upper-watershed partner manages 24 miles of trail across 12 preserves in Montgomery County. Explore three of them at Wissahickon Trail’s upcoming hike.
Connected Wissahickon: 3 Mile Upper & Lower Gwynedd Loop Hike with Wissahickon Trails
📅Thursday, March 12 at 9 AM
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📍Evans-Mumbower Mill
Join us for this beginner-friendly partner hike with Another Corner, a book and magazine shop in Bella Vista, focused on helping people learn about new hobbies.
Toleration Trail with Another Corner and FOW
📅Sunday, March 15 at 11 AM
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📍Blue Bell Parking Lot
Celebrate the dawn of spring with a trot through Houston Meadow. With a bit of luck, you’ll spot budding trees, ephemeral flowers, and some chatty birds in the company of hike leader Melvin Chappell, one of this year’s photo contest judges!
Spring Equinox in the Wissahickon with Melinda Spink and Melvin Chappell
📅Saturday, March 21 at 10 AM
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📍Houston Playground
Get inspired and strengthen your ability to observe and engage with art at Woodmere’s upcoming workshop. Register today, as space is limited!
The Art of Looking with Woodmere
📅Thursday, March 26 at 2 PM
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📍Charles Knox Smith Hall, 9201 Germantown Avenue
Check out some of the beautiful birds that call Wissahickon Valley Park home (and snap some photos) with another photo contest judge, Troy Bynum, leading the way.
Bird Walks Along the Wissahickon with Troy Bynum Part II
📅Saturday, August 8 at 8 AM
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📍Cresheim Trailhead (W Allens Ln and Lincoln Dr)