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Bluefin Bay Family Of Resorts Calendar Contest

Submit Your Photos For A Chance To Win Prizes!

The 32nd Annual Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts calendar contest is underway to produce the 2027 calendar!
Each participant may enter up to eight photos in the contest. Our calendar covers all three Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts — Bluefin Bay, Surfside and Temperance Landing. We’re looking for photo entries from all three resorts and our beautiful surrounding area, in all four seasons.
Entries must be submitted in digital format and meet current contest rules. Click here for contest guidelines and prizes. Hint: Grand Prize not only earns the cover of the calendar and bragging rights, but a $1,200 Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts gift certificate! Each monthly winner receives a $300 gift certificate.

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Hotel & ocean in winter season at Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts

2026 Bluefin Bay Calendar Contest Winners

January “New-Fallen Snow, Grand Portage Trading Post” by Ken Harmon
February “Winter Hike on Eagle Mountain” by Walt Huss
March “Full Wolf Moon over Split Rock Lighthouse” by Hayes Scriven
April Grand Prize Winner: “Colorful Sunset Paints the Sky Over Bluefin Bay” by Eljay Gary
May “Step in, Stay Awhile” by Brian Bielke
June “Lupine and Iris” by Kathleen Wolleat
July “Among the Lilies” by Leon Fox
August “Beautiful, Blue, Superior” by Rebecca Roser
September “Beautiful Backlight From the Rising Sun on a Crisp Fall Day” by Ryan Cairl
October “Something Sweet” by Elaina Appel
November “The North Shore” by Bruce Halverson
December “A Great Gray Owl Perches in Front of an Iconic Landmark in Two Harbors” by David Brickner

The 32nd Annual Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts Calendar Contest is underway to create the 2027 calendar, and you are invited to enter. Again this year our contest covers all three Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts — Bluefin Bay, Surfside and Temperance Landing. We’re looking for photos from all three resorts and our beautiful surrounding area. Contest rules have changed slightly so please review carefully. 

Eligibility:

  • Anyone is eligible to participate. Each participant may submit up to a maximum of eight images (so please select carefully!).
  • Grand prize cannot be won by the same contestant more than once every three years.

Submissions:

  • All photos must be in color and horizontal format. All entries must be a minimum of 2700 x 1800 pixels in resolution at a 9:6 ratio. Entries may be submitted through a thumb drive via US Mail or electronically. 
  • Mail contest entries to:
    Bluefin Bay Calendar Contest
    P.O. Box 2125
    7192 W. Hwy 61
    Tofte, MN 55615
  • All mailed entries become the property of the Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts and will not be returned and must be postmarked no later than August 31, 2025.

Awards:

  • 12 photos will be selected for awards. Eleven gift certificates will be awarded for $300 worth of dining and/or lodging at Bluefin Bay, and one Grand Prize Winner awarded a $1,200 dining and/or lodging certificate. Honorable mention winners may be selected at the judge’s discretion. Winners will be notified prior to December 1, 2026.

Permission to Reprint:

  • By entry in this contest, all entrants grant permission to the Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts and its representatives to use entered images in various media. This includes the ability to use the photograph(s) to promote goods, products and services.

Thanks for participating in our annual calendar contest. Good luck!