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Bluefin Bay Family Of Resorts Calendar Contest

Submit Your Photos For A Chance To Win Prizes!

The 29th Annual Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts calendar contest is underway to produce the 2024 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.

Download the official calendar contest rules here
Upload photo submissions here
Hotel & ocean in winter season at Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts

2023 Bluefin Bay Calendar Contest Winners

A couple by the campfire at Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts
January “S’mores by the Lake” Jonathan Mortenson
A owl flying in the forest near Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts
February “A Hunting Great Gray Owl on a Cold Winter’s Morning” Paul Kammen
Sunset beach in winter season at Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts
March “Bluefin Spring Sunrise” Joyce Foy
A chain with ice sticks near Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts
April “Icy Waves” Elizabeth Sprenger
Top view of the green forest near Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts
May “Poplar River” Sue Tschida
Oak tree forest near Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts
June “Kindred Spirits” Andrea Hess
Northern blue flag flowers at Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts
July “Revealing the Gift Beheld” Thomas Johnson
Chamomile plants with flowers at Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts
August “Raising Daisies” Jeff Grotte
Milky way with hotel exterior at Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts
September “Starry Skies over Surfside” Terry Swanson
Rock by the lake near Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts
October “Perfect Timing” Ryan Cairl
Rough sea at storm weather near Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts
Novemer “Winter’s Icy Grip” Jill Beim
Hotel & ocean in winter season at Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts
Decemeber GRAND PRIZE WINNER: “Dusk at Bluefin” Emanouil Spassov

The 29th Annual Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts Calendar Contest is underway to create the 2024 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 3600 pixels in resolution at a 9 x 12 size. 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, 2023.

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, 2023.

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!