2026 PHOTO CONTEST

THEME FOR 2026: HOT MESS SUMMER

Because let’s be honest…not EVERY day on Sugar Lake goes according to plan ;)

Capture the CHAOS, the LAUGHS, the perfectly IMPERFECT moments of summer at the lake.
Think…
- Dairy Queen Disasters
- Windblown Beauty
- Cannonballs Gone Wrong
- A Giant Hole in the Pontoon 👀👀

ONE submission per person
Deadline to submit: September 1, 2026

Past Winners

2024:

2023:

2022:

2021:

2019:

2018:

2022 Summer Photo Contest Entries

inbound8914741869941241186 - Debra Hagenbuck.jpg

FAEEA2A7-65D7-49A7-A7AF-05E8675F3B49 - Cindy Hilligoss.jpeg

Hike Up to Big Thunder Peak - Karen Lucachick.jpg

DC8CE5F3-3938-4990-B992-2D6062601D70 - David Cress.jpeg

DF528898-CA9C-41FD-85D7-07294822E974 - Don Evans.jpeg

DAB219BB-D768-4A08-8EDE-88BE2D8343E3 - Liz Botkin.jpeg

DBEDAFC1-2961-4EF2-94D6-C5E4FA6EE6B8 - Carla Evans.jpeg

FC220968-2057-466A-B3CC-47A3F69AF6E5 - Katie Jacobson.jpeg

CA2077CB-8A84-46FB-ADFF-0A730FF15874 - Chad Kelly.jpeg

D4C63A08-55B9-4B97-ABC5-6EAE52B876C6 - Don Evans.jpeg

CBBE4330-895A-4960-BA78-C9C86C62F22A - Sharon Quern.jpeg

2021 Summer Photo Contest Entries

8BE4F555-0C13-43CA-8A99-DE4D9B65E154 - Cindy Hilligoss.jpeg

View of Siseebakwet from Big Thunder Peak - Karen Lucachick.JPG

A Man and His Canoe - Karen Lucachick.jpg

Beam Me Up, Scotty - Karen Lucachick.jpg

2019 Summer Photo Contest Entries

2018 Summer Photo Contest Entries