Social Media Photo Contest
In honor of the upcoming 2026 KRPA Annual Conference and Trade Show, KRPA is excited to launch our 8th Annual Social Media Photo Contest! This year’s conference theme, Choose Your Own Adventure, celebrates the many ways parks and recreation shape experiences in our communities, and we want to see how your community chooses its adventure.
Submit a creative photo that captures an “adventure” made possible through your parks, programs, facilities, or outdoor spaces. Whether it’s recreation, connection, exploration, play, or discovery, show us what adventure looks like in your community.
The grand prize winner will receive a $100 credit towards a KRPA event*, and the winning image will be featured on the cover of the KRPA Today spring magazine.
How to Enter:
- Submit your photo to Amanda Sterling at amanda@krpa.org by January 9, 2026.
- Include a short description (less than 30 words) with the location of the photo and the photographer's credit.
- Attach the completed KRPA Photo Contest agreement form (scanned and/or digitally filled out).
Contest Details:
All photos and information will be placed in an album on the KRPA Facebook page from January 12-23, 2026. The photo with the most combined likes and shares by January 23rd will be crowned the winner!
Good luck, and thank you for participating.
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2025 Winner: Baldwin City Recreation Commission
Description: Cody Anno, one of the Gold Sponsors for the Baldwin City Independence Day Celebration, brought a quintessential slice of Americana to life with a hotdog eating contest. Ten contestants competed in a ten-minute showdown, filling the celebration with excitement and laughter!
Location: Baldwin City Independence Day Celebration, Baldwin City, KS - Saturday, July 6th
Photo Credit: Shaunacee Wilkinson
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2024 Winner: Johnson County Park and Recreation District
Photo Description: Mountain bikers of all ages enjoy the dirt jumps at the Shawnee Mission Park Pump Track. Two new runs within the pump track, called the Snake River Run, were added in late 2023.
Photo credit: Mark Van Baale
Location of photo: Shawnee Mission Park
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2023 Winner: Great Bend Recreation Commission
This photo was taken at BlastBall: An introduction to baseball/softball for 3- & 4-year-old boys and girls. On the last day of Blastball, children are taught how to slide by having a fun water day.
Location: Westfall West Baseball Field, Great Bend
Credit: Paul Zamarripa, Assistant Sports Director for Great Bend Recreation Commission
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2022 Winner: Overland Park Park and Recreation Department at
This photo was taken at Matt Ross Community Center in Downtown Overland Park by TBL Photography, and the artwork was done by Josie Brems. "I love you berry much" regardless of how we move forward. The world would be a boring place if everyone did the same thing and had the same ideas. Our diversity, respect for differences and connection to each other is what makes the OPFM so special!
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2021 Winner: Overland Park Farmers' Market
This photo was taken at Matt Ross Community Center in Downtown Overland Park by TBL Photography. The Overland Park Farmers' Market was allowed to open as an essential business. Together, the community, vendors and staff pivoted to allow for a COVID-19 compliant market. We all shared in something that had never been done before to continue to bring farm fresh produce and local goods to this community.
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2020 Winner: Swimming into 2020 with a Clear View!!
This photo was taken at Paris Park Pool in Ark City. The photographer Breanna Leake was a swim instructor for the Ark City Recreation Center.
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2019 Winner: Paddleboard Yoga at Rock River Rapids water park in Derby, KS.
This unique setting with the Kansas sunset at the water park gave our Paddle Board yoga fans a new change of scenery. All participants got a good workout, while using the board for balance and flexibility. Photographed by Barney Tull.
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