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Bluefin Bay Family Of Resorts Calendar Contest

Submit Your Photos For A Chance To Win Prizes!

The 2025 Calendar Photo Contest has ended. Stay tuned for the 2026 Calendar Photo Contest, launching in January of 2025!

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

2025 Bluefin Bay Calendar Contest Winners

Hoarfrost and Sled Dogs
January “John Beargrease Sled Dog Team, Hoarfrost on Poplar Lake” by Ken Harmon
Ice on Lake Superior Shoreline
February “Winter’s Grip” by Kathleen Wolleat
Bluefin Bay Waves
March “Bluefin Waves of Turquoise” by Jonathan Mortenson
Tombolo
April “North Shore Tombolo” by Michael Knitter
Moose
May “Snack Time” by David Brickner
Lupines
June “Lupines of Fly By Drive” by Larry Tormanen
Loon with Babies
July “Swimming Lessons” by Jeffrey Grotte
Rock on Lake Superior Shoreline
August “Lovely Giant” by Emanouil Spassov
Oberg Mountain Fall
September “Peak Fall Colors atop Mt. Oberg” by Ryan Cairl
Fall Colors at High Falls
October “Pigeon River Falls” by Terry Kochaver
Fall Waves on Lake Superior
Novemer “Autumn Waves on Lake Superior” by Walt Huss
Dark Sky over Hollow Rock
Decemeber Grand Prize Winner: “Illumination – Rising Milky Way over Light Painted Hollow Rock” by Todd Bender

The 30th Annual Bluefin Bay Family of Resorts Calendar Contest is underway to create the 2025 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, 2024.

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, 2024.

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!