Photo contest winners pick up their prints

Winners of the summer-fall Park Rapids Downtown Business Association (PRDBA) photo contest gathered to pick up their prints at Bella Caffé Dec. 20. They are Chelsea (Sky) Wolfe and Steve Maanum of Park Rapids, Sheree Gatewood of Nevis and Mike Ratajczak of Moorhead. Wolfe took her winning photo, Main Street Flower Basket, in June. Maanum’s Wildlife photo, A Berry Tasty Breakfast, was taken on a December day in Park Rapids. In the Area Lake Scenes category, Sheree Gatewood, won for her photo, Ripples on Fifth Crow Wing Lake. Mike Ratajczak shot his Recreation photo, Now Through the Woods, at Itasca State Park.

Studio 176 sponsors the contest and awards a professionally finished, 11-×14-inch fine art print of the winning photograph in each category.

You can view the winning entries as well as all of the photo contest submissions by clicking on the Photo Gallery link.

Photo submissions are now being accepted for the winter-spring contest. Amateur and professional photographers are welcome to participate. Contest rules, guidelines and the photo entry form are available on the website. The next submission deadline is April 30, 2026.

The contest is intended to capture and celebrate the beauty and unique character of Park Rapids and the surrounding area.

The winners are (from left) Steve Maanum, Chelsea (Sky) Wolfe, Sheree Gatewood and Mike Ratajczak. Jeremy Simonson (far right) of Studio 176 presented the prints.