The votes are in, and the finalists in our wide-angle photo contest have been selected. Now we need you to choose a winner. 

You know the drill: Check out the finalists' gallery (click here to see it in a new window), then take the poll at the bottom of the page to vote for your favorite. The photo with the most votes at noon on Monday, November 30, will be the winner. It’ll appear in the January issue of The Washingtonian.

Remember, it’s only one vote per person, so play fair. If we notice voting irregularities for any photo, we reserve the right to disqualify it from the contest.

Good luck to this month’s finalists, and happy voting, readers!

>> Click here to see the finalists

Looking for next month’s theme? Check back on December 1 for details on how to enter.

It’s time to dust off your fisheye lens—we want your best wide-angle photos for our November photo contest.

Rusty on how our monthly contest works? Here are the details: Send your submissions by noon on Tuesday, November 17, and our judges will pick the best shots to advance to the reader-voting round. Then we’ll open it up to you, the reader, to select a favorite. The winner will be published in the January issue of the magazine.

Photos—one per e-mail—should be sent to photocontest@washingtonian.com. Be sure to include the photographer’s name, phone number, e-mail address, and place of residence, along with a sentence or two describing the photo and explaining why it fits the theme. Photos should be 300 dpi and at least four by six inches. And remember, both the photographer and the photo’s subject need to be from the Washington area, which includes the Maryland and Virginia suburbs.

Good luck!

Our policy on photo rights: The photographer retains the copyright. However, because the photographer has submitted his or her photo to the contest, the magazine has the right to print the winning photograph in the current issue of the magazine and online as well as in any future issues as long as usage is related to the photo contest. The magazine also has the right to use the finalists online in relation to the photo contest.

Need inspiration? Check out all the past photo contest winners here.

Our contrast-themed photo contest fielded a good mix of entries—everything from portraits to landscapes to studio shots. Now that our judges have selected their five favorites, it’s time for you to choose a winner.

Go here to view the finalists' gallery, then take the poll at the bottom of this page to vote for your favorite. The photo with the most votes on Friday, October 30, at noon will be declared the winner and will run in the December issue of The Washingtonian.

Remember, it’s only one vote per person, so play fair. If we notice voting irregularities for any photo, we reserve the right to disqualify it from the contest.

Good luck to this month’s finalists, and happy voting!

> > Click here to see the finalists

There were lots more photos that our judges liked; check them out in the runners-up gallery. Go here to see all the past winners. And for details on how to enter next month's contest, check back November 1.

Congrats to last month's winner, Elise Benjamin! Look for her photo in the November issue of The Washingtonian.

It’s the first of the month—October already!—and that means it’s time for another Washingtonian.com photo contest. For this month’s theme, show us how you interpret the idea of contrast. We want you to play on opposites and juxatposition: Dark and light? Big and small? Hot and cold? You decide—just get creative.

Veterans to this contest are probably familiar with how it works, but for all the newbies, here are the details: Send your submissions by noon on Friday, October 16, and our judges will pick the best shots to advance to the reader-voting round. Then we’ll open it up to you, the reader, to select a favorite. The winner will be published in the December issue of the magazine.

Photos—one per e-mail—should be sent to photocontest@washingtonian.com. Be sure to include the photographer’s name, phone number, e-mail address, and place of residence, along with a sentence or two describing the photo and explaining why it fits the theme. Photos should be 300 dpi and at least four by six inches. And remember, both the photographer and the photo’s subject need to be from the Washington area, which includes the Maryland and Virginia suburbs.

Good luck!

Note: Voting in this contest has now ended; scroll down to see the winner. A new contest theme will be announced on October 1.  

Readers, we at Washingtonian.com would like to thank you for helping us get into the fall spirit. We’ve been perusing your lovely entries to this month’s fall-themed photo contest, and now we can hardly wait to pull out our cozy sweaters, watch the leaves change, and carve pumpkins.

Though we loved many of this month’s entries—check out our slide show of the runners-up for proof—we could only pick five finalists. Scroll below to see which photos our judges liked best, then take the poll at the bottom of the page to help us choose the winner. The photo with the most votes at noon on Wednesday, September 30, will be published in the November issue of The Washingtonian.

Remember, it’s only one vote per person, and we closely monitor the poll—so play fair. If we notice what appear to be voting irregularities for a photograph, we reserve the right to disqualify it from the contest.

Don’t forget to check out our winners’ gallery to see all the past photo-contest winners. Check back on Thursday, November 1, for next month’s theme and how to enter.

Congrats to last month's winner, Allie Carroll! Look for her photo in The Washingtonian's October issue.

We couldn’t believe it this morning when we had to turn our calendar to September and root around in the back of our closet for a sweatshirt. When exactly did summer escape us?

Not that we’re complaining—fall in Washington is almost perfect, from crunchy leaves and low humidity to toasty sweaters and pumpkin everything. This month, our photo contest follows suit with a fall-colors theme. We want to see your best photos showcasing seasonal hues (think orange, red, yellow, brown). Yes, you can send in pictures of changing leaves, but mix it up a bit, too, and get creative.

If you’ve entered our contest before, you’re probably familiar with how it works. For all the newbies, here are the details: Send your submissions by noon on Tuesday, September 15, and our judges will pick the best shots to advance to the reader-voting round. Then we’ll open it up to you, the reader, to select a favorite. The winner will be published in the November issue of the magazine.

Photos—one per e-mail—should be sent to photocontest@washingtonian.com. Be sure to include the photographer’s name, phone number, e-mail address, and place of residence, along with a sentence or two describing the photo. Photos should be 300 dpi and at least four by six inches. And remember, both the photographer and the photo’s subject need to be from the Washington area, which includes the Maryland and Virginia suburbs.

NOTE: Voting in this contest is now closed; scroll down to see the winner. The theme for next month's contest will be announced on September 1. Stay tuned! 

We pored over the submissions for our trash-and-treasure-themed contest and selected our favorites to advance to the finals. Now we need you to weigh in. Scroll down to see the finalists, then take the poll at the bottom of the page to vote for your favorite. The photo with the most votes at noon on August 31 will be declared the winner. It’ll run in the October issue of The Washingtonian.

As always, it’s one vote per person. If we notice voting irregularities with any one photograph, The Washingtonian reserves the right to disqualify it from the contest.

Don’t forget to check out our winners’ gallery to see all the past photo-contest winners. Check back on Tuesday, September 1, for next month’s theme and how to enter.