2025 Outdoor Communicator Contest – Chautauqua County, NY

All CASH PRIZES
PLAY, LAUGH, LEARN IN CHAUTAUQUA!

Publish Period: Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2025

SEND IN YOUR PUBLISHED STORY!!

Submission Deadline: March 1, 2026

Description:

This contest is a professional communicator’s Excellence-in-Craft competition. Please tempt us with your best published creative outdoor story based on the Eligible Focus Categories listed below. Deliver a sense of urgency for your readers or viewers to join the fun for any of the many Chautauqua County outdoor adventures with your compelling message. Please submit your email as a PDF file or a web link, if possible. No limit on the number of submissions. All 2025 Contest Winners will be announced on April 1, 2026, by US Mail and will be included in a press release from the Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau.

Eligible Focus Categories:

Outdoor Adventure in Chautauqua County, NY. The focus of your story or program MUST address or highlight any of these categories of outdoor fun and adventure to be found in Chautauqua County, NY:

Fishing, hunting, camping, hiking, biking, kayaking, boating, AND anything else regarding the Chautauqua outdoors, including our grape country – wine tasting, hops farming (microbreweries), Amish farms, etc.

Entry Fee: Free

Send your published copy to the Chautauqua County Vacation Bureau (email address below).

Submit your entry to: Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau, Attn: Andrew Nixon, Email: nixon@tourchautauqua.com; Phone: 716-450-4569. US Mail address: Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau, PO Box 1441, Main Gate, Chautauqua, NY, 14722.

Note: For more info on Chautauqua County, NY – please visit www.tourchautauqua.com. Chautauqua County is a destination of unrivaled natural beauty. We are nestled between the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains and Lake Erie, where 5 amazing lakes and numerous waterways provide boating and fishing. There are miles of hiking and biking trails in old-growth forests, geologic formations in the Chautauqua Gorge, and much more. Find outdoor adventure here!

Eligibility:

Open to media members from every form of public communication, including daily, weekly, and regionally printed publications (newspapers, magazines, books), blogs, website stories, radio, TV, and photography. Your source of publication must be identified and included with your submitted entry.

Prizes

A total of three (3) winners will be selected from the submissions, awarding cash prizes and a certificate for framing, as noted here:

1^st Prize: $500 Cash
2^nd Prize: $250 Cash
3^rd Prize: $125 Cash

If any questions, please contact Dave Barus, Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau Outdoor Media Promotions Associate: dbarus35@yahoo.com, 716-597-4081.