Southwest Metro Photo Contest

Meet the winners of the 2019 Southwest Metro Photo Contest!

Chanhassen’s Thomas Cook captured a dockside view of fall’s color story with Lake Ann Dock, which placed first in the City Landscapes category for our annual photo contest.

Voting is now closed. Stay tuned for the winners!

The Cummins-Phipps-Grill house set the stage for this Kelley Regan photograph, which placed third in our annual photo contest’s City Landmarks division.

Thomas Cook’s Chanhassen Prairie Plant placed third in the Nature & Wildlife category for the 2018 Southwest Metro Photo Contest.

April showers bring … opossums.

Thor Hansen of Eden Prairie took the photo at the Chaska Curling Center.

It's that time of year again: The Southwest Metro photo contest has returned for its 6th year of beautiful photos of our community. This photo contest, presented by Southwest Metro Magazine, showcases the best photographers in our community—not to mention the subjects that give them inspiration.

We're looking for photos that show off the core values of Southwest Metro in five categories:

Spring and summer in Minnesota mean rain, thunderstorms and sometimes severe weather. One April day last year, Matthew Peyton knew a lightning storm was around the corner. Equipped with his trusty Sony Alpha 99 and hanging out the window of his Victoria home, Peyton snapped this electrifying photo.

The 2016 contest is now closed.

It's that time of year again: The Southwest Metro Photo Contest has returned for its 5th year of beautiful photos of our community. This photo contest, presented by Southwest Metro Magazine, showcases the best photographers in our community—not to mention the subjects that give them inspiration.

We're looking for photos that show off the core values of the Southwest Metro in five categories: