2025 Georgia's Rural Center Photo Contest Winners Announced

The 2025 Georgia's Rural Center Photo Contest has officially come to a close. With 780 photos entered into five categories, photographers across the state shed light on rural Georgia in a new and exciting way. 5,092 total votes were cast among this year's entries.

The contest opened May 1, 2025, encouraging participants to enter their photos into five categories, including:

• Water Tanks

• Agriculture and Natural Resources

• Communities, Organizations, Leadership in rural Georgia

• Downtown in rural Georgia

• People of rural Georgia

The judges used the following criteria to determine the top ten in each category:

1. Artistic merit/creativity

2. Composition/photographic quality

3. Overall impact

Now that the 2025 Georgia's Rural Center Photo Contest has come to an end, we are excited to officially announce the winners.