Youth Photo Contest

2025 Contest Theme: Tell me you raise dairy goats, without telling me you raise dairy goats

The ADGA Youth Photo Contest is a yearly contest judged during the ADGA Annual Convention. Winners receive cash and recognition on the ADGA Website.

Photo submission deadline is 12:01AM ET September 1, 2025

Who Can Participate?

Any youth who is a Youth Member, a Regular Member, part of a family or Joint Membership or the child of an ADGA Member may participate in the contest.  You do not need to be at the Annual Convention to enter or win.

Age Divisions

Your age of September 1, 2025.

Junior – 10 Years of Age & Under
Intermediate I – 11-13 Years of Age
Intermediate II – 14-16 Years of Age
Senior – 17-20 Years of Age

  • The photo submitted MUST have been taken by the youth member. Only one photo may be submitted from each youth participant. The main focus of the photo needs to be goats. People can be in the photo but should not be the main subject.
  • Photos must have been taken between Sept 1, 2024 and August 31, 2025.
  • Photos must be submitted electronically to the ADGA office in a JPG or PNG format using the form below.
  • The image size must be at least 800 x 600 pixels.
  • Photos must be received no later than 11:59 AM September 1, 2025 Eastern Time.

Send your entry to hughes@adga.org and include the following information:

  • Your Name
  • The name of the person who took the photo
  • ADGA membership number with which you are associated
  • Age Division (your age as of September 1, 2025) and Birthdate
  • Address (Street, City, State, Zip)
  • Phone Number
  • Date or approximate date the photo was taken
  • Identification of any people in the photo and contact information for each
  • Permission: You must get permission for everyone who appears in the photo so that their image can appear in the contest results and may be posted on the ADGA Youth page and printed in ADGA News & Events. Include the following in your form submission for any people other than yourself.
  • Name of person or persons in the photo
  • Contact Information (phone)Name of Parent or Guardian of the person or persons who appear in the photo < 18
  • Relationship to the person or persons in the photo (Winners will have these statements verified.)
  • Only complete applications will be judged.
  • Winners will be announced at the 2025 Annual Convention Youth Banquet. All participants will receive a certificate of participation.
  • Entries will be judged by an independent professional photographer.
  • First place in each age division will receive a cash award of $65; second place in each age division will receive a cash award of $35. Winning photos will be shared on the National Convention Website and announced in the Monthly Updates.

Composition: 6 points possible on continuous scale from 2 points (poor) to 6 points (excellent)
Things to consider:
Sharpness/Focus
Fills the Frame/Strong Subject
Rule of Thirds/Leading Lines
Framing/Depth of Field
Uncluttered background and foreground/Mergers
Lighting/Patterns/Perspective

Eye Appeal: 4 points possible on continuous scale from 1 points (poor) to 4 points (excellent) 
Things to consider:
Bright/Attractive colors
Grabs your attention/Makes you want to take a second look
Engaging subject
Evident what the photographer was trying to capture

Theme: 5 points possible on continuous scale from 1 point (poor) to 5 points (excellent)
Things to consider:

Creativity: How well the picture conveys the theme to the viewer