[caption id="attachment_27229" align="alignright" width="300"]<img class="size-medium wp-image-27229" src="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SCHOOLS-PHOTO-CONTEST-WINNER-OF-THE-2015-Dale-Westcott-Award-was-Jessica-Westmark-Gator-2-300x225.jpg" alt="2015 Dale Westcott winning photograph by Jessica Westmark." width="300" height="225" /> 2015 Dale Westcott winning photograph by Jessica Westmark.[/caption]

The Photography Club of Beaufort has opened entries for the annual Dale Westcott High School Nature Contest. Dale Westcott was an educator and avid nature photographer and a member of the Photography Club of Beaufort before his passing.

Each year since 2006, the club has given monetary awards and ribbons to the best nature photography in his memory. The contest is open to all high schools and home-schooled students residing in Beaufort County. The deadline for this year’s submissions is April 1, judging on April 11 and awards given out on May 9 at the organization’s monthly meeting. Please see visit www.photoclubbeaufort for specific details for submission requirements. If you have further questions, please contact Sandy Dimke (dimke@hargray.com), coordinator of the award.