Sept. 1 winner

Jerry Jordan of Livonia took this shot at Greenfield Village's Ragtime Festival. His effort makes Jerry the weekly winner in The Detroit News Celebrate Michigan Photo Contest.


Aug. 25 winner

Danny Klauss of Harrison Township took this sunrise at the mouth of the Clinton River. His effort makes Danny the weekly winner in The Detroit News Celebrate Michigan Photo Contest.


Aug. 18 winner

Jim Schoensee of Central Lake took this night shot of the ore carrier Charles M. Beeghly taking on a load of ore at the Marquette Ore Dock. His effort makes Jim the weekly winner


Aug. 11 winner

Bob Bransky of Monroe snapped this lotus field near Lake Erie's Bolles Harbor. His effort makes him the weekly winner in The Detroit News Celebrate Michigan Photo Contest.


Aug. 4 winner

Charles Kitchen of Detroit snapped this cool photo of the Upper Peninsula's Bodi Lake at sunrise. His effort makes Charles the weekly winner in The Detroit News Celebrate Michigan Photo Contest.


July 28 winner

Lenore Jordan captured this colorful night shot of hot air balloons at the Howell Balloonfest. Her effort makes Lenore the weekly winner in The Detroit News Celebrate Michigan! photo contest.


July 21 winner

Nancy Rudnik snapped this fun shot of her granddaughter Juliana at the Arctic Ring of Life exhibit at the Detroit Zoo. Nancy's effort makes her the weekly winner in The Detroit News Celebrate Michigan! Photo Contest.


July 14 winner

The conditions were just right when Paul Mrozek took this striking photo of the Detroit skyline from Windsor. The Sterling Heights resident's effort makes him the weekly winner in The Detroit News Celebrate Michigan Photo Contest. Paul gets a pair of Tigers tickets.


July 7 winner

Janna Coumoundouros Bissett took this photo of her dad on the dock at Torch Lake, a favorite family vacation spot. Janna's effort makes her the weekly winner in The Detroit News Celebrate Michigan Photo Contest. Janna gets a pair of Tigers tickets.


June 30 winner

The Boblo boats are back together, at least for a brief moment. Brent McFarland captured this moment in Ecorse as the Ste. Claire passed the moored Columbia. His effort makes him the weekly winner in The Detroit News Celebrate Michigan Photo Contest. Brent gets a pair of Tigers tickets.


June 25 winner

A circa 1890s barn in Lexington captured the attention of Eric Matchko of Harrison Township. His effort makes him the weekly winner in The Detroit News Celebrate Michigan! Photo Contest. Matchko gets a pair of Tigers tickets. You can, too.


June 18 winner

Jeff Rabidoux of Glen Arbor captured the beauty of the Sleeping Bear Dunes at sunset. His effort makes him the weekly winner in The Detroit News Celebrate Michigan! Photo Contest.


June 9 winner

Summer is near, but Kyle Miron's photo will cool you off.

The Marquette resident took this picture along the black rocks of Lake Superior on a freezing day and had to make sure he didn't slip on the ice. Kyle's effort makes him the weekly winner in The Detroit News Celebrate Michigan! Photo Contest.

Kyle gets a pair of Tigers tickets. You can, too.


June 4 winner

This week's winner is Daniel Gallegos, who shot this sunset at Lillie Park in Washtenaw County's Pittsfield Township near his home. He gets two Tigers tickets for his stunning photo. You can win, too. So start clicking this summer.

Grand Prize winner

First place: "Sunset on Muskallonge Lake" from the south shore near Newberry in the Upper Peninsula by Pete Wurdock of Royal Oak..

READ THE STORY TO SEE THE OTHER WINNERS

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Friday May 18, 2007 winner

Maureen Lesondak of Livonia is the weekly winner in the Celebrate Michigan photo contest. Her shot of the famous porch at Mackinac Island's Grand Hotel has won her tickets to a Tigers game.

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Friday May 11, 2007 winner

Kenneth Waller of Novi is the weekly winner of the Detroit News ReaderPix "Celebrate Michigan" contest. His photo, of a sunrise in the Upper Peninsula's Seney National Wildlife Refuge earned him two tickets to see the Tigers play.

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Friday May 4, 2007 winner

Adrian Platts of Detroit is the first weekly winner of the Detroit News ReaderPix "Celebrate Michigan" contest. His photo, Spinning Out, was taken at the GM World Exhibit at GM's Renaissance Center. Platts won two tickets to see the Tigers play.

Photo Contest Returns

Celebrate Michigan!

It's back, so get your cameras out. The response was so overwhelming to our first Detroit News/WWJ Radio 950 Celebrate Michigan! Photo Contest that we are starting up a summer version.

Give us your best shot of the towering pine forests of Northern Michigan or kids frolicking in the dunes along Lake Michigan. Each Saturday during the summer we'll pick the photo that best captures the unique character of our home state. The winner gets four tickets to an upcoming concert at the Freedom Hill Ampitheatre in Sterling Heights.


What's required: We need your contact info to get in touch in case your photo is chosen to run in the print edition. Also give us the pertinent info about the photo in a caption. Where did you shoot the photograph, what is it, what makes it special.