I wouldnt consider it a " magazine contest"...If you have a good story with great pictures and the magazine wants it, then they offer nice packages for selected stories...I had my antelope published in Eastmans this past winter...i was given a $500 gift certificate to Kifaru, which quickly turned into a Supertarp with Annex and a Sheep tarp....I was blown away to see that much as a gift certificate for my article..If I decide to write a story on my deer or anything else i have yet to get this year...They will be the first I contact because they were like mentioned above, Class Acts to deal with.