Cover Search 2025

New Jersey Monthly and Unique Photo’s Cover Search 2025 has started and is bigger and better than ever! Enter your photo(s) for a chance to win one of 39 amazing prize packages worth a total of $16,000+ and the grand prize-winning photo featured on the cover of our December/January double issue of the magazine. BONUS: when you enter your photo in the contest, you will automatically be entered into a random monthly drawing for an additional prize from Just Jersey for Photo of the Month.

Amateurs and professionals alike can submit an unlimited number of photos in the competition, which runs through September 12, 2025. Student entries (full-time students ages 25 and under) are free.

Photographs must be taken in New Jersey and can feature topics that can include landscape and nature; down the Shore; wildlife; architecture; and lifestyle. Drone and aerial photography can also be submitted. Photographs can feature people, nature, iconic places, newsworthy moments, sports, weddings and more. Entry fee is $15 per photo submission.

Hear some helpful tips and advice in the video below from New Jersey Monthly’s art director, Gail Ghezzi, get inspired browsing past winners, or scroll down further for photography-related tips to keep in mind when entering. Good luck!