The photos above are two of the winners of the 2007 Michigan Week Youth Photo Contest: Bufka Shed at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore taken by Kyle Helwig of Leelanau County and Saginaw River Rear Range Lighthouse taken by Cody Janczewski of Ogemaw County. You can click the photos above to see all the state and regional winners and runners up.

Every year, Michigan State University Extension’s 4-H Youth Development, the Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries and Michigan History for Kids magazine (with additional financial support from the Michigan Barn Preservation Network) sponsor the Michigan Week Youth Photo Contest. The contest is for photographers between the ages of 9 and 19 and challenges photographers to take a photo of their favorite Michigan historic site. The deadline for photo submission is Feb. 15, 2008.

If you’re looking for historical sites that would qualify, check out the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office’s Historic Sites Online website.