Award-winning river cruise line AmaWaterways is known for its beautiful, custom-designed vessels cruising through some of the most picturesque regions in Europe, Russia, Vietnam and Cambodia.

With a rich array of photo-taking opportunities on board and on shore, passengers typically create and share an extensive array of digital images with friends and family back home. Now, there’s even more reason to share images of their AmaWaterways river cruise vacation: the chance to win a free 7-night European cruise by entering the “Picture Yourself on a River with AmaWaterways” photo contest.

Passengers and travel agents are encouraged to submit their best images of “Ship Shots,” “Shore Excursions/Bicycle Tours” and “Scenery” by registering and uploading photos to their website. The contest will operate through December 2011, with prizes awarded in both the passenger and travel agent categories.

In addition to grand prizes of a free 7-night European cruise, three monthly prize winners in the passenger and travel agent categories will earn certificates for $300, $250 and $200 off a future cruise in 2011/2012. Passengers and travel agents may submit up to three entries per photo category per month. Complete photo contest rules are available on AmaWaterways’ website.

AmaWaterways, photos.amawaterways.com, www.amawaterways.com