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2009 Crex MeadowsNature Photography Contest |
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CONTEST RULES 1. Who can enter – This contest is for amateurs only, defined as someone who is NOT making their livelihood by their nature photos. 2. Categories – there will be 5 categories; Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Artistic. 3. Submission Guidelines – a. A maximum of one entry per person per category. b. A fee of $2 per entry will be charged to cover the cost of the awards and for displaying the photos. Any extra money after the bills are paid will be donated to the Friends of Crex Endowment Fund. Please include the fee with your submissions. c. The entrant must determine on their own which entries they want to submit and which category it fits under – please do not send multiple photos with directions for us to choose which to enter. d. The photograph must have been taken within or directly adjacent to the Glacial Lakes Grantsburg managed properties (Crex Meadows, Fish Lake, Amsterdam Sloughs and Danbury Wildlife Areas). e. Photos can have been taken in 2009 or before. f. The person who took the photograph must be the person whose name is on the entry. g. Photos should be printed no larger than 8”X10” and in the landscape format (wider than tall) so we can use them in the 2010 Crex calendar. h. Photos should be submitted on photo paper, un-matted and un-framed. i. A digital copy of the photo must be included (either on disk or emailed to kimdauer@yahoo.com) that is at least 3M in size, in order to use the photo in the 2010 Crex calendar. j. Submissions should include, on a separate sheet of paper; the photographer’s name, address and telephone number, the category they want it entered in, the title of the photo, and where it was taken. (Please remember to include the fee of $2 per photo entry with your submission) k. The photographer of each submission grants Friends of Crex, Inc. permission to use the images for advertising, sales items, calendars, on the crexmeadows.org website, etc. Photos will not be returned. FOC will always give photo credit to all published photos. l. Submissions should be mailed or brought to: Friends of Crex, 102 East Crex Ave, Grantsburg, WI 54840. m. The submission deadline is July 15, 2009. 4. Display for Voting – FOC will display the submissions at the Crex Meadows Wildlife Education and Visitor Center beginning July 25.. All efforts will be taken to display the photos in a fair, un-biased manner. 5. Judging— will be done by ballot during the week before the Photography Seminar on August 1st. All visitors to the Visitor Center are invited to vote for their favorite photos. One vote ballot will be given to each person. Voting will close at 12:00 p,m. (Noon) on Saturday, August 1st. 6. Winning Photos: a. The top 3 photos in the first 4 categories (Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter) will be used in the 2010 Crex Meadows Through the Seasons calendar. The 1st place winner in the Artistic category will be used as the cover art for the calendar. The winning photographers will receive a copy of the calendar, which will be printed in September 2009.. b. The 1st place photo in each category will be mounted onto an engraved plaque which will be displayed at Crex Meadows until the 2010 contest, then given to the photographer. Questions should be directed to Kim Dauer at kimdauer@yahoo.com or call 715-463-2739 on weekends between 10am and 4pm. CLICK HERE FOR CONTEST RESULTS FROM 2008 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE PHOTO ENTRY FORM (PDF) |
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