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Lancaster County Conservancy Announces First Annual Photography Contest

 

Have you been looking for an excuse to get out on our preserves and try out that new camera? Well, here it is! We are excited to announce that we are hosting our first annual photography contest.

Here are the details:

 

• Entries must be submitted by October 31, 2008. We will accept anyphotos that have been taken since October of 2006.

• All entrants must fill out and submit an entry form along with a one-time entry fee of $15. Click here to download an entry form. One form per individual required.

• Entrants may submit in one of two divisions: Adult (ages 18 and up) and Youth (up to age 18).

• Entrants may submit up to 5 photos for consideration.

• Entrants are challenged to enter photos in each of the following five categories (only one photo per category):

  - The Conservancy’s Preserves

  - The Lower Susquehanna River

  - People Connecting with Nature

  - Native Wildlife & Birds

  - Native Wildflowers

• Entries must be delivered to the Conservancy via mail or dropped off at the office, and must be

  submitted by either cd or flash drive. Photos should be in jpeg form, and be high resolution. Entry form and fee must be provided at time of submission. Send entries to:

  Lancaster County Conservancy

  117 South West End Avenue

  Lancaster, PA 17603

• Images will be judged on originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact, and artistic merit. Judges will be both members of the Conservancy and the community with photography background or interest.

• With photo credits given, images entered may be used free of charge by the Lancaster County Conservancy in publications and for promotional uses. All other rights to these images will be retained by the photographers.

• For photographs that include people in them, entrants are responsible for obtaining the necessary releases from the individuals depicted, and must be able to provide copies of these releases to the Conservancy upon request.

• All photographs should accurately reflect the subject matter and the scene as it appeared and should not be digitally altered beyond standard optimizations (cropping, color, contrast, etc.).

• One, $100 grand prize winner will be announced in each the Adult and Youth divisions. One, $50 first place winner will be announced in each category for both Adult and Youth divisions.  

• Winners will be announced in November. Winning photographers must deliver a high resolution 11”x14” borderless print of their winning image mounted on white 16”x20” mount board/foam core to the Lancaster County Conservancy office by December 1, 2008. Winning photographs will be printed in the subsequent edition of the Conservancy's full-color newsletter, Landview, and on our website, www.lancasterconservancy.org.

   
• Lancaster County Conservancy staff and Board of Directors are not eligible for this contest.

   
• For more information, please contact Kristan McKinne at kmckinne@lancasterconservancy.org or 717-392-7891.