Photo Contests

[UrbanWaterloo]

4th Annual KPL Photography Contest
http://www.kpl.org/programs/contests...o_contest.html

In partnership with:

NOW OPEN!

Amateur photographers are invited to submit their best photos in keeping with the categories of the contest.

Photos will be judged by a panel of professional photographers from the Waterloo Region Record and acclaimed photography manipulation artist, Lori Crewe, with three placements being awarded in each category as well as one grand prize for each age division.

Grand Prizes in both age divisions:
$150 gift certificates to Frames Plus.



Winners will be notified in March and winning photos will be framed by Frames Plus and showcased in KPL’s Concourse Gallery throughout the month of April.

Winning photographs will also appear in an edition of the Waterloo Region Record.

Up to three entries per person will be accepted between Dec.1, 2009 and Jan. 31, 2010.

Please be sure to include a contest entry form with each of your submissions.

Age divisions:

• Youth (18 and under)
• Adult (19+)

Categories:

• People
• Architecture
• Nature
• Photo Manipulation (no age division). Please note: the "Photo Manipulation" category has its own separate entry form.

Prints, no larger than 5 x7, can be dropped off at any Kitchener Public Library location, or mailed to:

KPL Photo Contest
c/o Marketing and Communications Department
Kitchener Public Library
85 Queen Street North, Kitchener, ON N2H 2H1

Please submit photo reprints, as photo submissions cannot be returned.

For more information, please call 519-743-0271 ext. 255.

ENTRY FORMS

People / Architecture / Nature
Photo Manipulation

Please download a copy of copy of your selected entry form (PDF), fill it out, and return to any Kitchener Public Library location along with your photo reprint. A seperate entry form is required for each submitted photo. There is a maximum of three submissions per person.

[Duke-of-Waterloo]

The KPL Photo Contest submission deadline has been extended until February 13.

[UrbanWaterloo]

www.bingphotocontest.ca

[UrbanWaterloo]

So far we're doing pathetic in this contest, with the highest placed photo receiving 8 votes. I've just submitted a few photos (and will continue to add more), so please vote to boost our local results!

[UrbanWaterloo]

Here are some submitted photos, please take a moment to vote for them and let's put our region on the front page for Canada Day!

http://www.bingphotocontest.ca/ON/Ki...px?Photo=61067
http://www.bingphotocontest.ca/ON/Wa...px?Photo=61080
http://www.bingphotocontest.ca/ON/Wa...px?Photo=61097

[UrbanWaterloo]

I didn't win, but my photo of Downtown Kitchener did make Page 10 of the 2009 Report. Hopefully I can make one of the Top 3 spots this year.

Wanted: Images of Waterloo Region’s Vital Signs
http://www.wrvitalsigns.ca/contactus/photocontest2010
Call for Submissions: http://www.wrvitalsigns.ca/contactus...submissionsdoc
Photographic Submission Criteria: http://www.wrvitalsigns.ca/contactus...ioncriteriapdf
Photo Release Form: http://www.wrvitalsigns.ca/contactus...aseform2010pdf

The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation and The Cambridge & North Dumfries Community Foundation in partnership with The Waterloo Region Record are seeking images that portray quality of life in Waterloo Region. The selected images will be featured in the 2010 edition of Waterloo Regions Vital Signs®, an innovative, annual report on quality of life in the Region.

The release of Waterloo Region’s Vital Signs receives wide media and public attention, and is distributed to thousands of local philanthropists, private sector decision-makers and public policy makers. This project provides Waterloo Region’s talented photographers with an opportunity to gain more exposure for their work.

Submissions will be reviewed by a jury of leaders in the field of photography. Photographers whose images are chosen will receive full accreditation in the publication.

There is also a chance to win one of three prizes!
First Prize: “Two’s Company” – A limo ride for two with Brentwood Livery, dinner for two at Rushes Restaurant, and two tickets to the Centre in the Square (this prize is good for any night other than Saturday)
Second Prize: $200 gift certificate for Henry’s – Photo, Video, Digital Store
Third Prize: Waterloo Region Record prize pack full of fun Record swag!

Deadline: Monday, July 5th, 2010, 4 p.m.

Waterloo Region photo enthusiasts!
This is your opportunity to gain visibility while supporting efforts to improve quality of life in our community.

Further information, criteria and submission procedures can be obtained by visiting www.wrvitalsigns.ca and www.therecord.com or by calling Tracy Van Kalsbeek at (519) 725-1806 ext. 6.

Community foundations provide a simple, powerful, and highly personal approach to giving and help others to make a lasting difference in their community.

[UrbanWaterloo]

Ville De Saguenay Won The Bing Photo Contest

[UrbanWaterloo]

Today's the last day of the extended deadline.

WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR PHOTO SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2010 WATERLOO REGION'S VITAL SIGNS PHOTO CONTEST!
DEADLINE: Wednesday, July 7th @ 4:00pm
http://www.wrvitalsigns.ca/

My Three Submissions

BarrelYards & Balsille School Cranes


Waterloo Region Consolidated Courthouse


KW Multicultural Festival

[UrbanWaterloo]

5th Annual KPL Photography Contest
Website

In partnership with:



Calling all amateur photographers!
Submit up to 3 of your favourite photos from January 3 to February 28, 2011.
Note: Reprints only… Entries are not returned!
Download contest entry forms here.

Photo Categories:

• People
• Architecture
• Nature: Animals
• Nature: Landscape
• Photo Manipulation
• New category!
  Rockway Gardens (Sponsored by the Kitchener Horticultural Society)

The contest will be judged by a panel of professional photographers from the Waterloo Region Record and acclaimed photography manipulation artist, Lori Crewe. Members of the KHS will select the winning photograph for the Rockway Gardens category.

You could win!
1st, 2nd & 3rd place will be awarded in each category.
Winning photographs will appear in print in the Waterloo Region Record and online at Waterloo Region Record and Kitchener Public Library.

Grand Prize:
A $200 gift certificate to Henry’s Camera & Photo Supply
The grand prize winner will be selected from all photographs (all categories).

How to Enter:

Entries can be dropped off at any Kitchener Public Library location, or mailed to:

Kitchener Public Library Photography Contest
c/o Marketing & Communications
85 Queen St. North
Kitchener, ON N2H 2H1

Include a contest entry form for each photograph.
Please submit 5 x 7 photographs, not 4 x 6 or 8 x 10 size.
Contest opens January 3, 2011.

Questions?
For more information, call 519-743-0271 ext. 255.

[KevinL]

Please submit 5 x 7 photographs, not 4 x 6 or 8 x 10 size.

Seriously - a photo contest that doesn't take digital submissions? Seems very odd to me, but I can't say I've ever entered one.

[Spokes]

Seriously - a photo contest that doesn't take digital submissions? Seems very odd to me, but I can't say I've ever entered one.

Did they not in the past display them in the library?