Contest Categories:
A) Photos of people
B) Photos of nature (plants, animals, and landscapes)
C) Photos by young photographers (15 and under)

Contest Requirements:

• Photos to be taken at a Murrysville park or Westmoreland Conservancy nature reserve. More information about Murrysville parks may be found at www.murrysville.com or www.murrysvilletrails.org. More information about Westmoreland Conservancy reserves may be found at www.westmorelandconservancy.org.
• Limit of three (3) photo entries per contestant. Photos cannot have been previously entered in an earlier year’s edition of this contest.
• Entries must be received by email by December 31, 2010.
• Digital images must be in jpeg format, not greater than 800 Kilobytes (KB) in size.
• Image manipulation shall be limited to cropping and minor color and contrast adjustments.
• Contestant must be the copyright owner of submitted entry.
• By submitting photographic work, contestant grants hosting organizations the right to royalty-free reproduction of entries for publicity, display, and fund-raising, including sale of items using the images. Every attempt will be made to credit the photographer where reasonably possible.
• Limit of one prize per contestant.

How to Enter. Contestant must email to dphotomeister@gmail.com:
(1) digital image of entry (2) name / address / email address / (phone no. optional) (3) date of photo (4) subject of photo (5) contest category (6) park or nature reserve where photo was taken (7) age if 15 or younger.

Prizes: Modest prizes will be awarded to winning contestants.

Eligibility: The Contest is open to all amateur photographers.

Contest Flyer in PDF Format for Printing

Questions: Email photocontestquestions@earthlink.net. (Note: this address is for questions only - please submit all entries to dphotomeister@gmail.com.)