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Any amateur photographer is invited to enter up to three (3) photos, taken anywhere outdoors in the Municipality of Murrysville, in any year. The contest deadline is midnight, December 31, 2012.
Entries will be judged on their creativity, photographic quality and composition, and whether the photo shows off the beauty or unique character of Murrysville. Bonus points will be given to those photos taken in a park or nature reserve.
If you would like to learn about how you can help with the contest or sponsor it, please email or call. Help with the contest is fun and always welcomed, and sponsorships provide excellent value and publicity for local businesses.
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Chickadee in a prize birdhouse (birdhouse donated by Greybeard Designs; photo by Dale Matuza)
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Jeff Kepler, Murrysville Council member liaison to the Parks and Recreation Commission, announced the prize winners for the 2011 contest at a Murrysville Parks and Recreation Commission meeting on April 17, 2012. See complete contest results. Winning photographs from the 2011 and 2010 contests will be on display throughout May 2012 in the Art and Photography section of contest sponsor Half Price Books in Monroeville.
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A collage of winning photos from the 2011 contest
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2011 Grand Prize Winning Photo of
Chickadee at PV Park by Dale Matuza |
Display of 2011 Winning Entries
(photo by Doug Bauman)
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Several years ago the Westmoreland Conservancy held two photo contests in successive years in honor of the memory of Vernon Bachelder, for photos taken within the Conservancy's reserves. |
2008 Grand Prize Winning View
in Duff Park by Bob Pitulski
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In 2007 Friends of Murrysville Parks initiated a new contest for photos taken within Murrysville parks. In 2008 the contest was expanded to include photos taken within Westmoreland Conservancy nature reserves, and the Westmoreland Conservancy joined Friends of Murrysville Parks to co-host the contest.
In 2010 Murrysville's Parks and Recreation Commission assumed hosting of the contest, and in 2011 opened the contest to photos taken anywhere outdoors in Murrysville (with bonus points awarded to those taken in parks or reserves).
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Thank you to our Contest Sponsors, without whom the contest would not be possible. The contest is also made possible by a wide variety of effort from many people, covering organizing, promoting, judging, gathering awards, and preparing displays of winning photographs. Thank you to everyone who has helped in the past, and to those helping with the current contest:
Judges Cary Bohl, Rebecca Brusca, Dave Metzgar, Tom Morton
Organizers Jim Boyd and Betsy Aiken
Our Photomeister who receives all entries, Doug Bauman |
2009 Grand Prize Winning
Photo from MCP by Pat Comas
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Special thanks to the Penn Franklin News, the Murrysville Star, and the Pittsburgh Tribune Review for publicizing the contests and results.
Thank you to Murrysville's Recreation Department, Friends of Murrysville Parks, the Murrysville Parks & Recreation Commission, the Westmoreland Conservancy, and the Westmoreland Bird and Nature Club for their help with the contest.
Thank you to the Murrysville Community Library, the Murrysville Branch of the American Association of University Women and the Municipality of Murrysville for hosting displays of winning photographs. If your business or organization would like to host a display of winning photos please email or call.
Finally, thank you to everyone who entered photos showing the beauty of our community.
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2007 Grand Prize Winning
View from Townsend Park
by Ernie Hahn
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