: 2013 Calendar Photo Contest :
Calling All Photographers
Glen Helen is seeking creative images for our 2013 Wall Calendar!
The diversity of habitats and wildlife in Glen Helen’s nature preserve provides outstanding photo opportunities for photographers at all levels of experience. We invite both first time visitors and long time friends to send us photographs taken in the Glen for a chance to be featured in our 2013 Wall Calendar.
We are seeking a variety of images that convey the different moods and seasons of Glen Helen—an iced-over spring, a flower or animal only found at a certain time of year, a lush green meadow on a summer day, a foggy morning sunrise in late fall—images that capture what is special about Glen Helen throughout the year.
Proceeds from the calendar sales contribute to the continued protection and restoration of the Glen Helen Ecology Institute’s 1000-acre nature preserve and also support Glen Helen’s Raptor Center, Outdoor Education Center and Trailside Museum.
Entries, including entry forms, must be submitted online, postmarked or hand delivered to the Glen Helen Ecology Institute office by 5 p.m. on July 31, 2013.
Photos must be taken of or within the Glen Helen Nature Preserve and depict its natural beauty. The winning images will be judged on aesthetic merit as well as how well they combine with other images to create an attractive calendar.
Contest Guidelines
- This contest is open to all. There is no entry fee.
- All submissions must include an entry form, which includes a signed Consent form. Among other things, the Consent form states that the entrant gives the Glen Helen Ecology Institute and Antioch College nonexclusive rights to use the design in perpetuity for no fee.
- Each entrant may submit up to four of their own original images and must include an entry form with their submission.
- Photographers whose work is chosen for the calendar are credited and receive one free 2013 calendar.
- All images submitted must be the submitter’s original work.
- Electronic images should be saved as .tiff or .jpeg files. If submitting your photos digitally, you must include a CD with the image (at a minimum of 300 dpi) in addition to a 4x6 print. Digital files can be submitted using the online entry form below.
- Tips: Horizontal color shots fit the format of the calendar the best. Images using natural light instead of flash photography are favored. The calendar requires a variety of image styles and subject matter—close-ups of flora or fauna, seasonal or weather related images and lesser-known sights in the Glen are encouraged.
- All entries must be submitted online, postmarked or hand-delivered by 5 p.m. on July 31, 2012. The Glen Helen Ecology Institute and Antioch College are not responsible for entries that are late, damaged, or lost in the mail.
- If you would like to have your artwork returned to you after the contest is over, please include a self-addressed envelope of the correct size, with adequate postage affixed. Entries that do not include a self-addressed stamped envelope will not be returned.
Entries may be submitted online, or postmarked (with a self-addressed stamped envelope if desired) or hand-delivered by the deadline of 5 p.m. on July 31, 2012.
Address:
CALENDAR PHOTO SEARCH COMMITTEE
Glen Helen Ecology Institute
405 Corry Street
Yellow Springs, Ohio 45387
Contact Information
Ann Simonson
e-mail: asimonson@glenhelen.org
phone: 937-769-1902 ext. 103
: download guidelines & entry form :
