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Photo contest rules for grades 7-12
Are you going somewhere exciting this summer? Or maybe just going to Walmart? Take your library card along with you and snap a picture of your trip. Then enter your picture in our contest for your chance at prizes.
Dates:
- Contest runs June 13 through August 27.
- Entries will be on display through September 10.
- Entries not picked up by September 24 will be shredded.
Guidelines:
- Photos must include an actual or mock Southwest Wisconsin Library System library card.
- Don’t want to lose your library card on vacation? Stop by the Information Services Desk and pick up one of our mock library cards or print out your own.
- Photos must showcase a location (area locations count!).
- Basic editing techniques may be used including cropping, re-coloring, and adjusting color saturation and contrast.
- Photos must be from a single image. Objects from another photo cannot be added to your original image.
- Judging criteria includes creativity, style, and composition.
- A special award will be given for photograph taken the farthest distance from the Platteville Public Library.
Entering:
- Individuals may enter multiple times but may only win once.
- Photos may be submitted electronically or in hard copy.
- Hard copy photos may be between 3” x 5” and 11” x 14”.
- Hard copies must be accompanied by this form (PDF) and returned to the library Information Services Desk.
To submit photos electronically
- Send an email to teens@plattevillepubliclibrary.org
- The subject of your email must read “Teen library card photo contest”
- Include your photo as an attachment. Photos should be in a .jpg, .gif, .png, or .tif format
- The body of your email must include the following information:
- Your name
- Your grade in the fall
- A phone number where you can be reached
- The location depicted in your photo
- The following statement (may cut and paste): “I verify that this work is my own. I understand that by entering this contest, I am giving the Platteville Public Library permission to use my submission for promotional purposes and to display my submission in the library and on library website(s).”