Boom! July 4 holiday memories could be yours with a cover photo in The Islander, and if you’ve got a great snapshot, the coveted spot could be yours.
The Islander Top Notch digital photo contest will begin in the July 15 edition. Six weekly winning photos will be featured on the cover of The Islander, with one grand prize winner of $100 from The Islander and a collection of prizes and gift certificates from local merchants. Weekly winners receive a “More-Than-a Mullet-Wrapper” Islander T-shirt.
The first week’s deadline is noon Friday, July 10, repeating weekly on Fridays for five weeks.
The photo judges hope to see some great photos from the July 4 holiday — but everything is game in this contest.
Top Notch entries can include family photos, landscapes and scenics, candid snapshots, action, humor and animal pictures. Nothing is overlooked, including kid pics, sentimental moments and moments of personal triumph. This year, in a separate contest, judges also will be looking for top pet photos with a prize appropriate to pets from Perks 4 Pets and The Islander.
All contest entries should be submitted in original JPG format via email to topnotch@islander.org.
Digital submission is required. No retouching, enhancements, computer manipulation or app enhancements are allowed.
One photo per email is allowed along with entry information in the e-mail text. There is no limit to the number of weekly entries. Entries need not be repeated, as select photos are retained by the judges.
Entries that fail to meet the contest requirements are disqualified.
Top Notch contest rules
1) The Islander Newspaper Top Notch Photo Contest is strictly for amateur photographers — those who derive less than 5 percent of their income from photography.
2) Black-and-white and color digital photographs taken after Jan. 1, 2014, are eligible. Photos previously published (in any format/media) or entered in any Islander or other competition are not eligible.
3) Photographs may be taken with any camera. No retouching or other alteration (except cropping) is permitted; no composite or multiple print images; no camera-phone-app manipulation. Photos must be submitted in digital-JPG file format. Prints and slides are not accepted.
4) Entrant’s name, address and phone number must be included in the email. One email per photo submission. Email single entries to topnotch@islander.org.
5) Entrants by their submission agree that The Islander may publish their pictures for local promotion. Entrants must provide the original large-format digital image if requested by the contest editor. All photos submitted become the property of The Islander. The Islander and contest sponsors assume no responsibility for maintaining submissions.
Entrant must provide the name and address of any recognizable persons appearing in the picture with the email entry.
6) Employees and paid contributors to The Islander and their immediate family members are not eligible.