To view the winners of our 2009 contest, click here.

To view the winners of our 2008 contest, click here.

Delaware Beach Life Photo Contest 2010

ENTRY DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FRIDAY, JULY 16.
(Entries must be postmarked by this date)

Delaware Beach Life magazine invites you to enter its fourth annual Photo Contest for amateur photographers. Photos must capture life in coastal Delaware. Categories are:

• Wildlife — Images must focus on wild animals in their natural habitat.
• Scenic — Scenic images may include people or pets.
• People (in action or not)

Judges will evaluate entries based on creativity, originality and technical proficiency.

Winners will be announced in the October 2010 issue of Delaware Beach Life. The top three photographs in each category will be featured in that issue.

For more information, e-mail photocontest@delawarebeachlife.com.

HOW TO ENTER:

Photographers may submit up to three entries per category. Only photographic prints may be submitted (no digital entries). SEE MORE INFORMATION IN THE TECHNICAL DETAILS SECTION BELOW.

All submissions must be mailed to Delaware Beach Life, ATTN: Photo Contest, P.O. Box 417 Rehoboth Beach DE 19971.

A completed entry form must accompany EACH entry. Entry forms are available online by clicking here.

Entries must be postmarked by July 1, 2010.

RULES:

• There is no entry fee or any other cost to enter.

• Entries will not be returned.

• Photos must have a coastal theme. Images may be color, black-and-white or digitally altered, but will not be judged separately.

• Entrants must be amateur photographers, 16 years of age or older. Those who make less than 50 percent of their income from photography are considered amateurs.

• Professional photographers (those who earn 50 percent or more of their income from photography) are not eligible to participate — nor are Delaware Beach Life contributors or contractors, or their family members.

• Entrant must be the photographer who shot the submitted photographs. Entrants must have the consent of all recognizable people in the submitted images; winners will be required to provide signed model releases for all recognizable people in the published photographs.

• Previously published photographs are not eligible.

• Delaware Beach Life magazine is not responsible for any submitted materials. Delaware Beach Life magazine reserves the right to disqualify photographs deemed unsuitable.

• Entrants agree that Delaware Beach Life may use all submissions for contest-related publishing or marketing purposes, but entrants retain all other rights to the use of their images. Photographers will be credited appropriately.

• Entries that do not comply with contest rules will be disqualified.

JUDGING:

• Entries will be judged according to the overall quality of the photograph, specifically subject matter, composition of the image, exposure, color and focus.

• Judges’ decisions will be final.

• Each category may have a first-, second- and third-place winner. Honorable mentions may be granted at the judges’ discretion. Winners will be notified by e-mail or phone.

TECHNICAL DETAILS:

• Prints must by no smaller than 8 inches and no larger than 14 inches. For instance, an 8 x 8-inch print will be accepted, but not a 5 x 7-inch print or a 16 x 20-inch print. (Digital images will NOT be accepted, but high-resolution digital files may be requested for publication of the winning entries.)

• Please mark photo orientation if questionable. (Example, label the top of the photo.)

• Do not mat, frame or mount photos.

• Do not label photos with your name. Photos will be coded for judging.

• Do not affix entry forms to the photos using tape or staples, as that can damage the print. Please use only paper clips to join forms with prints.

Slides will not be accepted.