Don’t miss out! The Bird Houses’ 6th annual photo contest begins soon! Details are:
Amateur Photo Contest
Submission Dates: September 1 – 30, 2017
Judging: During week of October 1, 2017
Winners announced October 9, 2017
Categories:
- Birds
- Wildlife (other than birds)
- Scenery
If photo would fit in more than one of these categories, photographer must pick one
- Youth
Photos taken by youth ages 16 and under, in any of the first three categories
- Bird House Elite
Our new category is designed especially for previous winners and those with a competitive drive. Go head to head with the best! This category is for anyone who has won via professional judging in The Bird House photography contest in the past five years, in any of the first three categories (youth is excluded) or who wants to compete with previous winners
Judging:
- A group of professional photographers will choose prize winner(s) in each category
- Customers will vote on a Customers’ Choice prize in each category
Customer voting will occur October 1-7 by paper ballot
One customer who voted will be chosen at random to receive a $25 Bird House gift certificate
- All winners will be announced October 9th
Prizes in each Category:
- 1st Place – $100 Gift certificates to the Bird House
- 2nd Place – $50 Gift certificates to the Bird House
- 1st Place Customers’ Choice – $100 Gift certificates to the Bird House
- 2nd Place Customers’ Choice – $50 Gift certificates to the Bird House
- Honorable Mention – Bird House coupon
Contest Rules:
- No entrance fee
- Amateur photographers only
- Two submissions per person
- Photos must have been taken in the wild, in the US
- Photos must not have been previously published or sold
- Photos must be 8” by 10”, horizontal or vertical
- Photos must be dropped off at The Bird House during business hours
- Photos not picked up from The Bird House by October 30, 2017 will be discarded, unless prior arrangements are made for return by another method
- By entering, photographers give to The Bird House after contest ends the non-exclusive right to use their photos in the store and on our website and in printed materials, with attribution but without compensation