MVSB is still accepting full-color photography for our Community Calendar and Website Photo Contest but the deadline is fast approaching!Photographers have until Friday, August 6, 2010 at closing time to drop off their photos at any MVSB branch office or mail them to:

Amateur and professional photographers are invited to submit photographs that capture the character and beauty of the Lakes Region and central New Hampshire while conveying aspects of community and/or family life, such as area events, landmarks or seasonal pastimes. Photos featuring local landscape scenes are highly encouraged – especially for the website.

Photographers may enter both the calendar and website contests but separate entry forms must be submitted for each contest. In addition, the required format for website entries is different from the format for calendar submissions so please read the submission requirements for each type of entry very carefully.

Official entry forms and complete rules for the contest are available at all 11 MVSB locations throughout the Lakes Region. You can also download the forms online.

In addition to having their work featured on the calendar or website, winning photographers will be awarded a $50 U.S. EE Savings Bond for each photo that is selected as a winner.

Calendar entries

A maximum of five (5) color photographs may be submitted per photographer. Only color photographs will be considered for the Community Calendar contest. Black and white entries will not be accepted.

Digital photography is preferred and must be a minimum of 300 dpi at 8” x 10” and saved in tiff, eps or jpg format. They must be submitted as prints, with disk. Slides or prints (35mm) are also acceptable formats. Prints must have a glossy (not matte) finish.

Website entries

Only color photographs will be considered for inclusion on the website. Entries must be submitted as digital images on disk at a minimum resolution of 72 dpi (higher is preferred) at 968 pixels wide by 212 pixels high. Prints must also be submitted for judging and cataloguing purposes.

Judging of all submitted photography will be “blind” and based solely on the suitability of the subject, quality of the photography, and adherence to the rules and purpose of the contest. The name of the photographer will not be known by the judging panel.

Full contest details are available at www.mvsb.com/photocontest or at any MVSB office.

CAPTION: Photo by Megan Brown of Plymouth, a winner of MVSB’s 2009 Community Calendar Contest.