2012 Meredith Village Savings Bank Photo Contest

Calling all photographers: Show us your best work!

Submit your photos to the 2012 Meredith Village Savings Bank Photo Contest and help us highlight the unique community character and beauty of the Belknap, Carroll, and Grafton County areas. Each year, the bank showcases the work of local Photo Contest winners in its Community Calendar and on our website.

May 7 through July 27 2012, photographers may submit five (5) entries to be considered for MVSB’s 2013 Community Calendar and/or five (5) entries to be considered for display on www.mvsb.com.

Photos should display some aspect of community life. Possible subjects might include (but are not limited to) community events (such as parades, fairs/festivals, or local sporting events), local landmarks, areas of scenic beauty or seasonal pastimes (fishing, ice fishing, sailing, hiking, skiing etc.). We particularly encourage the submission of photographs that include the local landscape—especially for the website.

Honorarium for selected images:
Meredith Village Savings Bank will award the photographer a digital frame for each photo selected for inclusion in the calendar or on the website.

Number of Entries:
You may send a maximum of five (5) entries for consideration for the calendar and a maximum of five (5) entries for consideration for the website. Please note: the submission requirements for the calendar are different than the requirements for web submissions so please read these rules very carefully before sending in your submission(s).

Judging:
Judging of all submitted photography will be “blind.” The name of the photographer will not be known by the judging panel. Judging will be based on suitability of the subject, quality of the photography, and adherence to the purpose of the contest, which is to highlight the unique community character and beauty of the Belknap, Carroll, and Grafton County areas.

Participation:
The photography competition is open to all photographers, amateur or professional. Employees of Meredith Village Savings Bank are also eligible to participate in this competition.

Format for Calendar Entries:
All submissions must be in color. Black and white format will not be accepted. Please observe the following specifications:

  • Digital photography is preferred and images must be at a minimum resolution of 300 dpi at 8” x 10”. Photographs with slightly lower resolutions will be reviewed, but may be rejected.
    Please note: If you’ve submitted work in the past using lower than optimal resolutions, and it was accepted, it does not mean it will be again.
  • Digital images must be submitted on a CD accompanied by a high quality color print.
  • Digital images must be saved in tiff, eps or jpg format.
  • 35mm images presented as prints are also acceptable.
  • Prints must be glossy (not matte) finish.
  • Negatives or high-resolution images should be available for any prints that are submitted.
  • MVSB reserves the right to crop photo entries if necessary.

Format for Website Entries:

  • Only color photographs will be considered for inclusion on the website.
  • Winning photographs will be displayed as the homepage banner at the top of the page at www.mvsb.com
  • Entries must be submitted as digital images on disk at a minimum resolution of 72 dpi (higher dpi is preferred) the size of AT LEAST 968 pixels wide x 212 pixels high. To see how the photo will be displayed, visit the homepage of the MVSB website at www.mvsb.com – selected photos will appear as the banner photo at the top of the homepage.
  • Prints must also be submitted for judging and cataloguing purposes.
  • MVSB reserves the right to crop all photo entries if necessary.

Official Entry Forms:
To enter the contest, please submit your photos along with a completed entry form. You may pick up the Official Community Calendar Photo Contest Entry Form or the Official Website Photo Contest Entry Form at any of MVSB’s convenient locations throughout the Lakes Region or download them below:

Please submit just one entry form for up to 5 photos, using the appropriate form to indicate whether you are entering your photos in the Community Calendar or Website contest.

Please be sure to fill in all requested information on the form:

  1. Contact information: name, address, city, state, zip code, phone number and email address. We must be able to contact you by one or more of these methods if any of your photos are selected as winners.
  2. Optional photo name, location, and brief description for each photo taken. You may describe who or what is in the photo, any interesting details about why you took the photo, or other circumstances that add interest to the image. This section is optional but in the event your photo is chosen as a winner, we will contact you for this information if it is not included on the form.
  3. Assignment of Publication Rights. We cannot, by law, publish any photographs in our calendar, on our website or in other publications without the explicit permission of the photographer. In order for us to include your photos in our judging process, you must complete and sign this section of the form. These rights are nontransferable, and all other rights remain with the photographer.
  4. Parental Release Form. If any of your submitted photographs features the face of a child under the age of 18, the child’s parent or legal guardian must complete and sign this section giving us permission to publish a photo of their child in our calendar, website or any other publication. In order to protect the privacy and safety of children, we cannot consider any photos with children in them without first receiving parental consent.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Please do not write or stick any identifying information to the submitted photographs. Upon receipt, each submitted photo will be assigned a number, and be separated from the official entry form for blind judging.

Deadline:
Entries must be received by the end of the business day on Friday, July, 27 2012. Winners will be announced by late September.

Mail Entries to:
Meredith Village Savings Bank
Attn: Photo Contest
PO Box 177
Meredith, NH 03253

Questions: If you have any questions, please call MVSB’s marketing department at 279-9277.

NOTE: Due to the volume of photo entries received, we can only return winning entries so please be sure to keep copies of your submitted photos.



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