SHUTTERBUGS, LEAFAGE, AND SNOWFLAKES!

                                                                                                            By Clare Kauppi

 

Members, non-members, young, old and those in-between are invited to participate in the Friends of Willard Brook 2nd Photo Contest.

This contest will run from Labor Day, Sept.1 to Feb 28 ’09.  There are many beautiful things to be found in our forests. 

Let’s see what you see! All pictures must be taken within this time frame. Have fun and good luck!

                                       

  Registration and Rules of the contest

 

Contestants may enter as many times as they wish.  An entry form must accompany each photo.

No information is to be put on photo.  There is no entry fee.

You may use either a conventional or digital camera.  Your entry must be a hard copy print and be 4 x 6 inches or 5 x 7 inches in size. 

No matting, please.  All entries become the possession of the Friends of Willard Brook and may be used for educational purposes and/or displays.

Your photo must, without exception, be taken at one of the parks or forests maintained by Willard Brook State Forest Headquarters.  They are:

Willard Brook State Forest, Pearl Hill State Park, Townsend State Forest, Mt. Watatic, Nashua River Rail Trail, Ashburnham State Forest, J. Harry

Rich State Forest.

Subject matter is at the mercy of the photographer’s imagination but the subject must be of a natural occurrence. No domestic animals accepted.

For more entry forms, go to willardbrook.org. and print them out or visit the Rangers station at Willard Brook State Park. Prizes are to be

announced on the website.

Friends of Willard Brook’s Board of Directors and professional photographers are not eligible to enter. Photos with any data on them will

be disqualified.

 

Contest starts Labor Day, Sept. 1^st  and ends   Feb. 28, 2009.  Photos must be received by March 15, 2009 for judging.

 Prizes: 1^st prize-$50,  2^nd prize-$35,  3^rd prize-$25

 

Send your entry to:  Friends of Willard Brook,  P.O. Box 696,  Townsend, Ma. 01469-0696

 

 

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Name:_______________________________________________________________________   

 

Address:_____________________________________________________________________       
                                                                                                                  

Phone: ________________________ 

    

Where was the photo taken?________________________________     When?______________________

 

Entrant’s e-mail address:__________________________________________________