The Country Roads Photo Contest!

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PLEASE NOTE: THE PHOTO CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. WINNING ENTRIES WERE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO BE PUBLISHED IN OUR WINTER 2020/21 ISSUE HOWEVER WE DID NOT PUBLISH THE WINTER ISSUE. WE WILL UPDATE THIS PAGE REGARDING THE PHOTO CONTEST WHEN WE HAVE CONCRETE DETAILS AS TO WINNING PHOTOS AND PUBICATION OF SAME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.


The categories for 2020 are:

  • Fun in the Outdoors: featuring people and/or pets celebrating life in Hastings County

  • Wildlife: featuring local wildlife in their natural environments

  • Landscape: featuring the land, water, or sky

Photos must have been taken within Hastings County. 

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How to Enter

1. Email your photo, in jpeg format, to nancy@countryroadshastings.ca with PHOTO CONTEST and your name as the subject line. (Note: digital files should be at least 5 megapixels, or 2560 x 1950 pixels; image quality setting: high.) The maximum file size is 10 MB. Photos that do not meet the requirements will not be accepted.

MAX. 3 ENTRIES PER CATEGORY. 

  • JPG files only

  • No watermarks

  • No cropping

  • No filters applied

2. Complete the digital form below:

Rules & Regulations


COUNTRY ROADS 2020 PHOTO CONTEST
Official Rules and Regulations

ENTRY IN THIS CONTEST CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE CONTEST RULES.

Sponsor: Country Roads Magazine, a division of PenWord Communications Inc.

HOW TO ENTER:
The Contest begins on March 31, 2020 and ends on
October 20,, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. ET. (the “Submission Deadline”).
To enter, visit countryroadshastings.ca to complete the entry form and email your digital file. Digital entries only will be accepted. Print entries will not be accepted.

CATEGORIES:
Each Photo must be submitted under one or more of the following three (3) categories. The category(ies) for which the photo is being entered must be indicated on the contest entry form. Notwithstanding any entry in multiple categories, each photo is only eligible to win in one (1) category and each entrant is only eligible to win one (1) prize:

  • Fun in the Outdoors: featuring people and/or pets celebrating life in Hastings County

  • Wildlife: featuring local wildlife in their natural environments

  • Landscape: featuring the land, water, or sky


Entries will be rejected if the entry form is not fully completed and the entry is not received by the Submission Deadline.

Digital files should be at least 5 megapixels, or 2560 x 1950 pixels; image quality setting: high.
Colour correction and tonal cast changes are acceptable; compositional changes, as well as added watermarks or signatures, will result in automatic disqualification. Entries that do not meet technical requirements will be automatically rejected.

If a Photo is chosen as a winner, all original material, including digital capture files, must be made available to Sponsor as a condition of receiving a prize. Prize winners agree to have winning photos published in Country Roads magazine and Sponsor’s social media outlets.

ELIGIBILITY:
Entrants 13 years of age or younger must have consent from their parent or legal guardian to enter this Contest. In the event it is discovered that you entered without consent from your parent or legal guardian, all entries will be void.

Entries are limited to individuals only; commercial enterprises and business entities are not eligible to enter the Contest.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
You must have taken the Photo that you submit for the contest. You will require the consent of all individuals who are included in the Photo and consent from the individuals who own the personal property (i.e. the cottage) featured in the Photo. By entering the Contest, you represent and warrant to Sponsor that the Photo will not violate the rights of any third parties or any applicable laws. Entries not complying with these contest rules will be disqualified.

THE PRIZES AND APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUES:
If the winner is a minor in his/her province, territory of residence, such winner’s parent or legal guardian must accept the prize on his/her behalf.

WINNER SELECTION:
Editorial staff of the Sponsor will judge all Photos submitted on the basis of originality, creativity, technical proficiency, and uniqueness appropriateness, and relevance to the category of submission.

Photos which are illegal, defamatory, or in any way obscene, all as determined solely by the Sponsor, will be disqualified.

Judging will be completed and the winners contacted by November 30, 2020. If you have not been contacted by this date, you may assume that your entry is not a winner.

Odds of a Photo being selected by the contest judges as the winner of a First, Second, or other Prize depend on the number and calibre of entries received in each category.