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The Naugatuck Valley Audubon Society

2012 Photo Contest

 

The Naugatuck Valley Audubon Society is holding a photo contest and is looking for the best photographs taken at a Naugatuck Valley Audubon Society program or field trip or at the Kellogg Environmental Center and Osborndale State Park grounds and trails.  Winners will be guests at our June Annual Banquet and Meeting at the Kellogg Environmental Center where all photographs will be displayed.  The contest has three categories: children (age 12 and under), youth (13 – 18), and adult (19 and over).  Subject matter should be natured based – birds, wildlife, plants, insects, or general nature scenes.  There is no charge to enter the contest. 

 

RULES OF THE CONTEST

 

Open to all participants who submit photographs taken at a Naugatuck Valley Audubon Society (NVAS) program or field trip or at the Kellogg Environmental Center and Osborndale State Park grounds and trails.

The contest will contain three age categories:  children (age 12 and under), youth (13 – 18) and adult (19 and over).  There will be one winner per age category.

Photographs should be nature based – birds, wildlife, plants, insects, or general nature scenes.

Photographs must be taken between January 18 and May 31, 2012.

Limit of three (3) entries per person.

Entries must be unmounted, photographic prints that are 4”x 6”.  Electronically transmitted entries cannot be accepted.

The entrant’s name, age category, and phone number for which the photograph is entered MUST appear on the back of each photograph.  Please print clearly.

A complete, signed entry form must be submitted by each participant or child’s legal guardian.

Photographs must be submitted and received by May 31, 2012.  No late entries will be accepted.  

Winners will be contacted in early June.

Winners will be guests at the June NVAS Annual Banquet and Meeting.

All photographs will be displayed at the June meeting and winners recognized.

All Photographs become the property of NVAS upon submission.

NVAS and the Kellogg Environmental Center will not be responsible for lost or damaged photographs.

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ENTRY FORM – 2012 Naugatuck Valley Audubon Society Photo Contest

 

Name: ___________________________________________________________________

Address: _________________________________________________________________

City/State/ZIP Code:________________________________________________________

Telephone number:___________________ Email address: __________________________

Location photograph taken: __________________________________________________

Date photograph taken: ______________________________________________________

Circle Category submitted for:  children (age 12 and under), youth (13 – 18), adult (19 and over)

Brief description of subject matter: ______________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

 

I hereby certify that the submitted photographs were taken at a Naugatuck Valley Audubon Society (NVAS) program or field trip or at the Kellogg Environmental Center and Osborndale State Park grounds and trails and agree that it may be displayed at the Kellogg Environmental Center and the NVAS website.  I also understand that the submitted photographs become the property of NVAS and will not be returned.

 

Signature of entrant or child’s legal guardian: ________________________________________

Date Submitted: ________________________________________________________________

 

Please submit photographs to: Naugatuck Valley Audubon Society, P.O. Box 371, Derby, CT 06418

Or drop them off at the Kellogg Environmental Center, 500 Hawthorne Ave, Derby, CT