Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society Photo Contest

For all you photographers in Northwest Arkansas, the NWAAS is hosting a photo contest! But hurry, the deadline is September 25!

DETAILS:

Three Categories: bird, nature, scenic

$50 David Nolan Prize for Best in Show

Four additional prizes in each category

1st prize: $40 Bordino’s gift card
2nd prize: $25 Bedford’s gift card
3rd prize: $10 Bedford’s gift card

Entry Deadline: September 25

Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society
2009 Photography Contest Rules

Amateurs only
The contest is open only to amateur photographers. An entry may not previously have won an award in any photography contest.

Entry requirements
You may enter a maximum of ten photographs.
Minimum size: 8'' × 10''
Maximum size: 11'' × 14''

Categories
Each photograph may be entered in only one of three categories. You specify the category of each photograph on the entry form. The three categories are:
1) Birds, 2) General Scenic, 3) General Nature

Entry locations
Bedford Camera, 1320 W. Walnut, Rogers; 3277 N. College, Fayetteville, or
Collier Drug Store, 100 W. Dickson, Fayetteville

Entry Fee
$5 for each photograph entered. A separate fee and entry form must accompany each photo (place in envelope and submit with photo). Please write your name on the back of each photo in case the form and photo get separated.
Cash or check is accepted. Make check to:
Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society

Damage
While all possible effort will be made to avoid loss or damage, Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society (NWAAS), entry locations, judges or display locations may not be held responsible for loss or damage to any submitted photograph.

Selection of winners
A panel of outdoor and nature photographers selected by NWAAS will judge the entries.
Best of Show will be the entry judged best among all entries. The remaining entries
will be divided into the three categories and the entries in each category will be ranked.

Announcement of winners
Winning photographs will be on display at the Shiloh Museum in Springdale on October 10 from 1pm – 4pm. There will also be a presentation from Lynn Sciumbato of Morning Star Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and a question and answer session about birds by “The Bird Guys”, Dr. Doug James and Joe Neal, authors of Arkansas Birds. The event is open to the public.

Winning photographs
Winners agree that their entries may be published as winning photographs in this contest. Winning photographs may be picked up at 4 pm on October 10 at the Shiloh Museum. Any photos not picked up will be returned to the entry location where they were submitted.

Non-winning photographs
Non-winning photographs will be returned to the entry location where they were submitted.

Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society
The NWAAS is a registered non-profit organization serving the four-county region of northwest Arkansas, and is committed to preserving the natural world in northwest Arkansas through education, environmental study and habitat protection, and to promote awareness and enjoyment of local and regional natural areas. For more information or to join, visit: http://www.nwarkaudubon.org/

Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society

Live in Northwest Arkansas? Like nature, birds, the outdoors? Check out the Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society!



Upcoming events include:

Saturday, September 19, 2009
Walker Room, Fayetteville Public Library
10AM - Noon
Leesia C. Marshall will present: "The Life and Times of the Louisiana Waterthrush"

Saturday, October 10, 2009
Shiloh Museum, Springdale
1PM - 4PM
NWAAS Photo Contest winners announcement and display. Presentations will include Lynn Sciumbato, Director of Morningstar Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and a Question/Answer session with the "NWA Bird Guys". For more information about the photo contest, see contest rules.

Saturday, December 5, 2009
Walker Room, Fayetteville Public Library
10AM - Noon
Pam and Jack Stewart will present: "From the Devil's Throat to the Heart of Fire: A Birdwatching Journey in Argentina". This will also be the annual meeting for election of officers.

Field Trips:

Saturday, October 3, 2009
Ninestone Land Trust in Carroll County

Saturday, October 17, 2009
Woolsey Wet Prairie and Wilson Springs

Sunday, November 15, 2009
Lake Fayetteville and Lake Sequoyah

Sunday, December 13 or 20, 2009
Fayetteville Christmas Bird Count

For more details about field trips or information about the Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society Chapter, visit their website.

NWAAS: Committed to Preserving the Natural World in Northwest Arkansas through Education, Environmental Study and Habitat Protection