We are excited to present to you the 2021-2022 Cortland Rotary Seasonal Photo Contest! Send us your views of the Bazetta, Cortland, and Mecca areas and enter for your chance to win! Photo Submission Schedule is below. All photo submissions will be posted to Facebook for a public vote.
Submission Schedule:
Summer Photos Due: October 27, 2021
Fall Photos Due: December 27, 2021
Winter Photos Due: March 1, 2022
Spring Photos Due: May 26, 2022
What to Enter:
Each season, amateur photographers may submit up to 2 previously unpublished color or black and white images, taken in the past year and captured in Bazetta, Cortland, or Mecca.
How to Enter:
Submissions can be emailed to: CRotaryphoto@gmail.com
Send your name, phone number, address and a brief description of the photo, including where it was taken,
Prize Details:
The seasonal first place winners will receive a $25 gift card to a local Cortland area business. A photographer is only eligible for a prize once per year. People who earn more than half their annual income from photography are not eligible to enter.
Official Rules:
The Cortland Rotary Photography Contest is open to amateur photographers who are at least 16 years old. People who earn more than half their annual income from photography are not eligible to enter.
Photographers can submit up to 2 previously unpublished color or black and white images, taken in the past year and captured somewhere in Bazetta, Cortland, or Mecca.
Copyright of the image remains the property of the photographer. Contest entry/submission constitutes the entrant's binding, unending consent to use, reproduce, print, publish, distribute, sell, enhance or display submissions for any purpose, by the Cortland Rotary, for no other consideration beyond photographer credit.
All entrants must hold all rights to a photograph; your submission to CRotaryphoto@gmail.com is your indication that the photograph was taken by you. No photos with people are permitted. Photographs previously published or pending publication, or photos that viola or infringe upon another person's copyright, are not eligible.
We will not accept significantly enhanced or altered photos. Minor adjustments, including spotting, dodging, and burning, contrast and slight color adjustments are acceptable. If a photographer has obviously altered a photo, Cortland Rotary reserves the right to disqualify it.