Submit a Photo

Contest Rules

• To enter, complete the entry form online. There is no entry fee.
• Entries must be received by September 30th, 2021. Mainstreet Lac La Biche / Community Futures Lac La Biche takes no responsibility for lost entries.
• Mainstreet Lac La Biche is an initiative of Community Futures Lac La Biche
• SUBJECT MATTER: Photos must feature a location within the Community Futures Lac La Biche Region (bottom of page www.cfllb.com).    
• Each photo can be entered in one category only:
  Close-Up, Seasonal-Summer- Fall- Winter-Spring, Mother Nature, Wildlife, or Historical places and Landmarks.   Photos must not include people.
• ELIGIBILITY: All ages, professional and semi-professional photographers (or any photographers who earn money selling their photographs) whose home address is within the Community Futures Region as determined by their Driver’s License are eligible and welcome to enter.   Entries limited to 5 photos per person.
• TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS: Entries must be in colour.   Digital entries can be uploaded electronically as a .jpeg or .png file type at https://mainstreetlaclabiche.com/submit-a-photo/.   Digital files should be high resolution and between 300 and 600 dpi.   Landscape to fit into 10.75”w x 8”h space and Portrait to fit into a 2.25”w x 7.75” h space. Final image must meet image resolution requirements to be printed. The photographer must own all rights to any photographs entered in this contest and must not be currently held in copyright by any individual or organization and must be previously unpublished work.
• VOTING: voting will be opened to everyone for all images – there will be a People’s Choice award and the final choices will be made by the number of likes on their photo or in the event of technical difficulties - by a panel of judges.
• GRAND PRIZE: Calendar Cover Photo and $100 in Lac La Biche County Dollars (County Dollars).
  SECOND PLACE:  $100 in County Dollars.   THIRD PLACE:  $75 in County Dollars.  PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD:  Winner will receive a special icon on their photo and $50 in County Dollars.   Prizes must be accepted as awarded and are not redeemable for cash. To see where you can spend your prize County Dollars, please click here: https://llbchamber.ca/county-dollars/
• Each photographer is eligible to win, at most, two entries for this Calendar Photo Contest.
• NOTIFYING WINNERS: Winners will be contacted by email with winning photos published at https://mainstreetlaclabiche.com/photo-gallery/ and shared on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and potentially in a 2022 Calendar.  Winning photographers may be asked to supplement their submission with an expanded description.  The names of the winners, are scheduled to be announced in mid-September 2021.
• RIGHTS TO IMAGES: By entering your image in The Mainstreet Lac La Biche 2022 Photo Contest, you grant Mainstreet Lac La Biche, Community Futures Lac La Biche, and the Lac La Biche & District Chamber of Commerce a royalty free, non-exclusive right, to use the photograph in print and online along with the photographer’s name in connection with the Photo Contest and photo credit online and potentially in a Community Calendar or similar initiative. By submitting the online entry form, the photographer consents to the entry of his or her submission and agrees to abide by the contest rules.    Mainstreet Lac La Biche reserves the right to adjust contest rules and deadlines as the result of causes beyond its immediate control.
• PLEASE NOTE:  Employees of Community Futures may submit images but will not be eligible to receive a prize if their image is chosen.