Deadline extended to enter Coventry photo contest

The deadline to enter the photo contest sponsored by the Coventry Tercentenary Committee has been extended to Sept. 30, 2012.

There’s still time! The Coventry 300th Anniversary Committee is sponsoring a photo contest as part of the commemoration of the town’s Tercentenary celebration in 2012.

The theme of the contest is “Coventry through the Seasons,” and the deadline for mailing your entries has been extended to Sep. 30.

Entries from amateur photographers [you do not have to be a Coventry resident] will be judged in two categories: Youth Amateur, grade 1 through high school senior and Adult Amateur.

In addition, there are five categories of competition within each age category:

• Best Springtime View of Coventry

• Best Summertime View of Coventry

• Best Autumn View of Coventry

• Best Wintertime View of Coventry

• Best Overall Seasonal View of Coventry

The rules

You may send only one photo per seasonal category.

Photographs cannot be larger than 8×10 inches. Please do not submit slides or negatives or framed photographs.

All photos become the property of the town committee and will be used as it sees fit; they will not be returned.

Also important, please affix the following information to the back of each photo:

• Your full name, address, and phone number (whether youth or adult photographer);

• The season of the photo and the location in Coventry where it was taken.

Note: Do not print directly on the photograph because this will damage the image.

Photos received without this information – or if the committee cannot read it, so please type it or print it clearly – will be disqualified.

Send your photo entries to 300th Anniversary Committee, Coventry Town Hall, 1712 Main St., Coventry, CT 06238 by Sept. 30.

Please send your photos in a protective envelope with a “Do Not Bend” written on it.

Posted July 29, 2012, based on a press release, with links added by HTNP.com Editor Brenda Sullivan

Related link: A Tercentenary Commemorative Booklet on the Town of Coventry web site – chock full of historic facts, interesting photos, a list of the Tercentenary events, and much more in PDF format (note: you will need Adobe Reader, which can be downloaded for free, to open the documents) http://www.coventryct.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={6E63457A-FDA7-4049-AD97-8DAD263DE9C8}

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