2024 Photo Contest

Contest Entry Form and Official Rules

This year’s photo contest theme is Heart of Colorado. We’re asking you to share — in photos — what you love about Colorado and what makes our state special. Winners will be announced and published in a Spring 2024 issue.

CATEGORIES:

  • Lovely Landscapes
  • Activities You Adore
  • A Fondness for People and Animals
  • Smitten with the Seasons

PRIZES:

1st place – $150; 2nd place – $75; 3rd place – $50

DEADLINE EXTENDED!

Enter the contest through December 31, 2023

ALL ENTRIES MUST MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS:

  • Entrant must be the photographer of the photo being entered.
  • If people appear in the photo, it is the photographer’s responsibility to have the subject’s permission to enter his or her image in the contest.
  • By entering the contest, photographers give Colorado Country Life permission to publish images on the cover of the magazine, in print and digital publications, on social media and on its websites.

GENERAL CATEGORY CONTEST RULES & REQUIREMENTS:

  • Photographer must be a member of a Colorado electric co-op listed below in the entry form.
  • Photographer may enter up to two photos per category.
  • Digital JPEG photos only.
  • Photos must be 8×10 inches at 300 pixels per inch resolution.
  • All vertical photos will be considered for the cover photo. If you have a photo you think will make the perfect cover of CCL, it must be at least 300 dpi and 9” wide x 13” tall.
  • Photographer may win only one first-place prize.
  • If your photo doesn’t meet these requirements, it will be disqualified.
  • By entering the contest, photographers give Colorado Country Life permission to publish images on the cover of the magazine, in print and digital publications, on social media and on its websites.

Enter the 2024 Photo Contest

  • Choose only one category
  • Accepted file types: jpg, tif, jpeg, Max. file size: 10 MB.
    We will accept photographs in .jpg, .jpeg or .tif format, no larger than 10MB in size. Please upload only one photo per entry. Photo file names must follow this format: Category_PhotographerLastName_EntryNumber (1 or 2).jpg
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