| Eligibility
Any photographer, professional or amateur of any age,
is eligible. Entrants are individual photographers only (no teams).
Location
All photographs must be taken in South Texas on privately
owned, registered lands in the eight southernmost counties of South Texas: Brooks,
Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy and Zapata. The Valley Land
Fund will provide assistance in matching photographers and landowners, if requested.
It is the responsibility of the participants to make their own contacts and arrangements
and notify The Valley Land Fund office.
When
Registration
takes place January 2007 through Febaruary 29, 2008. Photographs are to be taken
April 1, 2008, through June 30, 2008, with submissions due Tuesday, July 8, 2008.
Entry Fees
$550 for single photographer entry
(non-photographic
assistance allowed)
$800 for team of two photographers
$50 discount if
registered & paid by 12/31/2007
Submissions
All entries
must be either mounted 35mm color slides or high-resolution digital images.
Photographers may submit slides or scan and enter them as digital images.
Rules of acceptable digital manipulation apply to all photos. Rules will be sent
to each participant after receiving registration form and fee. Photographers may
submit a maximum of 50 images representing the 50 classes. No more than
three images may be submitted per class. The Valley Land Fund cannot assume responsibility
for submissions, yet utmost care is taken to ensure proper handling. All submissions
remain the property of the photographer and will be returned. The VLF and
its sponsors reserve certain rights to use the winning images, including, but
not limited to, production of brochures, promotion of future contests, public
relations, advertising, education, books, prints and a traveling photo display.
Sponsors will also receive prints of winning photos.
Official
Rules
Submission
Instructions
Judging
Guidelines
Check
Out The Competition!
Visit this page periodically to see a growing list of participating Photographers.
Remember, only the first 100 paid entries may join the competition. Register today!
| Entrant
|
| Charles R. Boone (San Antonio, TX) |
| Bill Caskey (Austin TX) |
| Johnny Quiroz (San Juan, TX) |
| Eddie & Alta Forshage (Mcallen, TX) |
| Carlos Nunez (Brownsville, TX) |
| Bill Burns (McAllen, TX) |
| Beto Gutierrez & Randall Ennis (Edinburg, TX - McAllen, TX) |
| Don Dean (Houston, TX) |
| Anthony Louviere (Austin, TX) |
| Robert S. Simpson (McAllen, TX) |
| Larry Jones (Austin, TX) |
| Robert M. Gutierrez, Jr. (Edinburg, TX) |
| Hardy Jackson (Rio Grande City, TX) |
| Lowell Hudsonpillar & Ken York (Mission, TX) |
| Marc Langille (Fayetteville, AR) |
| Mike Hannisian (Mission, TX) |
| Charlie Spiekerman (Odem, TX) |
| Aundrea Tavakkoly (Santa Ynez) |
| Rolf Nussbaumer (New Braunfels, TX) |
| Derrick Hamrick (Raleigh, NC) |
| Isaac Garza (Kingwood, TX) |
| Irene Hinke-Salcilotto (Joppa, MD) |
| Vernon Denman (McAllen, TX) |
| Becky Lutz (Laguna Vista, TX) |
| Marilyn Moseley LaMantia (Edinburg, TX) |
| Jimmy Smith (Richmond, TX) |
| Ronnie Hatcher (Boerne, TX) |
| Patty Raney (Harlingen, TX) |
| James Nabours (McAllen, TX) |
| Sharon Waite (Mission, TX) |
| John Pickles (Barataria, LA) |
| Patrick L. McCauley (Brownsville, TX) |
| Ruth Hoyt (Linn, TX) |
| Bruce Bradshaw (McAllen, TX) |
| Derrick Macdonald (Brownsville, TX) |
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