BREC's BATON ROUGE ZOO Photo Contest

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Join us for the Zoo's new annual photo contest! Simply visit the Zoo and take a photo, or choose a favorite photo taken at the Zoo in the past year. Upload your photo to The Advocate's website and get your family and friends to vote for your photo online!

 

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ELIGIBILITY

Only photos taken at BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo within the past year (March 1, 2012 - March 2013) are eligible. A photo can only be entered in a single category.  All zoo and aquarium subject matter is eligible, but judges will give preference to photos of animals currently on exhibit.  A judging panel will select all winners EXCEPT for fan favorite.  

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CATEGORIES

• Children, ages 12 and younger  (NOTE:  Parent or guardian must register and submit photo for this category)
• Junior, ages 13 up to 18
• Novice ADULT, beginners and nonprofessionals
• Advanced ADULT, considerable experience to professional
• Fun Foto - NEW CATEGORY! This category was designed to be pictures of you, your family and/or friends having fun at the Zoo. The photo must be identifiable as being taken at Baton Rouge Zoo.

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WINNERS' PRIZES AND PUBLICITY

A first, second and third place winner will be selected within each of the categories. The judges will also select a grand prize winner from all entries. The zoo will also award a Fan Favorite prize. The Fan Favorite will be determined through online voting at theadvocate.com/contests.  One vote per person per day - voting ends Wednesday, March 27.  Winning entries will be exhibited during Zippity Zoo Fest, April 6 and 7, 2013 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Prizes will be awarded in every category at Zippity Zoo Fest.

Grand Prize Winner
- Honorary Keeper (Patron) Level Membership to Friends of
  the Baton Rouge Zoo
- Behind the scenes tour for winner and 3 guests
- Winning Photo featured on the cover of Wild Times, the
  Zoo's newsletter
- A C.C. Lockwood print of the Zoo's Malayan tigers
- A collectible Baton Rouge Zoo ornament (featuring a giraffe)

First Place Winners
- Household membership to Friends of the Baton Rouge Zoo
- A C.C. Lockwood print of the Zoo's Malayan tigers
- A collectible Baton Rouge Zoo ornament (featuring a giraffe)

Second and Third Place Winners
- A C.C. Lockwood print of the Zoo's Malayan tigers
- A collectible Zoo Ornament (featuring a giraffe)

Fan Favorite Winner
- A C.C. Lockwood print of the Zoo's Malayan tigers
- A collectable Zoo Ornament (featuring a giraffe)

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DEADLINES

All photos must be uploaded by March 24.   Voting for Fan Favorite will end March 27.

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PHOTOGRAPH REQUIREMENTS AND RULES

• The entrant must take all photographs.
• An entry may include color or black and white photo.
• Judges will disqualify photos with obvious or excessive digital manipulation.
• Please retain a high resolution digital image. Within a week of uploading your photo, you will be contacted by email by a representative from THE ADVOCATE. You will need to submit your high quality image by email at that time.
• Zoo employees and board members, BREC employees and sponsor employees are ineligible.

PHOTO LABELING

• FOR Children and Junior Categories:  When submitting a photo, please put only the first name and age in the Description area.  You will submit the photographer's full name when you are contacted by email by a representative of THE ADVOCATE.
• FOR Novice and Advance Adult Categories:  When submitting a photo, the Description area must have the photographer's full name along with any description of the photo content.   

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JUDGING

Judges will evaluate entries primarily based on general interest, photographic proficiency and reproductive quality. A panel of jurors, chosen from the professional community, will judge the entries. All decisions made by the panel are final.

PHOTO RIGHTS/USAGE

Entries will be acknowledged by email so it is very important to have a valid email address when registering and to check that email periodically.  Photographs remain the copyrighted property of the photographer; however, BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo and Friends of the Baton Rouge Zoo and THE ADVOCATE reserve the non-exclusive right to use the imaged submitted to the contest for publicity, advertising, promotional, educational, and other purposes without obtaining further permission and/or compensation. The Baton Rouge Zoo and Friends of the Zoo and THE ADVOCATE will attempt to give credit to the photographer. Uploading your photo constitutes acceptance of these terms.