Capture the Wild Photography Contest

Entries and Submission Fees

By submission of entries (digital files or printed images) and/or entry fees, the entrant indicates that he/she understands and abides by our photo contest rules and regulations.

 

Choose your payment method

Please read carefully the following information regarding digital images before proceeding to pay:

Digital Images

Prepare your files according to the following information:

• Acceptable formats are JPEG or TIFF file formats sent using our uploading tool.

• Photos may be taken with a digital camera or scanned into digital format with a maximum size of 80MB (81,920KB).

• Digital photograph file name(s) must use the following format: Photographer first and last name + initials of the category you want to place your pictures + picture number (if submitting more than one image). Using this format will assure that your images will be identifiable.
  
  File name examples:
  Julie Smith AIN
  Julie Smith CPPA 1 of 2
  Julie Smith CPPA 2 of 2
  
  This person submitted 1 photograph in the "Amateur - Images of Nature" category and 2 in the Canadian Parks and Protected Areas.
  
  Once you change the name, make sure the file still opens properly.

• If you want to send more than 10 digital photographs/images, use compression software such as WinZip or WinRAR (freely available online) to create a single file containing your images and then proceed to use our upload tool.

Payment

Using your credit card
To pay using your credit card please click on the Pay Now button to securely use PayPal:

By cheque or cash
Cash or cheques must be dropped off by 5:00pm MDT, or mailed postmarked no later than Friday, September 12, 2008 to the CPAWS Office, #1120, 1202 Centre Street SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2G 5A5.

 

Send us your photograph(s)

To help CPAWS in its commitment to protect the environment and reduce the amount of paper and waste generated in our offices, please consider sending only digital images.

Digital Images

To send us your digital images, we ask that you click here to use the free FilesFrom online file transfer service. Fill in the FilesFrom fields with the following information:

Send to: info@cpawscalgary.org

Message: Insert the following information in the message box:

Personal information:
– Your name
– Payment receipt number (if paying by credit card) or cheque number
– Email address
– Postal address (including city, province and postal code)
– Daytime phone number

Photograph(s) information:
– File name(s) (example: JulieSmithCPPA1)
– Captions
– Photo location(s).

Note: Files sent directly to info@cpawscalgary.org will not be accepted.

 

Printed Entries

Printed entries must be dropped off by 5:00pm MDT, or mailed postmarked no later than Friday, September 12, 2008 to the CPAWS Office, #1120, 1202 Centre Street SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2G 5A5.

If you pay by credit card, please do not forget to include the receipt number generated by our electronic payment system.

Slides or photographic prints should not exceed 8 x 12 inches.

Colour photocopies and framed images will not be accepted.

Click here to download your Capture the Wild entry form.
(Acrobat [PDF] format, ~10K)

If you want your image returned, you must include a self-addressed stamped envelope with sufficient Canadian postage (stamps only). We cannot return submissions accompanied by US or other foreign postage.

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