Qualprint Taking Submissions for Annual Calendar Contest
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Diana Norton of Lanesborough won last year's contest with photo of a waterfall on Depot Street in Dalton. |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Grab your cameras. Qualprint's accepting applications for its 30th annual "A Closer Look at the Berkshires" contest.
The annual contest selects the top 12 images taken by both amateur and professional photographers and artists to illustrate its calendar. The printing company has been publishing calendars illustrated with beautiful images of the Berkshires for 29 years.
The top 12 winners also receive cash prizes totaling $1,050 and all entrants will receive a 2014 calendar for participating in the contest. This year more than 50 honorable mention winners will be chosen and included in the calendar.
Application forms are now available throughout Berkshire County at most libraries; area chambers of commerce, Prime Outlets at Lee, the Berkshire Mall, at 1Berkshire at 66 Allen St. and at select Berkshire Bank branches. Forms are also available at Qualprint headquarters at Three Federico Drive or download a PDF here.
Full-color photos, transparencies, slides, paintings and digital images with a horizontal format are being accepted. No black and white accepted. Entries can portray people, places, animals, activities, landscapes, buildings and cultural attractions but must be taken in Berkshire County.
Deadline for submission is Monday, April 30, 2013. Submissions can be delivered or mailed to the company at Three Federico Drive, Pittsfield, MA 01201. No email submissions will be accepted.
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