In the next installment of our Shutterbug Photography Contest, The Tennessee Magazine is partnering with the Wilson County-Tennessee State Fair to highlight “95 Reasons to Celebrate Tennessee — Sow the Fun. Harvest the Memories,” which is the theme of this year’s fair. The topic is general, giving you plenty of room for creativity; we do want to know the town and county where each photo was taken.
There is much to celebrate across Tennessee, and we’d love to see each of the state’s 95 counties represented among the entries. The Tennessee Magazine will name first-, second- and third-place winners as well as honorable mention recipients in each division — Shutterbug, Junior Shutterbug (ages 17 and younger) and Professional The fair could bestow additional honors upon entries capturing the spirit of the theme.
Images can include people or not, and they can be selfies. As you accept this challenge, please stay safe. We don’t want anyone to take a tumble in the name of the Shutterbug contest.
Contest rules
- The contest is open to amateur and professional photographers. For the purposes of this competition, you are considered a professional if you regularly sell your images or garner more than 50% of your income from photography.
- Photographs must have been taken by you.
- A photographer can enter no more than three photographs. There is no cost to enter.
- All entries must be made online. We won’t accept prints for this contest. Complete the form below and upload your photograph(s).
- Employees of Tennessee’s electric cooperatives and their immediate families are not eligible to win.
- Please include the name of each recognizable person, if any other than yourself, in your photograph. It is the photographer’s responsibility to have the subject’s permission to enter his or her image in the contest. You must include the subject’s name and contact information with your submission. Omitting any of this information can result in disqualification.
- By entering the contest, photographers automatically give The Tennessee Magazine and the Wilson County-Tennessee State Fair permission to publish the winning images in print and digital publications, to social media and on websites.
Shutterbug assignment:
“95 Reasons to Celebrate Tennessee — Sow the Fun. Harvest the Memories.”
Submissions — online entries only
To enter, use the form below.
Deadline
Entries must be entered online by the end of the day on Monday, July 15. Winners will be published in the September issue.
Prize packages:
Judges will select a first-, second- and third-place winner in each division and age group. These prizes will be awarded: First place wins $150, second place $100 and third place $50.
