2020 photo challenge under the theme: Spark

Participate to the photo competition held yearly by the MRC (from September 26 until October 11 as part of Culture Days activities) and you stand a chance of winning one of many cash prizes. The winning photographs will be exhibited for a year in the entrance hall of the MRC.

The registration form can be downloaded below.

You are also invited to vote for your favourite picture on September 26, at Galeries Ormstown, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Good luck to all!
Spark

Judging criteria

Compliance with the theme — SPARK
Originality of the subject
Emotions awakened
Applied techniques
Composition and colours

Rules

1. You must be a resident of the MRC du Haut-Saint-Laurent or attend one of the schools on its territory. The MRC’s municipalities are: Dundee, Elgin, Franklin, Godmanchester, Havelock, Hinchinbrooke, Howick, Huntingdon, Ormstown, Saint-Anicet, Saint-Chrysostome, Sainte-Barbe and Très-Saint-Sacrement.

2. You must fill out the entry form available on the MRC’s website at www.mrchsl.com and send it with your well-identified photos before September 21, 2020 (maximum of 3 photos per participant, 8 x 10 inches approximate printed size, without frame or rigid backing). In your mailing, you must include a digital copy of your pictures well-identified by their title on a CD.

3. Pictures will not be returned unless you include a prepaid return envelope in your mailing. Due to the amount of participants and in order to maintain the proper conduct of services and activities offered by your MRC, it will not be possible to retrieve your pictures in person.

4. The pictures will be exhibited at Les Galeries Ormstown, from September 26 to October 11, 2020.

5. The public vote will take place during the Culture Days Activities, Saturday September 26, 2020 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at Galeries Ormstown.

6. Intellectual property: The participants keep the intellectual property of their pictures. However, by entering the competition, participants authorize the MRC to publish their pictures for the following purposes: communication, promotion and conduct of the photography contest, with the photographer’s name.

7. Every picture will be handled carefully, however the MRC cannot be held responsible if damages or losses occur during the Photo Contest Exhibit.