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Calendar photo contest 2010-11
2011-12 calendar photo contest
Calendar contest rules
How to enter
Digital photo tips
2010-11 calendar photo contest winners – All in a day’s work
Thank you to all who entered the 2010-11 calendar contest. The CWB received more than 405 entries from 103 photographers from all across Western Canada. All winning photos appear in the 2010-11 crop year calendar. The calendar is included in the current issue of Grain Matters, the CWB's bi-monthly farmer publication.
Raewyn Wiebe from Langley, BC took the grand-prize winning black-and-white photo of her late father, Wayne Schnee showing a new barn kitten to his two grandchildren.
Wiebe will receive the grand prize of a $500 photo store gift certificate. Fifteen other prizes of $50 certificates were awarded. Two participants – Mickey Watkins and Norris Hogg – received prizes for two different winning photos. Winners were chosen by members of the CWB in-house graphic design team.
View the news release.
The photo winners are:
Kristyn Klassen from Austin, MB for her photo of a boy and his dad;
Mike Tatarynovich from Crooked River, SK for his photo of men sitting beside a grain bin;
Stan Wiebe from MacGregor, MB for his photo of a man cleaning his combine in the early morning;
Raewyn Wiebe from Langley, BC for her photo of kids with a new kitten;
Mickey Watkins from Aylesbury, SK for her photo of a combine harvesting sunflowers and two-men discussing a grain elevator demolition;
Vanessa Paslawski from Weyburn, Sk for her photo of a woman making perogies;
June Winter from Burstall, SK for her photo of a boy peeking through a fence;
Lori Ann Frey from Watrous, SK for her photo of a yard light and farm truck;
Bonnie Potoroka from Goodeve, Sk for her photo of a man welding;
Lorne Letkeman from Portage La Prairie, MB for his photo of a bee on a flower;
Darla Gallant from Watson, SK for her photo of a boy and his wagon;
Norris Hogg from Huxley, AB for his photo of a tractor and his photo of four combines in a grain field;
Jim Schmidt from Lacombe, AB for his photo of a child and his horse;
Joan Airey from Rivers, MB for her photo of a man working on his combine and
Donna Evans from Turtleford, SK for her photo of a tractor hauling hay in the winter
2011-12 calendar photo contest
The theme for next year’s calendar is A slice of life. This theme is intended to represent a favorite memory, experience or place in time. Prairie photographers are invited to start shooting entries for the 2011-12 calendar. Entries must be postmarked between Jan. 1, 2011 and April 15, 2011.
Calendar contest rules
Each photographer may enter up to five photographs. CWB employees and their immediate family are ineligible.
Submit a digital copy on CD and a print for each image. Please include information about the photograph, such as when and where it was taken and any other details of interest. You must obtain permission from the subjects of photographs. By submitting the photos you are confirming that consent has been received. When the subjects are children, parental consent is required.
The CWB will own all rights to the submitted photos, including the right to publish and all copyrights. Your phone number and mailing address must be included for your entry to be considered.
Burn your photos to a labelled CD and use a padded mailing envelope. A hard-copy print of each photo entry must be submitted along with the CD. CDs will not be returned. Please include a note with information about the photo and its subject. Failing to provide a high-resolution digital file could compromise your chance to win. For non-digital entries, send negatives.
How to enter
Mail photos or CDs to:
CWB 2011-12 Calendar photo contest
Corporate Communications
PO Box 816, Stn. Main
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 2P5
E-mail entries will not be accepted. If you would like your photo prints and negatives returned, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope of sufficient size and postage.
Digital photo tips:
- It is best to shoot with a 5.0 or higher mega-pixel camera, using the highest quality setting (often indicated as HQ). The ideal image resolution should be no less than 3,000 x 2,400 pixels.
- Do not use Photoshop or other photographic software tools to retouch your photos, as this often shows up badly on reproductions of large-sized, high-resolution images.
