The Fifth Annual Heights Photo Contest

For those unaware, The Fifth Annual Heights Photo Contest is going on now! This contest picks the best submitted photos that depict the "unique character, beauty, and lifestyle" of La Habra Heights. If you're interesting in entering or just want to see who wins, check out the info below.

Fifth Annual Heights Photo Contest - Rules

Calling all photographers! 

La Habra Heights Improvement Association is looking for great photos of La Habra Heights that show our city’s unique character, beauty and lifestyle. Whether you’re a professional photographer or just like to take pictures, we invite you to submit your best shots. We will award prizes for first, second and third place, as well as honorable mention, and all prize-winning photos will be published in Heights Life.

First place will win $100, second place $50 and third place $25. The contest is open to all members of La Habra Heights Improvement Association. (If you aren’t currently a member, you can purchase membership by contacting Catherine Richert at memberlhhia@gmail.com .)

CONTEST  RULES

• Must be a current member of the La Habra Heights Improvement Association 

• Photos may be taken with digital or film cameras. You may enter up to three photographs in the form of either high-resolution digital files (JPEG, PNG, TIFF or PDF format) or color or black-and-white prints up to 8 ½ x 11 inches in size.

• Please e-mail your digital photographs to HeightsLifeEditor@gmail.com or mail prints to LHHIA, P.O. Box 241, La Habra, CA 90631.

•  The deadline for entering photographs is April 15, 2013.

•  All photos must be original shots taken in the City of La Habra Heights and cannot be copied or reproduced from a third-party source. Entries must be submitted by the original photographer.

• Do not add borders, frames, watermarks, signatures or copyright notices to your images.

• By entering the contest, you agree to allow your images to be published or displayed, without any fee or other form of compensation, in Heights Life, on the LHHIA website and at La Habra Heights public events.

•  Published photographs will include the name of the photographer in a credit line. 

•  The photographic images remain the property of the photographer, but no prints will be returned. Permission for re-use can only be granted by the original photographer.

Judging: Entries will be judged on creativity, photographic quality and effectiveness in conveying 

the unique character of La Habra Heights. Judges will be the Board of Directors of La Habra Heights Improvement Association or their designees. Decisions of the judges will be final.

NOTE: Photographs submitted may be used as cover art for future Heights Life issues

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