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2013 Directory Cover Photo Contest - Wednesday, October 24, 2012
 
About the 2012 Cover: "Remnants of the '64 Earthquake" was taken in Seward by William McCrossan 
 
 
NOME/SEWARD/UNALASKA

2013 PHONE BOOK COVER PHOTO CONTEST

CONTEST SPECIFICATIONS

Thank you for your interest in our annual phone book cover photo contest. The winning photo selected in this competition will appear on the cover of the 2013 Nome/Seward/Unalaska Telephone Directory. 

Please read the following contest specifications carefully. These guidelines have been established in order to insure fair competition for both our local amateur and professional photographers. 

1. Photo Award

The winning photo will be selected by a panel of judges and a check in the amount of $250.00 will be sent to the winner once they have been notified and the appropriate photo releases are signed. 

  
2. Deadlines/competition schedule

10/24/12 Request for entries placed on website

1/31/13 DEADLINE FOR ALL ENTRIES- 5:00 P.M.

2/15/13 Judging

2/25/13 Notification of winner
 

3. Entry Specifications

A. All entries must have been taken in the local service areas covered by the Directory. See a complete list of communities below.

B. The photographer is required to give written permission allowing TelAlaska publication rights for the photograph for use on the cover of the Directory for one year - June 2013 through June 2014. If people appear in the photograph, they must also sign a release form allowing TelAlaska to use their image on the directory cover.

C. All photos must be submitted in protective packaging and must include the negative. 35mm color slides must be clearly marked with the photographer's name on the top side and submitted in a plastic sleeve. Digital photos may be submitted on a disk – please note that digital photos must be 300 dpi when sized down to 5” x 7”. 

D. NO MORE THAN FIVE PHOTOS PER ENTRANT WILL BE JUDGED.

 
4. Entry Application

The TelAlaska Entry Application must be completed and submitted no later than 5:00 P.M., Thursday, January 31, 2013 in the Anchorage office. Please submit photos and application to:

TelAlaska
Attn: Photo Contest
201 E. 56th Ave.
Anchorage, AK 99518

Please call 907-550-1719 if you have any questions.

 
5. Publishing Rights

All entrants agree that the photographs submitted are wholly owned by themselves. Furthermore, entrants agree that if their photo is selected, they will not sell the photo or reproductions of the photo during the period that it is displayed on the Nome/Seward/Unalaska directory cover.

 
6. Exclusions

TelAlaska employees are not eligible to enter the photo contest.

 
7. PHOTOS WILL NOT BE RETURNED UNLESS REQUESTED AND ACCOMPANIED BY A SELF-ADDRESSED, STAMPED ENVELOPE.

Photos submitted must have been taken in the Directory's service areas listed below:

Interior Telephone Company, Inc.

Cold Bay, Cooper Landing, Fort Yukon, Galena, Iliamna, King Cove, Port Lions, Sand Point, Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, Seward or Moose Pass

Mukluk Telephone Company, Inc.

Brevig Mission, Council, Elim, Golovin, Koyuk, Little Diomede, St. Michael, Shaktoolik, Shishmaref, Stebbins, Teller, Wales, White Mountain or Nome

 

 

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