Chappy Calendar/Photo Contest

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2022 CALENDAR PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS!!! We want to thank everyone who participated this year!

Believe it or not it’s time to start thinking about submitting your beautiful photos for a chance to be featured in the 2023 Chappaquiddick Community Center Calendar!
Never participated? Learn more below …

The annual Chappy calendar is a project everyone affiliated with Chappaquiddick looks forward to. We are pleased to announce we will continue with this long standing tradition and will soon begin preparing to produce the 2023 calendar. It all starts with your photo submission! 

We will be displaying all submitted photos beginning Thursday, August 12 at the wine tasting to begin voting. Please consider submitting your wonderful photo(s) of Chappaquiddick in its many moods and beautiful vistas by noon, Thursday, August 12 for a chance to be a winner in the annual photo contest.  Overall 14 photo winners who will be featured (front/back cover & 12 months).

GUIDELINES FOR 2023 CALENDAR PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST

  1. Photographs should be horizontal and close to 12 ̋ wide x 8 ̋ high. Digital copies must be submitted along with the hard copy (file size must be at least 300 PPI 101⁄2 ̋ x 7 ̋).
  2. No more than three (3) submissions per person.
  3. Color photos only. (No black & white, framed, or Polaroid photos will be accepted.)
  4. Only photographs of Chappy will be accepted. No photos of people or pets, please.
  5. Back of photo: your name, address, phone number, email, the title of the photo, the month and location it was shot. No names or identification should appear on the front of any photograph.
  6. Submission deadline is 5pm Friday, July 29, 2022, with voting ending August 21, 2022. The photographs will be displayed on site for voting.
  7. Voting: one ballot per person. The photograph receiving the most votes will appear on the front cover of the 2023 calendar, and the photograph receiving the second-most votes will appear on the back cover.
  8. All photographs not selected for the 2023 calendar will be available for pick up at the Chappy Community Center after August 27, 2022.
  9. By entering this photography contest, you are agreeing to allow the Chappy Community Center to use your photographs in the upcoming 2023 calendar.

Good Luck!!!
 

IMPORTANT NOTE: You must drop off hard copies of your named photos by noon July 29, 2022 so they can be displayed for voting. Your photo has not been officially entered until you do so. Good Luck!

Sales of the calendar are a major source of income applied to CCC operating expenses, therefore we are grateful to all who participate in the photo contest and purchase the calendar.  We would like to thank our 2022 Calendar Advertisers  and encourage you to support their businesses as well as encourage new advertisers for 2022. 

Remember to follow these steps for your photo submission(s): 

  1. Name your photo (for example, “Moonlight Over Chappy”)
  2. To be considered please send your high resolution, named photo to chappyccenter@gmail.com by noon, July 29, 2022.
  3. Drop hard copies off for the voting display by noon, July 29th.

*If you have any questions please email us for more information at chappyccenter@gmail.com

Winners will be announced the week of August 27, 2022. Good luck!

Be sure to click here to visit the community calendar for important contest dates.