Pawtucket:  A City in Focus

Theme:  “All In A Day’s Work”

Pawtucket:  Grab your cameras and compose that picture!  The City of Pawtucket and The Camera Werks of Providence will again sponsor the City’s 14^th Annual Photo Contest.  Twelve winning photos will again be judged and chosen by several local professional photographers which will make up the
City of Pawtucket’s 2013 City Calendar.  This celebrated annual photo contest has become one of Pawtucket’s most anticipated events in the Pawtucket Arts Festival.  This year’s contest theme is “All in A Day’s Work”.

Contest Rules:   All photo submissions should follow contest theme and have been taken within the past year in the City of Pawtucket.  If your photo includes a recognizable person or people, you must secure permission from each person to use his/her image in the photo contest (or in the case of a minor, the minor’s parent or guardian).  Only one entry per contestant and must be taken and submitted by the photographer.   Photos may be color or black & white.  Prints from film or good quality digital
image will be accepted.  Submitted photos should be mounted on foamcore or mountboard, but not framed or matted and should be between the sizes of 8”x10” and 12”x 18”.  All photos will be on
display at the Blackstone Valley Visitor’s Center during the City of Pawtucket’s Arts Festival
beginning September 7 and throughout the month of September.  Mayor’s Choice Award will receive $100 cash prize, First Place will receive $75.00 cash prize, 2^nd Place will receive $50.00 cash prize with remaining winners receiving gift certificates.
All winning photos will be used in the City of Pawtucket’s 2013 Calendar.   Deadline for entry:  August
11.  Entry Forms are available at the Blackstone Valley Visitor’s Center, 175 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI, the Pawtucket Public Library, 13 Summer Street, Pawtucket, RI or The Camera Werks, 766 Hope Street, Providence, RI 02906.  Winners will be announced on Saturday, September 29 at 4:00pm at a
public reception where they may meet the contest judges at the Blackstone Valley Visitor’s Center, 175 Main  Street, Pawtucket. For a complete list of contest rules and to download application form, please visit
www.pawtucketartsfestival.org.
For further information, call #401-273-5367.

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