Annual Photo Contest $1,800 IN CASH PRIZES!
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Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival
Annual Photo Contest Here is your opportunity to show us the Enshrinement Festival through your eyes. Submit unique and creative photos and you could win a cash prize and possibly have your photos in one of future Enshrinement Festival publications! Both professional and non-professional camera enthusiasts are encouraged to enter this exciting contest. Photographers may enter pictures taken at any outdoor Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival event starting with the Concert and Fireworks on July 28 and ending with the Drum Corps International Competition on August 9. Cash prizes totaling $1800 will be awarded to Photo Contest winners. One of your photographs may even be used in the 2012 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival brochure or other Enshrinement Festival publications!
PHOTO CONTEST ENTRY FEE • Up to ten (10) photos may be entered for a single entry fee of $10 • All entries must be mailed or taken to the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce, 222 Market Ave. N., downtown Canton, no later than 5:00 PM on Friday, Fridayy August 2 26,, 2011
$250 BEST OF SHOW PRIZE WILL BE AWARDED FOR THE BEST PHOTOGRAPH FROM ALL PROFESSIONAL AND NON-PROFESSIONAL PHOTOS SUBMITTED
$100 FIRST PLACE PRIZES MAY BE AWARDED TO EACH OF SEVEN FIRST-PLACE WINNERS IN BOTH THE PROFESSIONAL AND NON-PROFESSIONAL DIVISIONS, FOR THE FOLLOWING EVENTS: Concert and Fireworks Balloon Classic Invitational/ Jackson-Belden Food Fest & Fireworks 2-Mile and 5-Mile Races Community Parade Ribs Burnoff Timken Grand Parade Drum Corps International Competition
$25 HONORABLE MENTION AWARDS MAY ALSO BE GIVEN IN EACH DIVISION.
CONTEST RULES 1. All pictures become the property of the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival and will not be returned. 2. Photographers may enter pictures taken at any outdoor Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival event starting with the Concert and Fireworks on July 28 and ending with the Drum Corps competition, August 9. 3. The contest is open to professional and nonprofessional photographers. For the purpose of this contest, a professional photographer is defined as "a person who earns more than one-fourth of his or her income from photography." Any person who has a press pass or a field pass for the Hall of Fame Game (or any other event) must enter under the "professional" category.
4. Best of Show winner will be selected from all pictures entered in the category without reference to professional or non-professional category designation. 5. No special privileges or admission to any Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival events will be granted to participants. Photographs taken at the Fashion Show Luncheon, Enshrinees Dinner Cocktail Party, Enshrinees Dinner, Enshrinees GameDay Roundtable or any other indoor events will not be judged. 6. The Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival and the Pro Football Hall of Fame reserve the right to publish any photograph entered in the contest in future publications, promotional brochures, etc., without giving credit or recognition to the photographer. 7. All entries must be taken or mailed to the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce, 222 Market Ave. N., Canton, OH 44702 no later than 5 PM Friday, August 26, 2011. Photographs received via mail after August 26, 2011 will not be judged. 8. Employees of the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival Photo Contest Committee are not eligible to enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival Photo Contest. 9. An entry form must be taped to the back, upper right corner of each photograph entered. Entry form may be duplicated. 10. Photos submitted should be either 5x7 or 8x11. Photos smaller or larger will not be judged.
entry form One form per photo is required. Attach the following entry form to the back of EACH PHOTO submitted; entry form may be duplicated.
Please print or type clearly: NAME: ADDRESS: CITY:
STATE:
ZIP:
HOME PHONE: CELL PHONE: EMAIL: EVENT PHOTOGRAPHED:
Category:
Professional
Non-professional
Up to ten (10) photos may be entered for a single $10 entry fee. Please make check payable to the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce and include with your entry.
DISCLAIMER: I have read the contest rules for the Annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival Photo Contest and certify that I qualify for the category I indicated on my entry form. I further certify that the photo entries submitted by me comply with all the rules of the contest. I understand and agree that all photos submitted by me shall immediately become the property of the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce. I further understand and agree that all photos submitted by me may be used by the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Pro Football Hall of Fame for publication for any purpose and that the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival and the Pro Football Hall of Fame shall have the right to permit the use of any photos submitted by me or by any other person, firm, or corporation for any purpose. Finally, I understand and agree that the photos submitted by me will not be returned to me.
SIGNED
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THURSDAY, MAY 5 7:00 p.m. QUEEN PAGEANT • Canton Palace Theatre THURSDAY, JULY 28 6:00 p.m. CONCERT AND FIREWORKS Downtown Canton – Cornerstone Square FRIDAY, JULY 29 4:00 p.m. JACKSON-BELDEN FOOD FEST (until 11:30 p.m.) Kent State at Stark / Stark State College 5:30 p.m. BALLOON CLASSIC INVITATIONAL Kent State at Stark / Stark State College SATURDAY, JULY 30 6:00 a.m. BALLOON CLASSIC INVITATIONAL Kent State at Stark / Stark State College 4:00 p.m. JACKSON-BELDEN FOOD FEST & FIREWORKS (until 11:30 p.m.) Kent State at Stark / Stark State College 5:30 p.m. BALLOON CLASSIC INVITATIONAL Kent State at Stark / Stark State College SUNDAY, JULY 31 6:00 a.m. BALLOON CLASSIC INVITATIONAL Kent State at Stark / Stark State College 8:00 a.m. 2-MILE AND 5-MILE RACES •Pro Football Hall of Fame 2:30 p.m. COMMUNITY PARADE • Downtown Canton WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 11:00 a.m. RIBS BURNOFF • Stark County Fairgrounds (until 10:30 p.m.) THURSDAY, AUGUST 4 10:00 a.m. FIRST PLAY 2011 • Downtown Canton 11:00 a.m. RIBS BURNOFF • Stark County Fairgrounds (until 10:30 p.m.) FRIDAY, AUGUST 5 11:00 a.m. RIBS BURNOFF • Stark County Fairgrounds (until 10:30 p.m.) 11:30 a.m. FASHION SHOW LUNCHEON Memorial Civic Center and Cultural Center 5:15 p.m. ENSHRINEES DINNER Memorial Civic Center and Cultural Center SATURDAY , AUGUST 6 8:00 a.m. TIMKEN GRAND PARADE • Downtown Canton Noon MOUNTED MEMORIES AUTOGRAPH SESSION Pro Football Hall of Fame 4:00 p.m. ENSHRINEMENT CELEBRATION FAN PARTY Pro Football Hall of Fame 7:00 p.m. ENSHRINEMENT • Fawcett Stadium SUNDAY , AUGUST 7 12:30 p.m. ENSHRINEES GAMEDAY ROUNDTABLE Memorial Civic Center and Cultural Center 3:00 p.m. CLASS OF 2011 AUTOGRAPH SESSION Pro Football Hall of Fame 5:00 p.m. FAN APPRECIATION TAILGATE PARTY Pro Football Hall of Fame 8:00 p.m. NFL/HALL OF FAME GAME • Fawcett Stadium TUESDAY, AUGUST 9 6:30 p.m. DRUM CORPS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION Paul Brown Tiger Stadium