The BFEC is honored to host an annual photography contest in which children, college students, and adults may submit photos of our beautiful Knox County landscape. The result is a collective appreciation of the nature that surrounds us and the complexity of our relationships with it.
2018 Rules and Guidelines
Children and Adult Divisions
- Photos must be delivered by Monday, Oct. 15 to the BFEC Resource Center at 9781 Laymon Road, Gambier. Entry forms will be available and photos may be dropped-off anytime in the building breeze-way.
- Each participant may submit up to 3 photos, and must pay a flat-rate $10 entry fee. ($10/person rate applies regardless of number of photos).
- Please restrict entries to those depicting Knox County nature. Photos may feature close-up shots, landscapes, and everything in between as long as natural elements are the focal points. Photos may also depict people interacting with nature and the positive or negative outcomes of those interactions.
- Photos must be matted or mounted on mat board or foam core. No framed entries will be accepted.
- There is no minimum photo size, although 8" x 10” is recommended. Photographs should not exceed 14" in any dimension, and mat size should not exceed 16" x 20.”
- No composite digital photos, please. (Photos may be digitally altered in the following ways: cropping, adjusting contrast, exposure, brightness, etc., but prints should not contain layered objects from multiple images.)
- All entries will be displayed during the photo contest show on Saturday, Oct. 20, during the BFEC Harvest Festival (12-4 p.m.).
- A panel of judges will select three winners, which will posted as the Harvest Festival ends at 4 p.m. Cash awards will be offered: 1st prize - $50; 2nd prize - $30; 3rd prize - $20
- Harvest Festival visitors will select “People’s Choice” winners on Saturday, Oct. 20, from 12-2 p.m. Winners will be posted as the festival ends at 4 p.m.
- The show will remain up through November 9. Participants may pick-up photos from Nov. 12 - 16. The BFEC is not responsible for prints left at the center after this period.
Student Division
- College students enrolled full-time at any college or university are invited to submit up to 3 entries per person electronically. Photographs will be displayed via a continuous slide show at the BFEC Harvest Festival. Students opting to submit photos via prints will be entered into the “adult” division above.
- A panel of judges will select three winners. Cash awards will be offered: 1st prize - $50; 2nd prize - $30; 3rd prize - $20
- There is no fee to submit photos. Limit entries to three per person, each not to exceed 10 MB.
- Photos may be submitted to bfec@kenyon.edu, no later than Monday, Oct. 15.
- Please restrict entries to those depicting Knox County nature. Photos may feature close-up shots, landscapes, and everything between as long as natural elements are focal points.
- No composite digital photos, please. (Photos may be digitally altered in the following ways: cropping, adjusting contrast, exposure, brightness, etc. But prints should not contain layered objects from multiple images.)
Information
For additional information, contact Jill Kerkhoff at 740-427-5050 or kerkhoffj@kenyon.edu.