Congratulations to the 2011 Photo Contest Winners!

The results are in!  965 people voted, and I am happy to reveal the winners of Destination Salem's 2011 Photography Contest.

FIRST PRIZE, and $100, goes to Mark Wade for his image of Tall Ship Friendship.

SECOND PRIZE, and $50 in Salem Chamber of Commerce gift certificates, goes to Linda J. Orlomoski for her image of Tall Ship Friendship.

THIRD PRIZE, and $25 in Salem Chamber of Commerce gift certificates, goes to Susan Washeba Plutsky for her image of the Tall Ship Friendship's stern.

The people have spoken, and they love our tall ship! Thanks to all of the photographers who submitted to the 2011 contest, and to everyone who voted.  

Congratulations to our winners! 

2011 Photography Contest

It's time to vote for your favorite picture in Destination Salem's 2011 Photography Contest.  With only 42 submissions, this is our smallest pool of entrants in the three years of the contest.  The competition was strong, however!  The Destination Salem Marketing Committee met to review all of the submissions, and they selected seven finalists.  

Now it's your turn.  Review the images here, and then click here to vote. 

The winning photographer will win a $100 cash prize.  Second and third prizes are Salem gift certificates (good for everything from restaurants to spa services to oil changes!).  All images submitted to the photography contest will be considered for use in the 2012 Salem Guide.

Thanks to all of the photographers who submitted images to the contest.   We really enjoyed reviewing all of the images! The winners will be announced on Friday, December 16.  Good luck!  

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The images are also posted on Salem.org/photocontest.  Thanks for voting!

Photo Contest results are in!

Wow!  A whopping 1,115 people voted Destination Salem's 2010 photo contest!

Many thanks to the many photographers who submitted images, to the finalists, to the Destination Salem marketing committee, who had the arduous task of narrowing the field of 255 images down to seven, and to the people who voted.  Here are your results:

First place, and the cover of the 2011 Salem Guide: 

Salem Willows Fence, by Hillary Dearborn

Second place, and winner of a $50 Salem Chamber of Commerce Gift Certificate:

Hooper Hathaway House by Janet Mahon

Third place, and winner of a $25 Salem Chamber of Commerce Gift Certificate: 

The Turner-Ingersoll Mansion (The House of the Seven Gables) by Elaine Webb

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks again to everyone who contributed to this year-long contest!  Many of the images submitted will be used in the 2011 Salem Guide, which will be available in February. 

Vote for your favorite in the 2010 Photo Contest!

Destination Salem received 255 submissions from 148 photographers to the 2010 Photography Contest! This is a 56% increase over the number of photographers who submitted images in 2009, so the competition was pretty fierce!  

The Destination Salem Marketing Committee has whittled the 255 down to seven, and now it's time for you to choose. You have through Friday morning to vote. We will announce the winner at 12:00 Noon on Friday, December 17. 

Click here to vote for your favorite photograph, or visit SurveyMonkey.com/s/DSPhotoContest. You can only vote once from your computer, so choose wisely! 

The images are online at Salem.org/PhotoContest, too.  Feel free to share with your friends! 

The Derby House

The House of the Seven Gables

Tall Ship Friendship

Fence at Salem Willows

Hooper Hathaway House at The House of the Seven Gables

The House of the Seven Gables

Old Town Hall

Now click here or at SurveyMonkey.com/s/DSPhotoContest to vote for your favorite! Thanks!

Destination Salem's Photo Contest

It was another beautiful weekend in Salem! Were you here? And did you take any pictures?

Do you have the next cover image for the 2010 Salem Visitor Guide? If you do, submit it to Destination Salem's 2010 Photo Contest!

Visit Salem.org for details and submission information.

The deadline for submissions in 2010 is December 1, 2010. The Destination Salem Marketing Committee will review all submissions and select ten (10) finalists, which will be posted online for a public evaluation and vote. The winning photographs will be announced on December 17, 2010.

FABULOUS PRIZES!

First Prize: $100 and the image will be featured on the cover of the Salem, Massachusetts 2011 Visitor & Travel Guide!

Second Prize: $50 Salem Gift Certificate

Third Prize: $25 Salem Gift Certificate

SUBMISSION INFORMATION

• The deadline for submission is December 1, 2010.

• Images should be submitted in a high-resolution (at least 300 dpi at 5”x7”) digital format.

• Photographs must be submitted in .jpeg, .jpg or .tif format via e-mail to destinationsalem@gmail.com or on disc to Destination Salem, PO Box 630, Salem, MA 01970.

• High resolution scans of photographs are acceptable.

• Each photograph must be accompanied by a submission form.

• Winners will be announced on December 17th, 2010 on Salem.org.

RULES & REGULATIONS

• All amateur photographers – except members of the Destination Salem staff, board of directors, and their immediate families – are eligible. Amateur photographers earn less than 25% of their annual income from their photography.

• All photographs must be taken in Salem.

• All photographs must be of sites that are open to or available to the public.

• All photographs become the property of the Salem Office of Tourism & Cultural Affairs, Inc. /dba/ Destination Salem and may be used in promotional, marketing, and/or advertising materials including, but not limited to, the Salem Visitor Guide, Salem.org, The Guide to Salem Haunted Happenings, and Haunted Happenings.org.

• Photographers will get a photo credit if or when their image is used.

• Minor adjustments including slight color adjustment and minor digital enhancements are permitted. Images should not be significantly altered, however, and may be disqualified if the image does not look authentic.

• The photographer submitting the photograph must hold all rights to the photograph.

• Photographs that feature a recognizable person (or people) must include a model release from the subject or, in the case of a minor, the subject’s parent or guardian.

  

• Images previously published or pending publication or that violate or infringe upon another person’s copyright, are not eligible.

• Each photographer may submit no more than three (3) images. Only one prize will be awarded to any one photographer.

QUESTIONS & SUBMISSION INFORMATION

Destination Salem:

Salem City Hall, P.O. Box 630, Salem, MA 01970.

(978) 741-3252; fax (978) 741-7539; Salem.org

e-mail questions to: info@salem.org

Please email submissions to destinationsalem@gmail.com.

A few photographic honorable mentions

Here are a few pictures that were submitted to the 2009 Destination Salem Photography Contest that didn't make the final round, but are beautiful just the same.

The 2010 Salem Visitor & Travel Guide will be out later this month, and we used quite a few of the images submitted to the photography contest.

Friendship and the Rigging Shed by Terry Wild.

East India Marine Hall, Museum Place Fountain, by Henry Zbyszynski

Roger Conant statue, by Ashley Trotter

Wedding in the gazebo, Salem Common, by Abbie Pinkham

Thanks to all of the photographers who submitted to the contest. We're doing it again for 2010! More than 160 images were submitted, and they were great. I'll let you know when the rules and submission form are posted... probably sometime in March.

Historic Federal Street Image Wins Destination Salem Photography Contest!

More than 170 images were submitted and nearly 200 people voted in the first annual competition for the cover of the Salem Visitor Guide

An image of the historic brick sidewalk and fencing along Federal Street taken by Jane Stauffer of Salem, Massachusetts, has won Destination Salem’s first annual photography contest. The image will be featured on the cover of the 2010 Salem Visitor Guide, which is distributed internationally to promote travel and tourism to Salem.

More than 160 images were submitted to the contest, which ran from July until December 2009. Destination Salem’s marketing committee selected seven images that were posted on Salem.org and on Destination Salem’s Facebook page for a public vote. Nearly 200 people voted, and Stauffer’s image won with 36% of the vote.

An image of The House of the Seven Gables taken by Lisa Poehler of Springfield, Massachusetts, took second place with 32% of the vote. 24% of the vote and third place went to an image of the Tall Ship Friendship of Salem, which was taken by Len Burgess of Danvers, MA.

Destination Salem plans to use many of the images submitted to the contest in its visitor guide and on Salem.org in 2010. "The caliber of images submitted was excellent,” says Destination Salem executive director Kate Fox, “We really wanted to see Salem through our visitors’ perspective, and the contest has allowed us to do just that. We will now share that perspective with future visitors through our 2010 publications.”

Destination Salem will produce 300,000 visitor guides in 2010. They will be distributed to domestic and international consumers through direct mail, visitor centers, hotels, trade shows, and conferences. An electronic version of the guide will be downloadable on Salem.org, the official tourism web site for the City of Salem.

Last Chance to Vote!

The photo contest comes to an end tomorrow, so make sure to cast your vote for your favorite image. The winning image will be the cover of the 2010 Salem Visitor Guide, and the winning photographer will win $100.

Check out the pictures online here: http://www.salem.org/photocontest/ and you can vote by sending an email to us at destinationsalem@gmail.com or "like" the photo on Facebook.com/destsalem.

I'll be back with the winners on Friday!!

2009 Photo Contest - you get to vote!

We received more than 170 submissions for Destination Salem's first annual photography contest! The review committee had their work cut out for them, as many of the pictures were really excellent. We narrowed it down, though, and the seven final images are posted on Salem.org and facebook.com/destsalem.

Now you get to vote!

The winning photographer will receive a $100 prize and their image will be featured on the cover of the 2010 Salem Visitor & Travel Guide! The second and third prize winners will receive Salem gift certificates, and you will likely see their images in the pages of the 2010 visitor guide.

You can vote! Email your favorite image number and description to destinationsalem@gmail.com, or you can "Like" and comment on the images on Destination Salem's Facebook page.

The contest will continue until December 15, and I'll post the winning photographs on the 18th.

So - which image do you think will best represent Salem on the cover of the 2010 Visitor Guide?

Photo Contest Deadline is three weeks away!

Destination Salem is looking for a cover image for the 2010 Salem Visitor & Travel Guide. Do you think your photo has the stuff vacations are made of?

The first annual Destination Salem photo contest comes to a close on December 1, 2009. Entry into the contest is free, and the winning photographer will will $100 cash and the image will be the cover image of the 2010 Salem Visitor & Travel Guide.

There are prizes for second and third place, as well.

Complete rules and a contest description are on Salem.org/photocontest.

When you submit images, please make sure to send an entry form with the images. We must have that form in order to consider the images.

The Destination Salem Marketing Committee is going to review all submissions and post the top three will be posted on Destination Salem's Facebook page for a public vote. I will announce the winning photos here on this blog.

Click here for the printable PDF of the rules and entry form.