Wildlife Photography Contest & Exhibit
The Historic Deadwood Lead Arts Council (HDLAC), along with the Praire Hill Audubon Society, will be sponsoring a wildlife photography contest with a $100 cash prize for best professional photograph, $100 best amateur photograph; and prizes for 2nd and 3rd place in each category. Photographs should be hand delivered or postmarked on or before December 15, 2009. An exhibit will be held in the HDLAC gallery January and February displaying the photographs entered. A $5 entry fee and submission form is required for each photograph submitted with a maximum of five entries. HDLAC will begin taking entries on December 1st. Photographs entered must be either matted or framed. For more information on the contest and exhibit, please call 584-1461. Judges will consist of one photographer, one wildlife expert and one visual artist. (All entries must be matted or framed with a hook for hanging.)
In the spirit of competition, all entries in the contest must be photographs of animals/mammals taken in the wild. No photographs should be entered taken of contained animals in sanctuaries, zoos, animal farms, etc.