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FOR PRIZE WINNERS:
Canvas On Demand will turn your winning photo into stunning artwork. The company's Light BrushstrokesTM technique provides the look of traditional oil on canvas. For each contest winner, Canvas on Demand will provide a simple-to-use photo mailer with simple upload instructions for a digital or scanned photo and a pre-paid mailer for a traditional snapshot. You'll receive your art in about two weeks, rendered on real artist canvas and stretched onto wooden stretcher supports.

Prizes are non-transferable and may not be redeemed for cash. No substitution will be permitted. Applicable federal, state and local taxes on prizes are the sole responsibility of winners and runners-up. CABIN LIFE/Fladmark Publishing reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal value or provide cash equivalent.

CATEGORIES:

  • ON THE WILD SIDE
    Photos that portray fauna and flora close up (the natural environment) or scenery around your cabin. This may include:
     
  		•  plant life (flowers, plants, trees)
     
  		•  water life (lakes, rivers, streams, waterfalls, wetlands, ponds and their inhabitants - fish, frogs, etc.)
     
  		•  animal life (from ducks to elk)
     
  		•  seasonal landscape sceneries with or without wildlife if they are especially breathtaking, spectacular and stunning

  • LIFE AT THE CABIN
    Snapshots of your cabin or life at your cabin - where families, friends, pets or the cabin itself are the focus of the photo. Activities may include:
     
  		•  cookouts
     
  		•  special celebrations/events
     
  		•  campfire gatherings
     
  		•  entertaining
     
  		•  non-water related fun (snowshoeing, snowmobiling, snow skiing, sliding, hiking, grilling, playing games, etc.)

  • FUN ON THE WATER

    • The most enjoyable/memorable moments on the water near the cabin - fishing, water-skiing, dock-diving, swimming, boating, tubing, lounging, canoeing, kayaking, knee boarding, beach playing, wakeboarding, surfing, etc.

    PRIZES:
    1st Prize Sample 2nd Prize Sample 3rd Prize Sample


    1st Place Winners in each category: 24"x36" canvas, Light BrushStokes effects, with a premium frame using a photo of the winner's choice to be reproduced on the canvas.

    2nd Place Winners in each category: 16"x20" canvas, Light BrushStokes effects, with a premium frame using a photo of the winner's choice to be reproduced on the canvas.

    3rd Place Winners in each category: 8"x10" canvas, Light BrushStokes effects, with a premium frame using a photo of the winner's choice to be reproduced on the canvas.



    ENTRY
    1.   No purchase necessary to enter or win. Contest void where prohibited by law. Subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations. Employees (and their families) of CABIN LIFE magazine/Fladmark Publishing are not eligible. Photographs previously published in CABIN LIFE are not eligible. First-place prize winners from 2007 are not eligible.
    2.   Photos submitted become the property of CABIN LIFE magazine/Fladmark Publishing, and will not be returned.
    3.   Limit of 6 entries per person total. Each photograph must be accompanied by its own entry form.
    4.   Entry form: Either download the entry form or include a cover sheet with your name, address, daytime phone number, e-mail address, title of photo and description of photo. Mail entry to CABIN LIFE Magazine, Photo Contest, 1001 E. Ninth St., Duluth, MN 55805. Click here to download an Official Entry Form (PDF). Adobe Reader Required.
    5.   Entries must be received in the CABIN LIFE office by September 12, 2008.
    6.   Photos may be submitted in these formats: Unmounted black-and-white or color prints made from a negative, slide or digital image. Size: no smaller than 4x6 (but the judges recommend 5x7 or 8x10). We will not accept digital images via e-mail or on a CD. All entries will be judged based on the quality of the print (see also "Judging" section).
    7.   Photo must have been taken at or near a cabin (or cottage, lakehome, lodge, camp), by the person submitting the entry.
    8.   The photographer's name, mailing address, phone number, and title of the image must be printed on the back of each print. We recommend placing photos between protective cardboard coverings.
    9.   Sorry, receipt of entries cannot be acknowledged. Photos will not be returned.
    10.   CABIN LIFE magazine/Fladmark Publishing takes no responsibility for entries lost, incomplete, illegible, misdirected, postage-due, damaged or late.
    11.   Pictures must not have been previously published in any medium, including website, magazine, book or newspaper.
    12.   By entering the contest, the photographer grants to CABIN LIFE/Fladmark Publishing unrestricted and exclusive rights to use the photograph(s) for any future purpose, without compensation, and the right to use the photographer's name in a credit line along with the photograph. By entering this contest, the entrant confirms that he/she is the photographer and owns all rights to any photograph(s) he/she entered in this contest; accordingly, the entrant thereby agrees to compensate CABIN LIFE fully regarding any claims arising out of the use of the photograph(s).
    13.   No household may win more than one prize.

    JUDGING
    1.   Entries will be judged on originality, composition, quality and content that is reflective of cabin living.
    2.   Winners and runners-up will be selected by CABIN LIFE'S board of judges. Judges' decisions are final.
    3.   Winners will be chosen by October 3, 2008, and notified by phone or mail by October 15, 2008..
    4.   Winners will be required to sign and return a certificate of eligibility and release/transfer of copyright that must be returned within seven days of notification attempt, or alternate winners may be selected.
    5.   For a list of winners see the upcoming FEBRUARY 2009 issue of CABIN LIFE magazine.