2010 Categories For The Blue Ridge Parkway Prestigious Photo Contest Announced
Picnicking on Rough Ridge near the Linn Cove Viaduct
The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation has annouced the call for its prestigious Blue Ridge Parkway 2010 photography competition with this year’s new theme in the “Share the Journey” category — Picnicking on the Blue Ridge Parkway. For the traditional Parkway “Vista” category and the “Share the Journey”, cash prizes of $200 and $350 are being offered respectively for the Parkway categories.
The Blue Ridge Parkway categories are part of the 7th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition, held each year to support Appalachian State University’s Outdoor Programs.
“We wanted to announce the specialty category now, because of the large number of inquisitive calls ‘what will it be this year?’ and to give all those shutter bugs time to collect their photographs during the height of the Parkway season,” stated Mari Jo Turner, the Foundation’s director of development.
2010 is the 75th Anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
7th Annual Competition Calendar
- Friday, September 18 Competition opens for registration and submissions
- Friday, January 29, 2010 @ 5pm Registration and submissions close
- Friday, February 5, 2010 Notification of selected works for exhibition (Due to the large number of submissions, only those with works selected for exhibition will be notified)
- Friday, March 5 – Saturday, June 5, 2010 AMPC Exhibition at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts in Boone, NC
- Friday March 5, 2010 – 7 to 9pm Exhibition opening reception and start of People’s Choice Voting Friday
- March 26 @ 5pm People’s Choice Voting closes
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Appalachian Mountain Photo Competition
2009 Winners
2008 Winners
2007 Winners
2006 Winners
2005 Winners
