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Contact: Jennifer Bennerotte, Communications & Marketing Director
Phone 952-833-9520 • Fax 952-826-0389 • Web www.CityofEdina.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
City, ‘Edina Magazine’ sponsor annual photo contest
Edina, Minn., April 7, 2011 – It just got easier to submit your favorite photos of the past year in the annual “Images
of Edina” Photo Contest. This year, the City has formed a partnership with Edina Magazine, allowing photographers to
submit their contest entries online through www.edinamag.com. Printed copies of contest entries are no longer
required.
There is no fee to enter the contest, which is open to both amateur and professional photographers who are Edina
residents, work in or go to school in Edina. This year, category and overall winners will receive gift certificates to local
restaurants and businesses. Winners will also receive a plaque, be recognized at a future City Council meeting and have
their artwork displayed for up to two years at Edina City Hall.
The deadline to enter this year’s contest is Friday, June 17. All photos must be submitted by 4:30 p.m.
Photographs must be taken in Edina, and should be entered in one of five categories representing the City’s vision
statement:
Living – People
Living – Plants/Wildlife
Learning
Raising Families
Doing Business
New this year, submitted photographs will be posted for viewing at www.edinamag.com during the month of July.
Through online voting, one photograph will be recognized with a “Readers’ Choice” award.
Photographers may submit up to five photographs with a maximum of one per category. Only photos taken between
June 18, 2010, and June 17, 2011, are eligible. All submissions must be the original work of the submitting photographer.
All photo entries become the property of the City and/or Edina Magazine. By submitting one or more photos,
photographers agree to the terms of the City's Submitted Photo & Original Artwork Policy found online at
www.CityofEdina.com/PhotoContest.
For a complete list of official rules, contest criteria and to submit your photos, visit www.CityofEdina.com/PhotoContest
or www.edinamag.com. For more information, contact Edina’s Communications & Marketing Department at 952-826-
0359.
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