FOB: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Paddle, shoot, submit: Two photo contests have deadlines soon
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From: Clayton, Betsy <BCla...@leegov.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 10:51 AM
Subject: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Paddle, shoot, submit: Two photo contests have deadlines soon
To: "Clayton, Betsy" <BCla...@leegov.com>
Cc: "Clayton, Betsy" <BCla...@leegov.com>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Betsy Clayton
Lee County Parks & Recreation
Paddle, shoot, submit: Two photo contests have deadlines soon
Fort Myers, FL, Sept. 4, 2012 — The Calusa Blueway Paddling Festival’s first-ever Facebook photo contest is happening this month. At the same time, one month remains for photographers to enter the traditional fifth annual Calusa Blueway Photo Contest.
Submissions for the Facebook contest – called Show Your True Colors – will be accepted now through Thursday, Sept. 13. To enter, post a fun photo of yourself with your canoe, kayak or paddle board. Then get your Facebook friends (and their friends, too) to vote for your photo from Sept. 17-27.
The Facebook photo with the most votes at the end of the contest will win the Grand Prize: two- night stay at the Residence Inn by Marriot Fort Myers/Sanibel, two SUP lessons from XtremeLife Sports, a $50 gift card for outdoor clothing at Naples Kayak Company, a guided tour for two from Tarpon Bay Explorers and a one-year subscription to Florida Weekly.
Visit the festival’s Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/CalusaBluewayPaddlingFestival to post a photo. No entry fees exist; amateur photographers are encouraged to submit pictures.
People can enter both the Show Your True Colors and the Calusa Blueway Photo Contest. The latter contest has an entry deadline of Oct. 5.
For the Calusa Blueway Photo Contest, three categories exist:
- Paddlers on the trail: people enjoying the trail, waterways and outdoors
- Nature photography: wildlife on the trail.
- Signs along the blueway: Calusa Blueway markers, access points, fun spots and more.
Prizes will come from sponsors Fort Myers-based Harmon Photographers as well as ABC Framing, a Lehigh Acres-based mobile-framing business. First-place winners will receive an enlarged, matted and framed version of their photos. Winning entries also may be published in magazines, newspapers and online products, and for promotional use of the blueway and festival.
Selected entries may also be featured on several websites, including the blueway site, www.calusablueway.com, the festival site, www.calusabluewaypaddlingfestival.com and on the festival’s Facebook page.
New this year, the photo contest reception will be combined with the Thursday, Nov. 1, kickoff event at the Calusa Blueway Paddling Festival. Winners and runners-up will be recognized during the reception at the festival’s signature lodging site, Residence Inn by Marriott Fort Myers-Sanibel. The festival itself will have evening events at the Residence Inn with daytime activities on the Sanibel Causeway with activities throughout Lee County.
Visit www.calusabluewaypaddlingfestival.com, click on “activities” and then “photo contest” to upload photos and complete an entry form.
Winners will be selected by a panel of judges, including Cape Coral-based award-winning journalist Rod Clarke; Josh Manring, a Naples-based photographic book author; and, Fort Myers native Mark Renz, a photographer and author.
Calusa Blueway Paddling Trail maps can be ordered online at www.calusablueway.com. The Calusa Blueway Paddling Festival has been selected as one of the Southeast Tourism Society’s Top 20 Events for 2012. Dates are Nov. 1-4. Details are at www.calusabluewaypaddlingfestival.com.
Call (239) 533-7474 with questions or e-mail bcla...@leegov.com.
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