Submit Photos June 1 – August 31
Enter your best photos matching one of our three categories to win cash prizes! We’ll select four winners in each category (12 winners total!) Once we approve your entry, it will appear in the photo contest gallery. Winners will be announced in early September.
Who may enter:
The contest is open to both amateur and professional photographers. Amateur photographers are encouraged to enter.
You must currently be a resident of the Downriver area, preferably an ADW member community, OR you can be a student, parent, teacher at a school from an ADW member community. ADW member communities: Allen Park, Belleville, Dearborn Heights, Ecorse, Flat Rock, Gibraltar, Grosse Ile Township, Inkster, Lincoln Park, Melvindale, Riverview, Rockwood, Romulus, Southgate, Sumpter Township, Taylor, Trenton, Van Buren Township, Wayne County, Westland, Woodhaven-Brownstown School District, or Wyandotte. You must be able to provide proof of residence upon request.
If you are under 13, a parent, guardian, or teacher must sponsor your entry.
How to submit photos:
Submit photos June 1 – August 31, 2024 on our entry form, linked to the orange buttons above and below. Our entry form will open June 1st.
Some friendly reminders:
• All photographs must be submitted in digital format, such as a jpeg file. They must be at least 1600 x 1600 pixels and between 1MB/1000KB to 4MB/4000KB.
• If you take photos on a smart phone, only submit photos straight from your phone or camera. Do not download photos from Facebook or similar apps to submit.
• If you are taking photos on a smart phone, do NOT crop or sharpen your photos. This decreases image quality and resolution, which may result in a photo that is not usable for print materials. Although sharpening may make your picture look better on screen, it creates weird “artifacts” that become obvious when enlarged and printed.
• If you are using a non-smartphone camera, use caution with photo retouching software when cropping or sharpening, and do not “res up” the image (artificially increasing the resolution). Also, please be prepared to provide the unretouched image if needed.