Chris Cannon posted on July 26, 2010 11:52
Rome, GA -
There is less than 1 week remaining before the 2010 Rediscover Rome Photo Contest comes to a close.
This photo contest is sponsored by the Greater Rome Convention & Visitors Bureau to showcase Rome and Floyd County. Each photo submitted, whether a winner or not, has the chance to be used in various publications and on the Georgia’s Rome web site to promote Rome and Floyd County as a great place to visit.
Photographers should visit romegeorgia.org for an entry form and submission instructions. A selection of the entries can be viewed on the Georgia’s Rome Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=193998&id=65102252037&ref=mf
All entries must be received by August 1st. Judging will take place during the first week of August and winners will be announced on August 6th.
Judges are Larry Arrington, an admissions representative at Shorter University; Holly Lynch, owner of The Season; Jackie Kinzer, Rome Visitors Center manager; Jackie Moreland, owner of Hype Inc.; and Chris McHagge, owner of the Claremont House Bed and Breakfast.
The first place winner will receive a Georgia’s Rome Gift Basket from the Last Stop Gift Shop, dinner for two at an area restaurant, and a framed certificate of recognition.
In addition, the winning photograph will be featured in the 2011 Georgia’s Rome advertisement in the Georgia Travel Guide (Distribution of over 100,000 throughout the year), turned into a postcard to be sold in the Last Stop Gift Shop and Rome Visitors Center, and a print framed and hung on display in the Rome Visitors Center
Second and third place winners will also receive prize packages from the Last Stop Gift Shop and dinner for two at an area restaurant.
For more information, visit romegeorgia.org.