Rules
Photo submission/contest entry rules:
- IMPORTANT: You must be the original photographer. Submitted photos must be high-resolution, at least 5184 x 3456 pixels (300 dpi or higher). Images below this quality will not reproduce well for the calendar.
- Photos must be full-color, no heavily filtered, edited or altered photos.
- Photos must be landscape (horizontal).
- LNP Media Group reserves the right to crop photos to fit onto calendar pages.
- LNP Media Group may need you to email a high-res version of your photo if the uploaded version won't reproduce well in print.
- Photos must be taken within Lancaster County.
- Still photos only (no "live" photos or videos).
- Photo entry starts on June 2nd, 2025. All photo entries must be submitted by midnight EDT Tuesday, June 17th, 2025.
- All photos submitted become the property of LNP Media Group.
- Photos deemed offensive, indecent, obscene or generated by AI will be removed from the contest.
- At least 50 photos must be entered for the contest to be a success. If fewer than 50 photos are entered, the contest may be cancelled.
Voting rules:
- Free votes:
- Anyone may cast one free vote per day, Thursday through Sunday, during each of the three voting rounds. The link to enter free votes is here.
- Free votes will be manually added to the leaderboard by Monday 7PM of each voting week.
- Paid votes:
- If you choose to purchase votes the price is $1 per vote and the money is non-refundable.
- Paid votes are added to the leaderboard immediately.
- A portion of the voting money will be donated to Lancaster Farmland Trust.
- No purchase is necessary to be eligible to receive votes for your photo.
- Vote totals are zeroed out after each round to ensure a level playing field at the start of each voting round.
- Voting dates:
- Round 1 voting:
- Free and paid voting opens: Thursday, 6/19.
- Free voting closes Sunday, 6/22 at 7:00PM.
- Free votes added to the leaderboard Monday, 6/23, by 7:00PM.
- Paid voting closes: Tuesday, 6/24 at 7:00PM.
- Round 2 voting - the top 50% of photos from Round 1 will move to Round 2 and all vote tallies will be re-set to zero.
- Free and paid voting opens: Thursday, 6/26.
- Free voting closes: Sunday, 6/29 at 7:00PM.
- Free votes added to the leaderboard Monday, 6/30, by 7:00PM.
- Paid voting closes: Tuesday, 7/1 at 7:00PM.
- Round 3 voting - the top 50% of photos from Round 2 will move to Round 3 and all vote tallies will be re-set to zero.
- Free and paid voting opens: Thursday, 7/3.
- Free voting closes: Sunday, 7/6 at 7:00PM.
- Free votes added to the leaderboard Monday, 7/7, by 7:00PM
- Paid voting closes: Tuesday, 7/8 at 7:00PM.
- Announce winners: Wednesday, 7/9, based on the top vote tallies for the final round.
General rules:
- The 12 photos that get the most votes in the final round will be featured in the calendar. LNP Media Group will decide which photo will be featured on which month. The photo with the most votes will also be featured on the calendar cover.
- At least 50 photos must be entered for the contest to be a success. If fewer than 50 photos are entered, the contest may be cancelled.
- Void where prohibited by law.
- LNP Media Group reserves the right to disqualify or modify any entry for any reason.
- Rules subject to change without notice.
- Contest administrators' decisions are final.
- LNP Media Group is not responsible for lost entries, technical difficulties, acts of God, and any other issues that may cause problems with entering the contest.
- Employees, agents, successors, assignees, advertising agencies, promotional companies, immediate family members, household members, sponsors, agents, affiliates, parent companies, vendors, and suppliers of LNP Media Group, Pennon and WITF, and others acting on their behalf are ineligible to participate.
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