Contact: Karen Cooke
Marketing/Promotion Manager
South County Tourism Council
Phone: 401.789.4422
Fax: 401.789.4437
kcooke@southcountyri.com        

South County Tourism Council�s 6th Annual Photo Contest winners were unveiled on August 22nd at the Courthouse Center for the Arts.  Prizes totaling over $1,000 were awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners and 5 Runner Up�s.  Among these, 10 Honorable Mentions were also hung and honored.

Deb Stallwood, photographer and Board Member to the Courthouse Center for the Arts judged twice as many photos as last year.  Winning photographs will remain on display at the Courthouse Center for the Arts until September 11th.

Myrna George, President of South County Tourism Council said, �South County Tourism Council�s 6th Annual Photography Contest beautifully captured the people and places that define the charismatic, nature-based attractions of our eleven towns with nearly 400 entries!  South County Tourism Council�s Style Magazine, Golf Brochure, Wedding Planner, and Map will be colorfully graced by photographers� truly-inspired creativity.  Thank you to all who entered.�

Photographs captured the essence of  Charlestown, Coventry, East Greenwich, Exeter, Hopkinton, Narragansett, North Kingstown, Richmond, South Kingstown, Westerly and West Greenwich � beaches, wildlife, swimming, sailing, kayaking, canoeing, hiking, biking, golf, events, architecture, and more.