2023 South County Photo Contest

South County Tourism Council's Annual Photo Contest is now open for entries. If you're an amateur photographer who would like to win some cash and some accolades, enter your work below. Please read the rules carefully. If they are not followed, your entry will be discarded.

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Contest Rules

There are two categories:  Beautiful Place and People at Play

Entries may be submitted via mail to South County Tourism Council, 4160 Old Post Rd., Charlestown, RI 02813 or dropped off in person during business hours (M-F 9 AM - 5 PM) Printed, hard copy submissions must be printed in color on  8”x10” photo paper, unmatted/unframe and  must be accompanied with a flash drive or CD in their original, highest quality resolution—minimum 8” x 10” (3060x2460 pixels) in at least 300 dpi in TIFF/JPG format. 

Entries may be uploaded below. No printed photos are required with these submissions.

**All electronic submissions whether on flash drive, CD or upload, must include your full name and the location (town-not village) of the photo in the file name. Multiple entries are welcome. No watermarks please.** If the file name does not include the required information, your entry will be discarded.

A photographer may win up to one award in each category, but not more than two awards total.

South County Tourism Council will determine which category best fits your photo.

Entry deadline is December 1,2023 by 5 p.m.

Prizes:

1st place = $500

2nd place = $250

3rd place = $120

4 runners-up = $50 each

Photography subject matter is confined to the South County Tourism Region and must be clearly labeled by location and town. 

For one year all entries become the property of South County Tourism Council, and will not be returned. 

Winning photography shall remain the exclusive property of South County Tourism Council.  Photographs will not be resold for any purpose.  Photographers agree to indemnify and hold South County Tourism Council harmless from any and all claims that may arise from subject of the photographs that they submit to the contest.

Winners will be announced on December 15, 2023.

You can see all of last year's entries below. Click load more to see more.

Last year's photo contest winners: