Submit to our Photo Contest!

Our photo contest for the cover of Seacoast Harvest is back!

Here’s how it works:

…We are looking for photos that celebrate local food. While we are particularly interested in photos with people in them, there’s no limit to your creativity. Close-ups of produce, farm/garden landscapes, picnics and potlucks, children at an apple orchard or strawberry patch, farmers’ markets or farm stands… we want to see what the joy of local food looks like to you!

…All photos must have been taken by the photographer within York, Strafford, or Rockingham counties.

…All photos will contribute to Seacoast Eat Local’s photo archive so this contest is a chance for you to shine while also supporting our work!

…Submit up to 3 entries and read the full contest rules and photo requirements below.

Food is best when shared, so thanks for sharing your love of food and community with us. We can’t wait to see your photos!

Photo Requirements

Please send us the largest image file size possible! 1MB will ensure the resolution necessary for a quality cover image. Vertical orientation is best. We accept .jpgs but can also work with .tifs or .heic. Please note that texting a photo reduces the file size so please upload your photo directly via the submission page.

Official Contest Rules

• The contest begins on Tuesday, January 23 and closes on Friday, February 23, 2024 at 11:59PM EST. Submissions will not be accepted once the deadline lapses.
  Everyone is eligible to submit to the photo contest excluding Seacoast Eat Local staff, its Board of Directors, and their families. Entrants who are minors must provide written permission from their parents/guardians to release their identity if they are the winner.
• Limit of three (3) entries per person.
• Photos must have been taken within Strafford, York, or Rockingham counties.
• Photos cannot contain the names of farms or businesses.
• Basic editing, including color enhancement, the use of filters, and cropping of the photo(s) is acceptable, provided any such editing does not affect the authenticity and/or genuineness of the photo(s) and does not affect the minimum required photo resolution. Watermarks must be removed before submission.
• For a photo in which a person is recognizable, the photographer must be prepared to provide a model release from the subject or, in the case of a minor, the subject’s parent or guardian, to Seacoast Eat Local upon request. A sample model release is available here.
• Once a photo submission has been accepted for entry into the contest, the contestant’s name may be publicly identified at the sole discretion of Seacoast Eat Local. All contestants have the right to request their name not be publicized in connection with their contest submission. Contestants must inform Seacoast Eat Local of this wish when submitting a photo for the contest.
• Contestants retain rights to their photographs; however, by entering the contest, entrants grant Seacoast Eat Local a royalty-free, world-wide, perpetual, non-exclusive license to publicly display, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works of the entries, in whole or in part, in any media now existing or later developed, for any purpose, including, but not limited to, advertising and promotion of the guide, the organization, and its website.
• By entering, entrants (parent/legal guardian if entrant is a minor in his/her state of residence) represent and warrant that the photograph(s) that they submit: are their own original creations; do not infringe any other person’s or entity’s rights; including trespassing on private land.
• No third party may own or control any materials the photo contains, and the photo must not infringe upon the trademark, copyright, moral rights, intellectual rights, or rights of privacy of any entity or person.
• The winner will be selected by the Seacoast Eat Local Staff and Board of Directors. All decisions are final. The Company reserves the right to disqualify any entry that is deemed inappropriate or does not conform to stated contest rules.
• The winner will be notified by email on or before Monday, March 11, 2024.
• Participation in this contest is automatically deemed as acceptance of these Official Contest Rules.