Elderhostel Quarterly Photo Contest:
Capture the Adventure

Enter Current Contest

The theme for our current photo contest is Holidays, Festivals and Traditions. Click here to view a sample photo. If you have digital photographs depicting holiday, festival or traditional elements of your Elderhostel program, follow the entry directions below for a chance to win. Show us your holiday photos of New Year's celebrations or Fourth of July fireworks, or share highlights from your favorite film festival or Mardi Gras. We’d love to see the traditional elements from your program, where you participated in a Japanese tea ceremony or viewed Amish quilts.

Deadline for entry is Friday, January 9th, 2009, so send us your photos of Holidays, Festivals and Traditions as soon as possible. Participants are allowed to enter up to three photos per contest.

If you have any questions, email photocontest@elderhostel.org.

The Elderhostel Photo Contest is your chance to express yourself through the wonders of photography. Amateur, hobbyist or professional — if you have a digital camera and a sense of adventure, you can take inspiring photos that reflect your enthusiasm for lifelong learning. First place winners in both U.S. & Canada and international categories receive a $100 Elderhostel program voucher, and all finalists receive a special gift.

Congratulations to the first place winners of our Active Learning Photo Contest, Antelope Canyon by Ken Deveney and Learning How to Spin Rope from Coconut Fiber by William Stephany!

Click below to see the winners of our latest contest, Active Learning.

Top: Ken Deveney , U.S. & Canada
Bottom: William Stephany, International

Active Learning Contest Winners

To see the U.S. & Canada winners, click here

To see the international winners, click here

Judging
Elderhostel’s Quarterly Photo Contest Committee judges submissions based on the following criteria:

• Adherence to the contest theme (50%):
  Photograph must reflect the theme for each quarterly contest.

  
  

• Composition (25%):
  Are the components of the photograph framed and balanced attractively?

  
  

• Creativity (25%):
  Did the participant approach the photo from a unique perspective?

Read the Elderhostel Photo Contest terms and conditions.

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