Memorial Day 2025

Veterans Memorial Photography Contest

“Honor the Sacrifice.  Celebrate the Service.” 

Sponsored by

Lake Cherokee Photography Club

Lake Cherokee Community Foundation (LCCF)

Term:

Contest begins March 11, 2025 and ends Sunday, May 4 @ Midnight.

Eligibility: 

Photographer must be affiliated with Lake Cherokee, either as shareholder, resident, immediate family of shareholder, or CWC staff

Entry fee: 

No entry fee.

Rules for Entry:

Images must include the Lake Cherokee Veterans Memorial, in whole or a recognizable portion.  The theme for Memorial Day is “Honor the Sacrifice.  Celebrate the Service”.  Images may include people, animals, or other objects that tell a story, or, simply your viewpoint of the Memorial by land, water, or air.

For a photo in which a person is recognizable, you must be prepared to provide a model release from the subject or, in the case of a minor, the subject’s parent or guardian.  A sample model release is provided on the submission page.

Cropped photos are eligible.  Minor adjustments, including the removal of sensor dust or scratches on scans of negatives, dodging and burning, sharpening, contrast, toning, slight color adjustment and conversion to grayscale are acceptable.  The addition and subtraction of objects is not permitted.  If the judges determine that a photographer has altered his or her photo beyond normal photojournalism best practices, they reserve the right to disqualify it.  Images generated using Artificial Intelligence (AI) are not permitted.

Photos must be taken in accordance with federal, state and local laws.  Please also consider ethical guidelines and refrain from images that may be considered offensive by any member of our community.

Limit 1 image per photographer. 

Submit .jpeg edited for web in sRGB color space, at least 2,000 pixels wide and no larger than 10 MB.  Use the highest resolution possible.

You retain your rights to your photograph; however, by entering the contest, you grant LCCF permission (at no charge) to publicly display, distribute, and reproduce works of the entries, in whole or in part, in any media not existing or later developed, for the purpose of promoting the Veterans Memorial.  Whenever possible, we will give photographer credit.

Judging:

Photo entries will be judged based on creativity, quality, originality, emotional impact/storytelling, and adherence to the theme.  All images will be de-identified.  Be sure to remove any identifiers embedded in images.

Notification:  All entrants will receive an email prior to Memorial weekend announcing the winners.  Winning entries will be posted on websites and social media.  Winning entries may also be displayed at the Memorial weekend Summer Kick-Off Party at the Island – Saturday, May 24th and at our first Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday, May 26th.  Winning entrants will receive emails with instructions to receive prizes.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY, GO TO www.LakeCherokeeCommunityFoundation.org/2025-photo-contest