Rules:
1) All photographs must be received by 5 p.m. Friday, March 31.
2) All photographs must be previously unpublished.
3) Photographers are limited to two entries per person.
4) All entries must include the name of the photographer, a daytime phone number for the photographer, a brief description of the photo subject, and the category in which the photograph is to be entered.
Guidelines for physical prints:
Mail or drop off entries to:
Reader Photo Contest
532 West Third Street
Davenport, Iowa 52801
• Physical prints should be unmounted and unframed.
• Prints should be standard photo size, but not larger than eight inches by ten inches; no slides will be accepted.
• The information requested in rule 4 should be physically attached to the photograph.
• People who want their photographs returned must provide a self-addressed stamped envelope.
Guidelines for digital entries:
• E-mail entries to (jeff@rcreader.com), with the subject heading "Photo Contest." Because of computer viruses, e-mail without "Photo Contest" as the subject will be discarded without being looked at.
• Images should be saved in the .jpg or .tif format.
• For printing purposes, please make sure that the resolution of photographs submitted digitally is high enough. For an image five inches wide by six inches tall, for example, we recommend a resolution of no smaller than 300 dots per inch.