Picture Contests

[Marie]

Hey Everyone,

Some have expressed an interest in submitting more than one picture, some in submitting to more than one category, and there have been other questions so after some consideration I have decided on the following.

Contests
**Iguanas
**Other Lizards
**Snakes
**Other Herps/Inverts
**Photoedited/Drawn (original must be included in submission)
**Hide and Seek

Prizes
**1 year membership (renewal/new) to the International Reptile Conservation Foundation
**$25 Credit to Everything Reptile Inc Supply store (2)
**$25 HomeDepot Gift Card (2)
**$25 Credit to United Reptiles
**Reptile Medicine & Surgery 1st edition by Douglas R Mader
(The second edition came out this year but this is still a good reference)

Rules for the first 5 contests
**Each member can submit two entries. Either 2 in one contest or 1 in two contests. But staff can only submit 1 entry (sorry).
**Pictures must be of your animal.
**Pictures must be by you. Or you need to be in the picture with your animal.
**Do not post the pictures. Email all submissions to [e-mail]. A return receipt email will be sent.
**If there is a tie between members (non staff) there will be a tie breaker vote. But if the tie involves a staff member then the member will win by default. If necessary I will be the deciding vote. So please don't ask me to comment on a picture or help choose one.
**There will be a contest among the winners to decide the distribution of prizes.

Calendar:
**Submissions will be taken from June 1-30
**Submissions will be displayed for viewing July 1-7
**Voting will be from July 8-14 by forum members (non staff). Each member will be able to vote once in each category.
**Tie breakers and prize distribution contest will be July 15-28
**Winning photos and the prizes awarded will be posted July 29.

For those who may not know July 29 is the 2nd Anniversary of the Patrick's Iguana & Herp Forum.

I will be posting the Hide & Seek game within the next few days so keep your eyes open for it. It will be open to all members except staff.

For all those who previously wanted to enter a second picture can resubmit/submit it now. I apologize for the changes and any inconveniences. That is the reason for the long submission time. This is my first contest so bear with me. If you have any questions please ask. Thank you.

[Marie]

Ok this is what the Hide & Seek is going to be. This will last until July 29th. I am going to hide a picture of one of our herps among the forum posts by modifying a post each week. I will post what the picture is on Wednesday and give a hint. I will send an email when I have posted the hint. When someone finds the modified post with the picture, they will need to post to the thread that it is in. You will know it is the correct post by the modified note on the bottom left corner of the post. The first person to find it will receive 5 points. Everyone else will receive 1 point. Now there may sometimes be a question with the picture. The first person who answers that correctly will also receive 5 points and all other correct answers will receive 1 point. But I won't verify the answer until the end of that week's search. Also there may be some bonus searches within the week. But those won't be announced on any email. Also some searches may have double points to them so don't give up if you get behind. Who knows I may have a double your points round. Whoever has the highest points on July 29 wins. Some may think this is silly but I thought it might be a fun way to get familiar with the forum. The first one will be a test round--no points. Also it will be to see if there is any interest. If there isn't enough interest, I may cancel it. So if you would like this contest to go on please participate to the trial one. The trial one will be posted on Thursday instead of Wednesday.

[koffee]

I am confused... is the photo contest one thing (with two submissions allowed) and the Hide n Seek another, or does participation in Hide n Seek count as one of the photo submissions?

[Marie]

The last is seperate. So basically you can participate in 2 of the first 5 contest. And you can also participate in the last. 3 total. The last one though will only happen if there is enough interest.

[Marie]

Just to let everyone know I will be making the pictures the same size before the viewing. Probably 480 height and 640 width.

[5herphouse]

I can't seem to be able to see the pics in the contest?

[Marie]

They are not going to be posted until after all submissions are in. They were be up for viewing July 1-7th.

[Marie]

Only a few more days to submit photos.

[dpersinger]

Marie, Im not sure if I get to vote, if so i vote for

[Marie]

Yes you do. Everyone can vote in each category. I'll have polls up by the 13th. Gives time to correct any glitches.

[james]

What happens if i'm in the UK?

[Marie]

Well the IRCF membership can be international. The Reptile Surgery & Medicine 1st ed, I'll be willing to mail to UK.