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Deadline for the 10th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition Ends Friday, Nov. 16, at 5 p.m.

Photo Credit: Muskrat with Ranger by Bannister Pope, 2012 Winner Flora and Fauna category. Courtesy of ASU Outdoors Program

Nov. 13, 2012. The 10th annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition (AMPC) opened for registration and submissions on Friday, August 10, 2012. 

Amateur and professional photographers 13 years of age and older are encouraged to submit at www.appmtnphotocomp.org prior to the competition’s close at 5pm on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012.

The Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition offers numerous categories that will be chosen as winners with over $4,000 in cash and prizes. 

A partnership between Appalachian State University Outdoor Programs, the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, and the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, AMPC celebrates the unique people, places, and pursuits that distinguish the Southern Appalachians and attracts entries from across the United States.

The Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition has grown into one the region’s most prestigious photography competitions with over 1,000 submissions last year and viewed in person by over 10,000 people at the Turchin Center for Visual Arts. The AMPC is made possible through the sponsorship of Virtual Blue Ridge, the premier online resource for the Blue Ridge Parkway. Supporters of the AMPC include: Appalachian Voices, Bistro Roca, Footsloggers, Peabody’s, and Stick Boy Bread Company.

 

Pushing the Christmas Tree Bailer by Tommy Pennick, 2010 Best in Show category. Courtesy of ASU Outdoors Program

To celebrate the 10th Annual AMPC, the exhibition will partner with An Appalachian Summer in 2013. The AMPC exhibition will be on display through the summer of 2013 and will serve as the focal point of a photography workshop that is free and open to the public on July 19th, 2013.

This workshop will be followed by a reception to honor the 10th Annual AMPC. And, for those who wish to take their photography to the next level, the AMPC will host an extensive field-based photography workshop July 20 – 21, 2013 led by faculty from Appalachian State University’s Technical Photography Department. More details about these workshops will be posted at www.appmtnphotocomp.org.

Competition organizers are excited to announce this year’s Blue Ridge Parkway Category theme, sponsored by the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, which is Blue Ridge Parkway – Weather on the Parkway.  Photographers are challenged to capture images of the Blue Ridge Parkway roadway itself that also incorporates some aspect of weather on the parkway.

Photographers are encouraged to capture unique and interesting weather events that are so often a part of the ever changing mountain environment of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Entries will be judged on creativity, impact, subject matter, center of interest, and storytelling – effectively sharing the journey by celebrating the Blue Ridge Parkway. The winning image in this category will receive a $500 cash award, provided by the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation.

Additional competition categories this year include Best in Show, which wins a $1,000 cash prize, the People’s Choice Award presented by Footsloggers which will receive a $350 cash award, Our Ecological Footprint, and the following categories of Culture, Adventure, Flora and Fauna, and Landscape.

The Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition offers numerous categories that will be chosen as winners with over $4,000 in cash and prizes.  A panel of professional photographers will review all entries and narrow them down to approximately forty-six that will be displayed in exhibition at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, March 1, 2013 through August 16, 2013. From those images, the judges will select the final winners which will be showcased during the exhibition.

For more information about this photography competition, please visit www.appmtnphotocomp.org, or call Outdoor Programs at 828.262.2475.

About Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition:

The AMPC is a partnership between Appalachian State University’s Outdoor Programs, The Turchin Center for the Visual Artsand the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation. AMPC is made possible through the sponsorship of Virtual Blue Ridge, the premier online resource for the Blue Ridge Parkway. AMPC receives generous support from Appalachian VoicesBistro Roca, Inventive American Cuisine; Footsloggers Outdoor and Travel Outfitters; Peabody’s Wine and Beer Merchants; and Stick Boy Bread Company.