Where to Bike Washington DC announces a Bicycle Photo Contest and Exhibit for Washington DC and suburbs.

The juried competition offers $1,000 in cash prizes!

In addition, winners will have their photo(s) published–with a photo credit–in the forthcoming guidebook, Where to Bike Washington DC, as well as on the book’s accompanying website.

Where can I take my photo?

What are the conditions of entry?

How do I enter my photos?

What are the actual prizes?

There is no fee to enter.

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Deadline

 '____/____/_____' (Yet to be confirmed)

Subject matter

Photographs should exemplify the joy of bicycling in and around Washington DC. They must depict at least one person with a bicycle. Subjects riding a bike must be wearing a helmet. Subjects sitting on a bike, walking a bike, or standing or sitting next to a bike should not be wearing a helmet so their faces are more visible.

The photos must be taken on one of the following bike paths or trails, and the entry must identify approximately where on the path or trail each photo was taken.

Adult Category:

1. Iconic DC (The National Mall & Pennsylvania Avenue)
   
2. Neighborhoods Southeast (Fish Markets to Eastern Market & the Anacostia Waterfront)
   
3. The C & O Canal to Great Falls
   
4. The Mount Vernon Trail
   
5. W & OD Rail Trail
   
6. Hunt Country (Middleburg to The Plains)                                                                                                                     
   
7. Poolesville to Point of Rocks, White’s Ferry (& back)                                                                                                                           
   
8. Sugarloaf Mountain                                                                                                                           
   
9. Baltimore & Annapolis Rail Trail/ BWI Rail Trail                                                                                                          
   
10. Naturally Maryland (Patuxent, Jug Bay & Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary)

Kids Category:

1. The National Mall
2. The Marvin Gaye Park Trail—Northeast DC
3. The LBJ Memorial Grove on the Potomac—Columbia Island, DC
4. Lake Accotink Trail—Fairfax County, VA
5. Glencarlyn Park—Arlington, VA
6. Ida Lee Park—Leesburg, VA
7. Bohrer Park—Gaithersburg, MD  
8. MLK Jr. Park & the Paint Branch Trail—Montgomery County, MD
9. The Grist Mill Trail—Patapsco Valley State Park, MD
10. Greenbelt Lake—Greenbelt, MD

 

Format

Each entry must be a sharp, crisp, high-quality digital jpg image at least 300 dpi at 4 x 6 inches, or larger. Email images to: wheretobikewashingtondc@gmail.com Each individual may enter up to four images. Photographers must provide their name, address, phone number and the location the photograph was taken.

Judging

A panel of judges will evaluate each photo for composition, clarity, technical merit, artistic expression, how well it reflects the joy of bicycling and how well it depicts the character of the particular path or trail photographed. The judges’ decisions shall be final.

Entries

Photographs remain the property of the photographer. By submitting an image, the entrant warrants that the photo is an original work and that he or she took the photo and has the right to enter the photo in this contest. He or she also grants Where to Bike Washington DC and its publisher, Bicycling Australia, unlimited, nonexclusive usage rights, including the right to publish, display, reproduce and/or sell the photo in print or electronic form. The publisher plans, for example, to create a traveling photo exhibit with the winners for display in galleries, bike shops, libraries, bike shows and other venues or events.

Prizes

The Prizes will be awarded at a Where to Bike Washington DC book launch soon after the book is published.

• Grand Prize (one winner): $300 and publication
• First Place (two winners): $200 and publication
• Second Place (three winners): $100 and publication
• Honorable mention: publication

 

Advocacy

A significant portion of the profit from the sales of each copy of Where to Bike Washington DC will be donated to World Bicycle Relief, a not-for-profit founded by Chicago-based SRAM that provides independence and livelihood through “The Power of Bicycles”.

For more information

Email questions to wheretobikewashingtondc@gmail.com Good luck!

Bicycling Australia

Where to Bike Washington DC, which will be available soon is being published by Bicycling Australia, one of the world’s leading publishers of cycling magazines and books, including Bicycling Australia magazine, Mountain Biking Australia magazine, Bicycling Buyers Guide and Bicycling Yearbook. Popular in Australia and New Zealand, Bicycling Australia’s “Where to Ride” series of cycling guidebooks is now expanding into the United Kingdom and United States as “Where to Bike” guidebooks.

Founded in 1989, Bicycling Australia sells a wide range of cycling books, DVDs, posters, clothing and gifts at www.BicyclingAustralia.com It is heavily involved in cycling advocacy and is a founding member of the Cycling Promotion Fund.