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7th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition Share the Journey ® Category Theme Announced
August 7th, 2009
(Boone, NC) – “Picnicking on the Blue Ridge Parkway” will be this year’s Share the Journey® theme for the 7th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition opening for registration and submissions on Friday, September 18. "We wanted to announce this specialty category now to give all those shutter bugs time to take their photographs during the height of the Parkway season," stated Mari Jo Turner, the director of development for the category’s sponsor, the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation.
In addition to the Share the Journey® category, the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation also sponsors the Vistas category that solicits images depicting the natural and/or cultural beauty of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Foundation furnishes a $200 cash award for the Vistas category and $300 for Share the Journey®. 2010 marks the Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th Anniversary and contest sponsors hope photographers will find special inspiration this year in honor of this historic milestone.
Proceeds from the Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition support Student Outdoor Learning Expeditions (SOLE) at Appalachian State University. Offered by Outdoor Programs, SOLE trips are educational journeys of discovery that take students around the world.
Professional and amateur photographers are encouraged to document not only the Blue Ridge Parkway, but any subject falling into one of the 7 competition categories that celebrate the unique people, places and pursuits that distinguish the Southern Appalachians.
Amateur and professional photographers 13 years of age or older are encouraged to submit to the 7th annual competition prior to its close at 5:00 pm on Friday, January 29, 2010. For complete information on the competition, please visit Virtual Blue Ridge’s Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition site at www.appmtnphotocomp.org.
AMPC Partners and Sponsors are working together to raise funds to build and improve upon current website functions for the competition. If you would like to support us, please use our convenient online donation form: https://www.appmtnphotocomp.org/donate/.
About Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition:
The AMPC is a partnership between Appalachian State University’s Outdoor Programs, The Turchin Center for the Visual Arts and 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 and the generous support of Appalachian Voices, Bistro Roca, Inventive American Cuisine; Footsloggers Outdoor and Travel Outfitters; Mast General Stores; and Peabody’s Wine and Beer Merchants. For more information about this photography competition, please visit www.appmtnphotocomp.org, or call Outdoor Programs at 828.262.4954.
For press & media resource information, please visit:
http://www.virtualblueridge.com/contests/app-mtn-2008/media-and-press/
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