Photo Contest Submission Criteria

THIS IS A SUMMARY OF SUBMISSION CRITERIA FOR RCRC’s NINTH ANNUAL RURAL COUNTY PHOTO CONTEST. SEE THE OFFICIAL RULES FOR COMPLETE DETAILS.

Submissions must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Submit entries online at www.rcrcnet.org/photo-contest or via email to photocontest@rcrcnet.org.

By entering, you indicate your unconditional agreement to, and acceptance of, the Official Rules and RCRC’s decisions, which are final and binding. By submitting a photo, you also give RCRC the right to use the image in any publication, social media platform, or website, without payment or other consideration.

Limit: Three (3) photographs per participant. You may not use an agency or automated system to enter.

Format: Digital high resolution (no less than 300 dpi) in .jpeg, .jpg, or .png format.
Size: 10 MB or less per image.

Include the following information along with the photograph(s):

• California county where the photo was taken

• Photographer’s full name

• Photographer’s email address

Submitted photographs must:

• Be an original work by the participant

• Be taken in one of RCRC’s 40 member counties

• Not contain text, watermark, or logo

• Not have been entered into another contest or previously posted on RCRC’s website

• If previously produced for compensation or sale, include a brief explanation of the circumstances with the submission

• Not contain content that is violent, inappropriate, sexually explicit, depicts nudity, or is indecent, obscene, hateful, tortious, defamatory, slanderous, or libelous, as determined by RCRC

• Include a signed release from any recognizable person in the photo or from the owner of any intellectual property (other than the entrant) depicted in the image

VIEW OFFICIAL RULES