The Chippewa Guide Photo Contest has ended, and we're happy to announce the winners -

A couple of the entrants will rake in the prizes since two people won in two different categories.  Our congratulations to the winners  - here the are, and the prizes they will be receiving:

Grand Prize Winner - Claude Schilling of Altoona for his photo Liquid Violets  in the Abstract Category - Claude will win a $50 Gift Certificate from the Menomonie or Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce for this photo.

Claude Schilling also won the Landscape category with his Bloodroot photo in the Landscape Category.  For this photo he will win a 1 Gbyte SD storage card for his camera.

Lissa Marsolek of Menomonie won the People category and tied for first in the Kids category with her photos of her two children, and her son and husband.  Lissa will win two tickets to any show at the Mabel Tainter Theater for these photos, along with a pair of movie tickets and a T-shirt donated by Clear Channel Radio.

Jessica Agustin of Menomonie also tied for first place in the Kids category with her photo "Are You Listening".  She will win two tickets to any show at the Mabel Tainter Theater in Menomonie for this photo.

The Pets category was won by Normal Larrabee Gabriel of Menomonie, for her photo of two horses.  The Prize for this category is two tickets to any show at the Mabel Tainter.

The winning photos are shown below.  

Again, congratulations to all the winners, and our thanks to everyone who entered.  You may view all of the entries by clicking on the camera above.

Our thanks also go to the Mabel Tainter Theater and Clear Channel Radio for their generous donations of prizes for the contest.

The Chippewa Guide photo contest is now open. You may upload your photo entry by clicking on the camera at the left or by clicking here..

You may submit your photos between now and April 30. On May 1, we will begin judging. All judging will be on-line, and readers of the Chippewa Guide may all vote on their favorite photos.

There will be one prize for each category in the contest, and one grand prize for the highest rated photo in the contest. The grand prize will be a $50 gift certificate with the Eau Claire or Menomonie Chamber of commerce, good at any Chamber of Commerce member. Other prizes will be announced throughout the month.

A few rules:

• Photos must have been taken in the Chippewa Valley.
• You must provide a description of the photo, letting us know what the photograph is, and where it was taken.
• You may enter as many photos as you wish
• We will be the sole judges as to whether the photograph is appropriate for viewing on this web site.
• In the case of a tie in the voting, the publishers of the Chippewa Guide will decide the winner.
• All personal information about the entry will be kept private. Only the photograph, description, and title of the entry will be displayed.
• We will disclose the winners at the time that the contest closes. All non-winning participants may remain anonymous.
• If your photograph contains a recognizable image of a person, you must have their permission to post the photograph here. We will remove any photographs from the site if someone complains about a photograph of themselves. These entries will not be eligible for a prize.
• By entering this photograph, you grant the Chippewa Guide non-exclusive rights to use the photograph on the Chippewa Guide web site (with credit to you as the photographer) after the contest ends. You may of course continue to use your own photograph in any way you wish.
• You may only enter photographs that you have taken yourself, or which the photographer has given you permission to enter.

Yeah, I know we've been promising it for a while, but the photo contest is finally in the works.

Chippewa Guide is going to be starting a photo contest on April 1. It's not an April Fools joke, it's real.

The idea is that this will be a totally on-line photo contest. You'll upload your pictures to the web site, and we will have an on-line competition. You will be able to upload your photos starting on April 1, and running through April 30. On May 1 we will open the contest to judging. On June 1 we will announce the prize winners. You'll be able to rate the pictures and leave comments on them. There will be several different categories of photos, and each category will have it's own prize. There will also be a grand prize of a $50 gift certificate from the Eau Claire or Menomonie Chamber of Commerce, good at any Chamber of Commerce merchant.