June 21, 2006

Best Trails in Arizona Photo Contest

AZ Trail in Picture Canyon. Photo 2006 Scott Harger.
New details, deadlines, and information now available!
Please share this with your friends, visitors, agency, association, hiking-biking-equestrian or paddling clubs or any trail enthusiast. What a fun way to celebrate all the different ways we experience trails!!

Best Trails in Arizona Photo Contest

Trails in Arizona are as varied as the topography. Please share your unique vision of Arizona's trails by entering the Arizona State Committee on Trails (ASCOT) Photo Contest. The contest will celebrate the beauty of Arizona and the varied experiences of trails and trail users!

Prizes include:

Arizona State Parks Standard Annual Pass allows pass holder and up to three
additional adults in the same vehicle day-use access to all Arizona State Parks.

Set of the Arizona State Trail Guides - a geographically comprehensive set of trails maps in Arizona that provide detailed descriptions and locations to 550 trails in the state.

Recognition - Certificate of recognition, posted on the Arizona State Parks website, a statewide press release and potentially featured in state and national Arizona State Parks promotions.

Categories:

Trail Users: Photos of the diverse types of trail users including, but not limited to mountain bikers, equestrians, hikers, paddlers, children, seniors, persons with disabilities, families, hiking clubs, scout troops.

Arizona State Park/State Trails System: Arizona has 29 State Parks, each unique in landscape and opportunity to discover more about the state. Arizona State Parks also manages the Arizona State Trails System, a statewide system of the best nonmotorized trails on all public lands with over 550 trails. This category is for trails within Arizona State Parks or part of the State Trails System. See http://www.azstateparks.com for list of all
the State Parks and then visit the Trails Page for a list of the trails in the State Trails System.

Landscape: Arizona landscape is one of the most varied in all the U.S. Show us trails with the most amazing views.

Submit photo prints of 4x6 inches* in B&W or color. Must have been taken after 1 Jan 2000. Photos must be accompanied by a release form* and postmarked by 15 July. Keep your negatives! If you are chosen, you'll need them for reproduction. Prints will not be returned.

Mail to:
Arizona State Parks
1300 W.Washington St
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Attn: ASCOT Photo Contest

Submit digital images to ascotphotocontest@gmail.com, or mail to the address above on a CD*.

*For format details and the release form, go to: http://www.azstateparks.com/partnerships/trails/statetrails.html .

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Annie McVay
State Trails Coordinator

Arizona State Parks
1300 W. Washington St.
Phoenix, AZ 85007
phone (602) 542-7116
fax (602) 542-4180

Posted by hargers at June 21, 2006 8:52 PM