Special milestone for Wild Crocus photo contest
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- Published on Tuesday, April 17, 2018
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Neepawa Banner & Press
It’s about time to take fresh pictures of Manitoba’s official wildflower, the wild prairie crocus. The 2018 Wild Crocus Photo Contest is back again in Arden. This is the tenth consecutive year the event has been a part of the annual Arden Crocus Festival.
Digital entries will be accepted until midnight Saturday, Apr. 28. Photos will be printed, judged and displayed a week later at Arden’s annual Crocus Festival on Saturday, May 5, in the Community Hall. Approximately $500 in prize money is available.
Lansdowne Heritage Resources & Tourism Committee (LHRTC) sponsors the annual photo contest in conjunction with a commercial sponsor, Don’s Photo of Winnipeg, who prints the photo contest entries and donates them for LHRTC promotion.
Contest photos must be as fresh as the season - taken in April, anywhere in Manitoba. Normal full-bloom stage is about a week on either side of Apr. 15.
Two events for prizes
The photo contest is open to all residents of Manitoba, except professional photographers. Donors put up cash for 16 prizes in four categories, with separate competitions for youth and adults.
The LHRTC actually has two competitions for the avid crocus photographer. For the first event, a University of Manitoba honours degree graduate in photography will judge the entries on artistic merit. The popular second event is a People’s Choice competition.
The photo contest is free to enter. The Crocus Festival program in Arden also is free to visitors.
Entry rules can be obtained online at www.ardenmb.ca or from the municipal website, www.glenella.ca.
Event organizer John Dietz noted that people love to photograph the Prairie Crocus and that this contest gives them a chance to display and share their photos.
“We expect to see some stunning photography and a lot of good-natured discussion in the new crocus photo gallery,” said Dietz.
The Arden Crocus Festival began in 2001. It is held on the first Saturday in May. The Crocus Photo Contest began in 2009.
