Upload your submissions to www.contribute.kalmbach.com no later than June 1, 2017. Be sure to indicate in the “comments” that your photos are for the photo contest. We will no longer be accepting submissions by mail.
Winners will be announced in the November 2017 issue.
Grand Prize
Winner will receive: $750
First Prize
Winner will receive: $500
Second Prize
Winner will receive: $250
Five Runners-Up
Winners will receive: a three-year subscription to Trains magazine
RULES
>> 1. Enter up to five (5) digital images to www.contribute.kalmbach.com, choose “Trains” as the publication, and label the submission “PHOTO CONTEST.”
>> 2. Contestants must include their name, address, a daytime phone number, email address, and basic caption information in the digital image’s metadata.
>> 3. All entries must be submitted by June 1, 2017.
>> 4. Winning photos will be published in Trains’ November 2017 issue.
>> 5. Trains reserves the right to retain electronic copies for future publication, use as a contest gallery exhibition on Trains magazine’s website and Facebook wall, or for public exhibition. In all cases, the photographer retains the copyright to the image.
>> 6. Trains staff members will judge photos on a “blind” basis, meaning they will not know the identities of the entrants.
>> 7. Multiple prizes will not be awarded to any individual.
>> 8. Employees of Kalmbach Publishing Co. or their families are not eligible to enter.
I’m pretty sure that this has already been issued
The best way to win this contest is if there are 7 heritage units on the front of 1 train
Send the full-size images. And the theme is open to YOUR interpretation.
I’m kind of new to the Photo Contest thing, what does Lucky 7 mean?
GRAND PRIZE WINNER?>> You’ve got to be kidding!
Are the digital submissions to be in Raw or Jpeg and what size 1062×708, etc……?
Entries from all countries are welcome.
Hello,
is the contest only about American trains or may I submit also photos of european trains and rails?
Submitted for PHOTO CONTEST
Where to I submit my photos?
Hi, Cliff. There are no timeframe restrictions. However, submissions must be digital. Thanks for your interest.
Yes, RG. Please do submit high-resolution scans.
Hi,
Re: Submitting photos for the 2016 Trains Photo Contest. To qualify for submission, are images limited to those taken within a certain timeframe? (E.g., the past year, 2 years, 5 years or even longer?)
Thanks, Cliff
I'm new at this. Can entries be digital scans of film images?