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Brandi Brown of Elberton captured this photo of her son, Rylan Brown, wakesurfing with Dunk, a mini-Australian shepherd, on Memorial Day 2023 at Clarks Hill Lake. Brown’s photo was featured on the cover of the summer edition of Lake Living magazine. Photo/Brandi Brown
With frost, clear skies and sparkling cold waters, winter on Northeast Georgia lakes can be stunningly beautiful.
Lake Living magazine is looking for photos that represent this scenic time of year at the lake. The selected photo will be featured on the cover of the magazine's winter 2023 edition.
Lake Living is a full-color regional guide to Northeast Georgia's lakes, and Community Newspapers Inc. Chairman Alan NeSmith invites local photographers to submit their photographic representations of these lakes.
Subjects could include points of interest, natural features or scenic views. Photographs including people enjoying the lakes will be given additional consideration.
The magazine publishes the week of Nov. 20 and will be distributed at visitor centers, chambers of commerce and retail outlets throughout the region during summer.
The winner of the cover contest will receive $100.
Criteria for entering:
• Photograph must be taken at a lake in Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union or White counties.
• Photographer can submit up to five images.
• Photographer should submit a vertical image.
• Image should be of winter scenery.
• Photographer should send high-quality, high-resolution image files. Photos must not be downsized, and should be no smaller than 1.5MB. Photos should be clear and in focus.
• Photos should have room at the top for the magazine logo.
• Photography must not include a commercial entity.
• Submission of a photo gives Community Newspapers Inc. the right to publish the photo in Lake Living magazine.
• Each entry should include the photographer's name, where and when the photo was taken, and the names of any people in the photo, if possible.
The deadline for submission is 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6.
Qualifying images should be submitted via email to specialpublications@cninewspapers.com. Please include the photographer’s contact information and where and when the photo was taken in your email.
For more information, call NeSmith at 706-778-4215.
– Staff Reports