Photo contest open for Lake Living magazine

Do you have a great photo of summertime fun on a Northeast Georgia lake?

Lake Living magazine is now accepting submissions for photography that could be featured on the cover of the magazine’s summer 2022 edition.

Lake Living is a full-color regional guide to Northeast Georgia’s lakes, and Publisher Alan NeSmith invites local photographers to submit their photographic representations these beautiful 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 July 11 and will be distributed at visitor centers, chambers of commerce and retail outlets throughout the region during fall and winter.

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 summer 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;

• Photographer should leave room at the top of the image 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. Friday, June 17.

Qualifying images should be submitted via email to specialpublications@cninewspapers.com. Please include photographer’s name, county of residence and where and when the photo was taken in your email.

For more information, call NeSmith at 706-778-4215.

– Staff Reports