Photography Contest
"Winter Wonderland"
The theme for our current photo contest is Summer in the City.
The theme for this contest is "Winter Wonderland". You may interpret the theme in any creative way you like. The image or images you enter may be winter landscape photos or a still life of an interesting snow globe. You may submit urban images, depicting children playing, or winter sports like skiing, tobogganing, hockey or skating. Get out to one of the many events and festivals in Edmonton such as the "All Is Bright" festival, Festival of Trees, Kingsway Holiday Parade or Downtown Winterval. There are tons of opportunities to create great photographs and we want to inspire you to get out with your camera and create something special.
The images submitted will be curated into 6 "finalists". An overall winner will be selected from the final six and honorable mentions will be given to those images deemed deserving of additional recognition. The winning photographer will receive a $250.00 gift certificate towards any class the Burwell School offers. All finalists will receive a snazzy certificate and have their photos featured in our newsletter, on Facebook, Instagram and our blog. These images will also be printed, framed and displayed at the Providence Renewal Center.
Photos will be judged on technical quality, impact, composition, and creativity. The finalists will be notified by email and announced in the 1st newsletter following the entry deadline.
CONTEST GUIDELINES
- Photos must be in a high resolution (minimum 2000 pixels) jpeg format.
- Any form of photo editing is allowed. Note that the quality and effectiveness of any editing will be considered when selecting the finalists.
- Photos MUST be titled. The filename of your photo should connect the image to the theme in some way. Please do not submit photos with a filename assigned by your camera or editing software.
- Please provide some additional information about the photo that we can include when exhibiting the final selections. You may provide us with technical information regarding your camera settings when taking the photo. Let us know what editing techniques you may have applied to the image. But best of all, let us know a little of the backstory to the photo; where it was taken, who is in the photo and WHY this photo means happiness to you.
- Photographers may enter a maximum of 5 images to the contest.
- Only 2 images from a single photographer may be selected as a finalist in the contest.
- Images that have been selected as finalists, honorable mentions or winners of past Burwell School contests are NOT ELIGIBLE.
Entry Instructions
- Download the entry form by clicking the "Download Entry Form" button below.
- Fill in the entry form.
- Make sure that the filename of your image matches the image title on the entry form.
- Save the entry form and the images you are submitting into a folder. Make sure that there are no other images or documents in that folder.
- Name that folder with your first and last name.
- Upload the folder containing your entry by clicking the "Submit Entry" button.
Please note that if you do not have a Drop Box account, you may need to create a free account to upload your entry. If you prefer not to create a free Drop Box account, you may submit your entry by email to admin@bsop.ca.
Deadline For Entry - September 28th, 2025
GOOD LUCK!