Spring Lake Living cover contest opens

Northeast Georgia lakes are surrounded by beauty year-round, but spring is one of the most beautiful times.

Lake Living magazine is now accepting submissions for photography reflecting that beauty, which may be featured on the cover of the magazine’s spring 2022 edition.

Subjects could include points of interest, natural features or scenic views. Photographs including people enjoying the lakes will be given additional consideration.

Lake Living is a full-color regional guide to Northeast Georgia’s lakes. The magazine publishes the week of April 25 and will be distributed at visitor centers, chambers of commerce and retail outlets throughout the region during spring and 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 spring or 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. Monday, April 5. 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 706-778-4215.