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 Amateur and professional photographers who live in Grand Prairie are invited every year to enter the City Calendar Photo Contest. Winning photographs are published in the city's calendar in December.
The 2009 Calendar Photo Contest kicks off on Tuesday, April 1, with a special theme: Historic Grand Prairie. The incorporated city of Grand Prairie will be 100 years old in 2009, and the city's annual photo calendar will celebrate, featuring photos with historic significance.
We will also accept non-historic photos of pretty Grand Prairie places, people and events.
Amateur and professional photographers must live in Grand Prairie and the photos must be taken in and of Grand Prairie to enter the 2009 City Calendar Photo Contest. Entries accepted through Oct. 1, 2008.
A panel of judges will select photos most appropriate for the 2009 City Calendar. A list of Grand Prairie historic landmarks can be found here.
Photo must feature Grand Prairie:
- History, including old family photos, photos of early and mid-century places, people and events in Grand Prairie, photos that tell a story about the settling of Grand Prairie, etc.
- New photos of historic places in Grand Prairie
- City services, facilities, programs, employees at work
- City events
- Pretty places in Grand Prairie
- GPISD students, facilities, activities (only one month in calendar may feature the schools)
Format may be an original print or 300 DPI TIF file on CD or e-mail with your name, address, phone number to asprinkles@gptx.org. Prints can be returned if return address is on back of photo.
Photos will be used in city publications. Credit will be attributed in calendar, but may not be possible in other publications and uses. Winning photos will be published in the calendar. No cash awards will be offered. Entrants must include name, address and phone number with entry. Winners will be notified in November 2008. The city calendar will be printed in December 2008.
Send entries to:
Amy Sprinkles
Marketing and Public Information
City of Grand Prairie
P.O. Box 534045
Grand Prairie, Texas 75053
asprinkles@gptx.org
- Linda Guerra (front cover photo)
- Allen Sheffield ("Black-eyed Susans")
- Ronnie Gentry ("Grand Prairie's future is sunny")
- Sharon Elliott ("Fish Greek Trail links Grand Prairie and Arlington for biking and hiking")
- Diana Hughes ("Parkhill Park")
- Derek Townsend ("State-of-the-art firefighting includes thermal imaging in Grand Prairie")
- George Spray ("Pond")
- Fred Young ("Parks blossom as a major part of Grand Prairie's high quality of life")
- Julie Ezar and Tammy LaLonde ("Warmack Library")
- Matthew Livingston ("The crowds shout with joy for youth sports in Grand Prairie")
- Nichole Myers ("Butterfly")
- Evonne Luddeke ("Central Bark - the park that's really going to the dogs!")
- Susan Kerbow ("Cinco de Mayo")
- Kathi Reinbold ("How wet can you get at Grand Prairie's popular Splash Factory?")
- Bob Fitch ("Juneteenth")
- Eric Johnson ("Susets help attract the thousands who are moving to Estes Peninsula on Joe Pool Lake in Grand Prairie")
- Harry Englert ("Fireworks")
- Eric Hansen ("Grand Prairie Police hired 28 new officers in 2007 to protect and serve 24/7")
- Justin Gardner ("National Night Out")
- Larry Barker ("The ¼ cent sales tax for parks is making improvements throughout town, including at Mike Lewis Park.")
- Mark Bickston ("High School Football")
- Rory Holmes ("The lights are aglow on the Good Link Trail Bridge connecting Mike Lewis and Waggoner parks")
- Patrick Greenwade ("Grandma's Rose")
- Steve Adams ("Grand Prairie celebrates the renovation of the historic Uptown Theater into a performing arts venue")
- Allen Sheffield ("Veterans Memorial")
- Bradley Barton ("Holiday lights are always brighter at Grand Prairie's Prairie Lights")
- Tara Allen ("Oasis")
- Kristy Benoit ("Monarch Butterflies")
- Dayna Runge (back cover photo)
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