Registration deadline approaching for 2023 NIBROC photo contest

The deadline is quickly approaching for the annual NIBROC Photo Contest 2023, but fear not, you still have time to enter.

Photos must be the original work of the participant. The contest is open to amateur photographers, who are ages 16 and above. There will not be a youth category this year. An amateur is a photographer, who does not take photos for work or for profit.

There are four categories this year: people; nature, wildlife or pets; scenic; and miscellaneous. Miscellaneous includes: still life/enhanced or altered images, i.e., an image that does not fit any other categories.

One color or black and white photo may be entered in each category. Photos must be 5’X7” or larger in size.

Photos must be mounted and ready to exhibit. They can be matted if desired. Photos can be in a frame, but the glass must be removed for safety reasons.

An entry form should be filled out and attached to the back of each mounted/framed photo. No personal identification, name, logo or watermark is allowed on the front of the photo.

Entries can be dropped off at Folktale Coffee and Bakehouse, which was formerly known as You, Me, Coffee & Tea, or at the Corbin Public Library. The entry deadline is 5 p.m. on Aug. 9.

The Appalachian Photographic Society is sponsoring the contest. For more information, please visit the Southern Kentucky Chamber website and click on the NIBROC Festival tab, or go to http://www.southernkychamber.com/events-1.