Picture You Reading Contest Starts June 2

Send us a picture of yourself reading a Library book in a favorite or unusual setting and we’ll post it on Avon Lake Public Library’s flickr page. A selection of photos will also be displayed at the Library and here on our blog. You might be reading A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson while on the Appalachian Trail or The Ohio Gardening Guide by Jerry Minnich out by your tomato patch. Use your creativity and sense of fun.

Send your photo as an attachment to refdesk@avonlake.lib.oh.us before August 15 with your name and address in the message. Photos must be no larger than 2 MB. Here at the Library, Adult Service librarians, with your permission, can TRY to help you in copying your photo from a memory stick/CD/USB. We’ll post pictures as we receive them.

After August 15, prizes will be awarded for:

• The photo taken the farthest away from Avon Lake (as evident from the photo itself)
• The best photo featuring an identifiable setting in Avon Lake
• The best match between the book and its setting or activity
• The best overall photo

Winners will be chosen by a random panel of Library staff and patrons. We do not guarantee that panel members know anything about photography or art or will make their selections based on any objective criteria, though all members will be chosen for their well-developed senses of fun. Winners will receive a fancy certificate, suitable for framing (depending on your standards), and bragging rights.

Contest Rules:

By submitting your photo to refdesk@avonlake.lib.oh.us you agree to the following:

• I grant permission to Avon Lake Public Library to use depictions and reproductions of my photograph or portion thereof, including electronic formats, for non-commercial purposes.
• This photograph is my creation, and I have the right to grant this permission and the consent of all individual(s) featured.
• I also understand that I will not receive compensation in any form for the use of my likeness in the photograph or for the photograph itself.
• I do hereby certify that I am 13 years or older.
• Further, I release the Avon Lake Public Library from all claims of any kind arising from such production, use, distribution or broadcasting of the photograph.
• I give this consent voluntarily.

Further rules:

• The title of the book must be clearly visible in the photograph.
• The Library reserves the right to refuse any photographs it deems unsuitable.
• Library staff and their families are not eligible for prizes.

I’m looking forward to seeing your picture!