Enter the photo contest!

Everyone’s invited to enter! The rules are simple:

  1. The photo has to have been taken outdoors.
  2. There are three categories: cell phone, digital camera, and young people (under 18).
  3. You can only enter one picture in the contest, so choose your entry wisely!
  4. You have to indicate what kind of camera you used.
  5. Deadline for submission is May 24. Voting ends May 31.
  6. Winners will appear in the June 14 edition of the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
There are two ways to submit your entry (remember, you can only enter once!)
  • You can email it to SteveIowa@aol.com. Make sure you include your name, what kind of camera you used and anything you’d like to say about the picture.
  • You can use the form below. Just fill it out, upload the picture from your computer and voilá! You’re entered!
All pictures will be posted on the Mount Vernon Creates website. Winners will be announced on the website and in the Sun and the winning photos will be published in the Sun.
To learn more, visit the contest page.

Look at the contest entries and cast your vote!

Visit the pages below to look at the entries and cast your vote in the 2012 Photo Contest. Entry deadline is May 24, so there’s time to enter the contest by sending along your photo.

Digital Camera Category

Cell Phone Category

Young People Category

Photo contest judges announced

The judges for the Mount Vernon Creates/Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun Photo Contest have been announced.  The first round of judging will be done by visitors to the Mount Vernon Creates website. Each visitor can cast one vote in each of the three categories (cell phone pictures, digital camera pictures and pictures taken by young people). The top three vote getters in each category will then enter the final judging, which will be done by the people listed below. The judges are:

Amy Bishop

Andrea Gorsh

Rich Herrmann

Robert Murphy

Tommie Ouverson

Robyn Schwab

Keri Speidel

Rebecca Wirfs

Mehrdad Zarifkar

While as judges, they are not eligible for the prize competition, their work will be featured in a special Judge’s Gallery.

MV Men’s Choir wins!

The Mount Vernon Men’s Choir has been selected to sing the National Anthem at the opening ceremony of the Summer Iowa Games on July 13 in Ames. For details, visit the Iowa Games website. In case you missed it, here’s their audition video:

Mount Vernon Men’s Quartet national anthem audition

This is a link to an audition video on Facebook of the Mount Vernon Men’s Quartet singing the Star-Spangled Banner. The audition is for the Iowa Games. You can vote for them at the Iowa Games voting link. The singers, left to right: Micah Russell, Seamus Taylor, Brndon Douglas and Zak Moran.

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