Contest Entry Review

From October 19 to November 1, you can browse all the photo entries on this page. Click the heart icon under a photo you like to vote for it. You can "heart" as many photos as you like.

You can vote for as many photos as you like...but you can only vote for the same photo once every 24 hours (based on your IP address). This restriction is in place to minimize irregularities and keep the voting process fair.

Just like your residence, your place of business has a unique Internet Protocol (IP) address. The contest compares votes to the voter's IP address. If you can't vote for a particular photo, this means someone in your office has already voted for it within a 24-hour time window. This rule helps minimize irregularities and keep the voting process fair.

It is likely that there will be some great submissions that don't make it to the voting phase. The usual culprit is low resolution, but other criteria are involved too.

We'd love to include every single submission, but we need to remain mindful of the end product: a calendar that showcases the beauty and diversity of our region through high-quality community-submitted images.

The first determinant of a winning photo is whether it meets basic thresholds for resolution and subject matter. The County conducts an initial inspection and rejects any submissions that don't meet the basic requirements.

Then it comes down to how many votes the submissions on this page receive between October 19 and November 1. The top 13 highest-voted photos will be the verified contest winners.

It is possible that some of the top-voted photos won't make the cut due to:

1. Poor resolution - if resolution is too low, it's gotta go. Some photos can technically be the right resolution, but the wrong pixel depth (meaning they were small photos that someone has simply enlarged).
2. Wrong aspect ratio - a photo will likely be discarded if it's a vertical instead of horizontal. Remember, the winning photos will be featured in a wall calendar.
3. Doctored photo - if a photo is grayscale instead of colour; or has been filtered/manipulated beyond acceptable photo optimization, it won't make the cut.
4. Vote manipulation - we can see where the votes are coming from, and the type of computer or device that casts each vote. If we notice multiple votes from the same IP address or digital fingerprint, we will manually subtract any fraudulent votes. If it happens more than a few times, we will likely disqualify the submission.

We strive to ensure the photos voters love most make it into the County's 2027 wall calendar. We will start at the top of the heap and carefully inspect each photo. When a good photo is borderline, we do our utmost to help it make the cut. However, we must also be fair to entrants who followed the contest rules to the letter.