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2026 SPOOM Old Mill Photo Contest
Welcome to the 2026
SPOOM Online Photo Contest.
Please click on the link at the bottom of this page
to submit your entries.
The rules are as follows:
• Open to SPOOM members only. Click HERE for membership information.
• Amateur photographers only. If you have published photos SPOOM may reject your entry
• Black & White and color photos will be judged together.
• Two Categories- Exterior Mill and Interior Mill
• Entries will be accepted: March 1st - May 31st
• Voting open to SPOOM Members: June 15th - September 15th
• Limit two (2) entries per person per category
• No member may win more than one prize per year.
• Entries must be original photos taken by the photographer entering the photos.
Photographs: Only Digital Photos are eligible. Digital images must be either .jpg or .png file formats, in the highest resolution possible. Photos must have been taken within the last three years and may not be re-entered from previous contest. . We do appreciate the talent that is required with editing a photo but we ask that the photos you submit not be heavily edited in Adobe Photo Shop or similar software. We want to see your skill and creativity from just the snap of the camera shutter.
Entry forms: Each digital submission must be identified with the Photographer’s Name, Title of Photography, Date and Location taken. You may also tell us a short story of the mill or about the day you had at the mill beyond the photo.
Liability: By submission, I hereby grant SPOOM the right to use my submitted image(s) in its publications and media outlets for promotional purposes, with credit appropriately added whenever so used, and that the original(s) be inventoried within SPOOM's archives. Copyright and all other rights remain that of the artist.
Prizes for each category are: 1st - $50, 2nd - $35, 3rd - $25
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