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• Adhere to all photo guidelines below
• If all photo guidelines are met, e-mail no more than two (2) photos to jessmeoni@gmail.com with the subject headline, "Miss Spooky Scranton 2022" – Your Name • Within the body of the e-mail, please indicate (1) your preferred name for social media posting, (2) your city, (3) photographer credit/name, (4) what you enjoy most about Halloween and (5) what your favorite horror movie is • To complete your submission, Venmo @JessMeoni or PayPal jessmeoni@gmail.com with a payment of $15 • No photo entries will be accepted without payment • Photo contest opens Tuesday, July 13, 2021 • Photo contest closes Tuesday, August 31, 2021 • Winners announced mid-September 2021 Photo Guidelines• Photos must be of you (the model) exemplifying the essence of MIss Spooky Scranton: frightening, strange, eerie, otherworldly, bizarre, mysterious, menacing, grim and/or gory, embodying an overall presence of Halloween, horror and/or the occult, etc.
• You (the model) must be 18 years or older to participate • You (the model) must be from Northeast Pennsylvania • Photos must be professionally or semi-professionally taken • Photos must be a high-resolution JPEG, JPG, or PNG file • Photos preferably set at 300 DPI, horizontally oriented • Photo files cannot exceed 10MB each • We will confirm your photo entry submission in a follow-up e-mail; please make sure you secure with payment • No low-resolution, low-quality, grainy photos will be accepted; we will notify you if we cannot move forward with your photos due to the quality • No refunds will be given; please follow guidelines carefully • You are welcome to ask questions prior to submission at jessmeoni@gmail.com |
• After Tuesday, August 31, 2021, no further photo submissions will be accepted
• Applicable photos will move onto social media posting round on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 on the NEPA Horror Film Festival Facebook page within a photo album for this year's contest • The public is welcome to like and share individual photo submission posts to increase daily likes or promote the contest • The social media posting round will last until Monday, September 6, 2021 • The photo with the most likes on Facebook by Monday, September 6, 2021 will be announced and given the title of "Audience Choice" as well as a distinct page in the 2022 calendar • All remaining applicable entered photos will then be judged based on criteria of creativity, quality, originality, responsiveness to the prompt, and overall impact • The individuals below who have embodied professional experience in the fields of makeup artistry and photography will ultimately discuss, deliberate, and curate the most qualified photo entries based on the given criteria to suit the 12 months of the 2022 Miss Spooky Scranton calendar • Winners pertaining to each month will be posted and announced mid-September after deliberation • A limited run of calendars will be available for purchase at 13 SHORT FILMS VII: NEPA Horror Film Fest + Scranton Punk Rock Flea Winners• All 12 winners and Audience Choice entrants will win admission for themselves and one (1) guest into 13 SHORT FILMS VII: NEPA Horror Film Fest + Scranton Punk Rock Flea and their own calendar
• The winner officially crowned Miss Spooky Scranton 2022 will receive the October photo spot and front cover of the 2022 calendar as well as $50, official Miss Spooky Scranton crown and sash, and social media promotion Judges• Keiera Kisel, Makeup Artist
• Ashley Marie Matthews, Body Activist & Photographer • Lilly Soto, Photographer, Perfectly Pinup Questions or concerns may be sent to Jess Meoni at jessmeoni@gmail.com. |