Current Photo Contests

Enter the Amtrak Picture Our Train 2009 Wall Calendar Photo Contest and your photograph could adorn the walls of train lovers everywhere.

Best original color photograph featuring an Amtrak train with the current Amtrak logo (as seen here) and livery visible. Photographs of trains displaying Amtrak Cascades, Amtrak California, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner and Acela Express livery are also eligible.

The First Prize Winner will receive a $1,000 Amtrak travel voucher and a photo credit on the calendar. The Second through Fifth Prize Winners will also receive Amtrak travel vouchers.

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How to Enter
Mail an 8 x 10 color photograph suitable to be enlarged to approximately 25 inches (horizontally) to:

    2009 Calendar Contest
Amtrak
60 Massachusetts Ave, N.E.
Suite 4E-315
Washington, DC 20002

Official web site.

photography competitions

• Copyright: By entering this contest, entrant agrees that if he or she is selected as a prizewinner, he or she will assign all rights to the photograph, including copyright, to Amtrak by executing an assignment agreement and Amtrak will own all rights to the photograph and may use it for any purpose.
• Eligibility: This contest is open to legal residents of the United States at the time of entry. A parent or guardian must enter on behalf of entrants under 18 years of age.
• Entry fee: Free
• Entry deadline: Entries must be postmarked by July 11, 2008 and received by July 17, 2008.

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• 2011 Tri M Graphics Calendar Contest
• CWB 2008-09 Calendar Photo Contest
• The Landscape 500 Competition
• The Aperture Light Photo Competition
• The One World Many Views Photo Contest

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