We want your Edgewater photos! The City of Edgewater invites you to enter your best Edgewater photographs to be featured on our new website (coming soon!).

We are looking for striking images that depict life in Edgewater–natural landscapes, wildlife, events, facilities, businesses, architecture, weather or even people living life in our City! Winning photos will be included in our new website and publications throughout the City.

If you have questions, please contact Kalah Hardt at KHardt@EdgewaterCO.com.

Participants may submit up to six photos taken within the 80214 zip code. Horizontal digital images are preferred.

Photo Guidelines

• No photos with date stamps, watermarks or caption text.
• Depictions of illegal behavior will not be considered. Please note: this includes images of dogs off-leash in areas with leash requirements.
• Wildlife photography should be respectful of the subjects, and wildlife should not appear to have been disturbed, handled, “harassed”, or “baited.”
• Please, no heavily edited, filtered, or composite images.
• Photos may not show the photographer's name, signature, logo, or website.
• Photos should be in a high-quality .JPG or .JPEG or .PNG format, with the file size not exceeding 4MB per photo.
• Please do not print or mail in photos. We can only accept digital files.
• Submissions must be made by individuals at least 18 years of age.
  
  • Youth who would like to participate should have a parent or guardian submit entries on their behalf.
• You do not need to reside in City limits to participate.

Photo Use Conditions

Photographic Materials Use Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into the City of Edgewater (the “City), and (”Photographer”) in order to set forth the terms and conditions under which the Photographer’s photograph(s) will be used on the new Website Platform and all future related rights and uses.

Photographer represents and warrants at the time of submission that the Photographs are the sole property of the Photographer and the Photographer has the right to permit the Photographs to be used for the purposes stated in this Agreement.

Under this Agreement the parties mutually agree to the following conditions:

1. Photographs submissions may appear in the City of Edgewater publications displayed in various places such as print, TV, the internet, and/or in the City facilities, and may be given to outside organizations for publication (”After-Competition Uses”). The City cannot guarantee photo credit for any image used.
2. Any image from the Photographs may be cropped or otherwise manipulated within the discretion of the City to fit within the dimensions of any intended use or to serve other aesthetic or practical purposes.
3. The City agrees to have the Photographer’s information readily available and associated with any Uses in order that such can be immediately provided upon any inquiry.
4. The Photographer grants the City permission to publish their name with the Photographs.
5. The Photographer will retain ownership and copyright of submitted Photographs; however, the Photographer hereby grants to the City a royalty-free, perpetual license to use the Photographs for any lawful purpose, including without limitation commercial uses and the right to sublicense use of the Photographs. The City of Edgewater History, Arts, Recreation, and Parks (HARP) Board may select entries from submitted photos to add to the Museum collection.
6. All Photographs are sent at the Photographer’s risk. The City shall have no liability for any loss of or damage to any Photographs submitted or for any loss or damage resulting therefrom.
7. Photographer agrees that the right to participate, together with the publicity and recognition obtained from use of the Photograph, in accordance with the terms and conditions contained herein, constitutes full and fair compensation and consideration for use of the Photographs and specifically disclaims any right to any other compensation or consideration.

Submissions automatically constitute the acceptance of all conditions set fourth in these rules and the Photographic Materials Use Agreement. If photographer is under the age of 18, an adult guardian must provide acceptance of conditions on behalf of the minor.