2009 COMPETITION
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Entries close 25th August 2009 and every year.
$100 cash prizes in 9 categories
Thank dads and all men who have positive times with our children by entering their photo in our 2009 annual 'Thanks Dad National Photo Competition'
2008 Winners
Winner of "Photo featuring 10-18 year old" by Melinda Poor
Winner of "Open" section by Jodie Laing
Winner of "Grandfather or older carer" section by Carole Gray
Winner of Photo plus story - Secondary school section by Mattea Taylor
Winner of Photo plus story - Primary Section by Lachlan Kuhr
Winner of "History Section" by Veronika Shailer
Winner Junior Scrapbooking by Tyla Johnson
Winner Open Scrapbooking by Kelly-Ann Oosterbeek
Winner "Photo taken by Primary School Student" by Jessica Sneath
Winner "Photo taken by Secondary School" student by Lacy Fielding
Dads are wonderful and can make a huge difference in a young child’s life.
At Thanks Dad Photo Competition we like to celebrate the wonderful things men do with their children – and hope to encourage more men to spend more positive time with their children. We don’t just want to thank the Dads but also the really important grandfathers, uncles, step dads, foster dads and older brothers who mean so much to so many children Cash prizes are awarded in 11 Photographic Categories for Adults as well as school aged children.
Every year the pictures travel as part of the Thanks Dad People's Choice Exhibition across the whole of Australia (from Tasmania to Western Australia, Queensland, Victoria and NSW) - being exhibited in Libraries, Shopping Centres, Schools and at Conferences. The Exhibition gives so many people incredible enjoyment from looking at the pictures. As a whole they make up the exhibition that we believe encourages all men to spend more quality time with their children!
Photos are judged not on technical quality but on how you capture the moment. Categories this year that include those asking school aged children to write a short story (max 250 words) about that day or moment of the photo. These can be sent in together on a sheet or displayed in “scrapbook style”. There is also section this year for people taking a picture with a "mobile phone" in order to encourage people to take a picture on the spur of the moment and to share it with us.
We encourage you to enter up to 5 pictures. Without you, and people like you, this competition and exhibition is nothing! Please share your pictures with us and be part of our move to celebrate the great things men do with our children. All entries from the 2008 competition are now travelling around the country and we invite you to contact us should you be interested in it coming to a location in your town.
Entries close 25th August 2009 and there will be a People’s Choice Exhibition later in the year displaying all the entries that will travel around the country. Thank your dad by sending in your favourite photos – they can be emailed to tdpcoord@communityconnections.org.au
| 2008 Competition Judges | |||
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Don Burke | Jonathon Welch | Tommy Emmanuel | Steve Biddulph |