Rogers is celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2021! To coincide with the commemoration of this event, the Rogers Historical Museum is sponsoring a digital photograph contest, “Rogers Life in 2021”. The contest opens March 15, 2021 and ends April 23, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. CDT.

Members of the public are invited to enter by submitting up to three original photographs, taken within the Rogers city limits since January 1, 2021, capturing what life in Rogers is like in 2021.
 
The winning photograph will be announced May 10, 2021 online at rogershistoricalmuseum.org and the Rogers Historical Museum’s Facebook and Instagram pages.
"This contest gives the people of our community the opportunity to share their unique personal visual insights to what life is like in Rogers in 2021 with the future. Photographs are windows into the past, framing a particular perspective of a specific moment in time. They show us details that often written stories alone cannot capture.”

~Serena Barnett
​Rogers Historical Museum Director

Contest Terms and Conditions

 Contest Term
The Rogers Historical Museum 2021 Digital Photo Contest begins March 15, 2021 and ends April 23, 2021 at 11:59PM Central Daylight Time. By submitting an entry, each contestant agrees to the rules of the contest.
 
Who May Enter
The photo contest is open to anyone age 16 and older. Anyone under the age of 18 must have signed parental/guardian consent. City of Rogers residency not necessary to enter.
 
What to Enter
An original photograph taken within the Rogers city limits since January 1, 2021 capturing what life in Rogers is like in 2021. CLICK HERE for Map of Rogers
 
Photo Contest Rules
  • Cropped photos are eligible.
  • We do not accept digitally or otherwise enhanced or altered photos. If the judges determine that a photographer has altered his/her/their photo, they reserve the right to disqualify it.
  • For a photo in which a person is recognizable, you must secure a model release from the subject or, in the case of a minor, the subject’s parent or guardian and provide it to the Rogers Historical Museum upon request. CLICK HERE for Model Release Form. **If you have a signed model release, please retain it in your personal files. Failure to provide a release will disqualify the photograph.**
  • Entrants whose photos depict other people’s work (such as sculptures, statues, paintings, and other copyrightable works) may be need to obtain a release from the rights holder and provide it to the Rogers Historical Museum upon request. When photographing the work of others, it must be as an object in its environment and not a full-frame close-up of another person's creation.
  • Photographs that have won other major photo contests, either online or in print, as determined by the Rogers Historical Museum, are not eligible for submission.
  • Photos that violate or infringe upon another person's rights, including but not limited to copyright, are not eligible.
  • Photos that contain sexually explicit, nude, obscene, violent or other objectionable or inappropriate content, as determined by the Rogers Historical Museum in its sole discretion, are ineligible for all categories of this contest.
  • The Rogers Historical Museum reserves the right to crop submitted photographs as necessary.
 
How to Enter
  • Please submit all photos and requested information at rogershistoricalmuseum.org/photocontest2021, or email to Jennifer Sweet at [email protected]. 
  • Submissions must include a signed, completed entry form.
  • You may submit no more than three (3) photographs. Only one (1) photograph may be selected as a winner or finalist per submission.
  • Submissions must be at least a minimum of 300 dpi and in JPEG format.
  • High-quality scans of non-digital photographs are acceptable.
  • We do not accept photographs submitted through the mail and do not accept more than one contestant per e-mail address.
  • Finalists may be asked to submit an original, unedited digital file or an original negative, print or slide. Original negatives, prints or slides will be returned to finalists.
  • The Rogers Historical Museum reserves the right to disqualify incomplete or incorrectly-submitted entries.
  • You retain your rights to your photograph; however, by entering the contest, you grant the Rogers Historical Museum (and those authorized by the Rogers Historical Museum) a royalty-free, world-wide, perpetual, non-exclusive license to publicly display, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works of the entries, in whole or in part, in any media now existing or later developed, for any Rogers Historical Museum purpose, including, but not limited to, advertising and promotion of the newsletter, website, exhibition, and commercial products, including but not limited to Rogers Historical Museum publications. Any photograph reproduced will include a photographer credit as feasible. The Rogers Historical Museum will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such uses.
 
Entry Deadline
The contest begins on March 15, 2021. All entries must be received by 11:59 PM Central Daylight Time on April 23, 2021.
 
Judging
  • Photo entries will be judged based on creativity, quality, originality, and responsiveness to the prompt and overall impact.
  • Judging will be conducted by a panel consisting of Rogers Historical Museum staff and other Museum-appointed judges.
  • Museum staff are not prohibited from submitting to the contest, but must recuse themselves from judging.
  • The winning photograph will be announced May 10, 2021 on rogershistoricalmuseum.org and the Rogers Historical Museum’s Facebook and Instagram pages.
  • The Rogers Historical Museum will notify the winner prior to public announcement via the contact information provided at the time of entry.
  • If additional release forms are required from the winner, the Rogers Historical Museum may disqualify anyone who fails to respond to the notification within five business days.
  • Please do not contact us about the status of entries or judging.
 
Prizes
  • One (1) winner will be used in the new Rogers Historical Museum permanent timeline exhibit, Rogers Through the Eye of the Lens: 140 Years of History in Photographs. The work of winning photographer will be credited in the exhibit. Note: The length of the exhibition is at the sole discretion of the Museum, and the Museum reserves the right to change aspects of the permanent exhibit at any time.
  • One (1) winner and up-to nine (9) finalists will have their image printed (4”x6”) and placed inside the Rogers 140th Anniversary Time Capsule. The time capsule will buried at the newly completed Railyard Park on Saturday, June 5, 2021 during the Founders' Day event and is to be opened in 2081 for the Rogers Bicentennial celebration. 
  • All qualifying entries will be published on the Rogers Historical Museum website as part of an online exhibit celebrating the City of Rogers 140th Anniversary from May 10, 2021 through December 31, 2021.