2008 Rural Photography Contest

You Pick the
Best of the Country

The scene is set. Now we need your vote to determine the winner of the Country Scenery category of our 19th annual Rural Photography Contest!

The keen-eyed readers who submitted these six photos are winners already. Each received a check for $100 for being chosen as a finalist in this category.

The finalist whose photograph receives the most votes will receive another check for $200 and compete against other category winners
for the Grand Prize—a trip for two from World Wide Country Tours, with a value of up to $3,200!

Emily McKeen of Spokane Valley, Washington qualified for the grand prize by winning the Farm Animals category, featured in our last issue, with “Perfect Grooming” (above right).

Two Ways to Vote

To cast a ballot for your favorite scenery photo, vote below!

You can vote by mail, too. Write “I vote for No. __” on a postcard and fill in the number of the photo you like best. Send it to: Rural Photography Contest, Country Scenery Category, Country, 5925 Country Lane, Greendale WI 53129. Whichever method you use, please vote only once.

In our next issue, we’ll announce the winner of this category and ask you to vote for the best Rural People photo. Congratulations to our six Country Scenery finalists...and may the best shutterbug win!

Head ’em up! “People come from all over to take part in and watch the Mantle Ranch’s spring roundup,” says Gwen Morgan, Bozeman, Montana. “Part of the drive goes down Main Street in Three Forks.”	Ghost town glory. “This church in Bodie, California is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen,” says Tracey Anthonijsz from Mariposa. “Bodie was a booming gold-mining town in the 1800s.”
On the fence. “When I spotted this scene last fall, I imagined a cowboy leaving the barbed wire here in case the fence needed repairs after winter,” says Debbie Hickey, Colorado Springs, Colorado.	Colorful stop. “This store has been in my hometown as long as I can remember,” says Dominique Aguilar of Lewiston, California. “Everybody knows everybody here. There’s not a stoplight in the whole county!”
Take a seat. “This display of tractor seats was at the Texas Early Day Tractor and Engine Association Show in my hometown,” says Emma-Leigh Coffman, age 10, of Temple. “The seats came from all over the country.”	Autumn sunset. “While fishing on the Big Horn River, we were surprised by this beautiful view of the sun peeking through the clouds,” says Joyce Killan, Hardin, Montana.