All area photographers are invited to enter the 2010 Northwest Maritime Center's juried photography contest and exhibit "On the Water: An Exhibition of Maritime Photography."

Entry deadline is June 25. Enter images of boats of all types, people on the water, scenics with boats, details of boats - color or black and white.

Entries will be juried by a panel of local professional marine photographers and selected entries will be exhibited in the new NWMC 2nd Meeting Room Gallery alongside the professionals work during the 34th Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, Sept. 10-12.

Prizes

Contest prizes are Wooden Boat Chandlery gift certificates of $100 for first prize, $75 for second prize, $50 for third prize, $25 honorable mention and $25 for people's choice.

Entry rules

Open to all professional and amateur photographers.

Entry fee: $10 for NWMC members and $20 for nonmembers.

Enter up to three images by e-mail or CD. See contest prospectus for details at http://nwmaritime.org and download entry form from http://nwmaritime.org/photo-contest/.

All entries will be juried from digital images. The NWMC reserves the right to use all submitted images for contest promotion in the NWMC newsletter and Web site. Copyright remains with the artist.

For more information, contact Michael Berman at 360-732-0693 or mjberman55@embarqmail.com; or Jeff Eichen at 360-385-5825 or jeichen@anet.net.