The Lewes Tulip Festival, a celebration of Lewes’ Dutch heritage, will again include a photography contest. (For contest rules and deadlines, click here.) The festival, sponsored by the Lewes Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Lewes Historical Society, Lewes in Bloom, City of Lewes Parks and Recreation Commission, the Zwaanendael Museum and the Historic Lewes Farmers Market, will be held April 12, 13 and 14, 2012 in various locations throughout Lewes with the photography exhibit taking place in Zwaanendael Park.
Entries will be judged by Lewes Chamber of Commerce members who are professional photographers. For the second year, A People’s Choice Award, selected by the majority of visitors’ ballots attending the three-day exhibit in Zwaanendael Park, will be given. Awards will be presented on April 14 at 2:00 pm in Zwanendael Park.
Prizes of monetary awards will be made for first, second and third place in each of the six subject categories. The Grand Prize winner will be awarded a $100 cash award. Entries will be accepted March 1-March 26 at the Lewes Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center, 120 Kings Highway. The chamber is open 10 am-4pm, M-F.
For more information about the contest or the festival, contact the Lewes Chamber of Commerce at (302)645-8073.