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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Patch Picture of the Week Contest

WINNER: Wedding Photo Contest

We've selected the winner of a $25 gift card.

Readers have been uploading their wedding photos since last week. After much deliberation, we've crowned our winner. Congratulations, Jennifer DeCangi! Your photo of you, your husband and your dogs made us chuckle. We'll be emailing you to make arrangements for your $25 gift card. Thank you, Jennifer, and to all those who shared these mementos of your special day!

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Danielle Horn

9:56 pm on Monday, May 13, 2013

Congrats, Jennifer! Can you email me at danielle.horn@patch.com? (I'm having technical difficulties getting your email address!)   more ›

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

PHOTO CONTEST: Show Us Your Vacation Photos

Show us your vacation pics for a chance at winning a $25 gift card.

We're smack dab in the middle of school vacation week: a popular time for staycations and family trips. In our photo contest this week, we want to see your vacation photos. Show us where you are now, or where you wish you were. Whether it's a photo of a trip you're taking this week, a vacation you took last summer, or activities you've planned for the kids at home, let's see 'em! We’ll take submissions until 5 p.m. Feb. 25. The winner, chosen by Patch editors, will be announced on Feb. 26. The prize? A $25 gift card. We know it can be hard to choose just one, so you may enter as many photos as you'd like. If you like a particular photo, voice your support for it in the comments. Eligibility is limited to legal residents of the 50 United …

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Uploading This Type of Photo Could Win You a Prize

The deadline for our weekly photo contest is 5 p.m. Monday.

OK, so we know you've all been uploading your blizzard photos. And, we love them. But for the past week, we've also been asking you to upload photos of your favorite local businesses: a fact that was likely overlooked when the blizzard hit. Now that the storm is behind us, it's not too late to enter our weekly photo contest, which gives you the chance to win a $25 gift card. The deadline to upload photos in the "favorite local business" photo contest is 5 p.m. tomorrow (Monday). So, if you haven't entered yet (or, if you'd like to enter more photos), simply click on this link and follow the easy instructions to upload. (Please make sure to follow the above link to enter the contest; while you are welcome to upload pictures here, this is …

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Patch Picture of the Week Contest

Upload Your Winter Sports Photos; You Could Win a Prize

The deadline to enter our latest photo contest is 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4.

If you haven't entered our latest photo contest yet, it's not too late. This week's theme is winter sports photos of local athletes. The deadline to upload photos in the contest is 5 p.m. tomorrow (Monday). So, if you haven't entered yet (or, if you'd like to enter more photos), simply click on this link and follow the easy instructions to upload. (Please make sure to follow the above link to enter the contest; while you are welcome to upload pictures here, this is not the contest page and therefore your photos won't count as an official entry.) The winner gets a $25 gift card to a local business.  Good luck! We can't wait to see your pictures!

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Patch Picture of the Week Contest

PHOTO CONTEST: Local Youth Winter Sports

We'll take submissions until Monday, Feb. 7: the winner gets a $25 gift card.

In our Picture of the Week contest this week, we want to see your local winter sports photos. The winter sports season is in full swing, and parents, we know you go to your kids' games armed with your cameras. Find your best shots, and upload them here! We’ll take submissions until 5 p.m. Feb. 7. The winner, chosen by Patch editors, will be announced on Feb. 8. The prize? A $25 gift card. We know it can be hard to choose just one, so you may enter as many photos as you'd like. If you like a particular photo, voice your support for it in the comments. Eligibility is limited to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 and older. To upload your photo, just sign in to Patch, click the "Upload Photos and …

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Patch Picture of the Week Contest

WINNER: Winter in New England Photo Contest

Readers have been uploading photos for nearly a week: we've crowned our winner.

We received about 80 submissions to our Winter in New England photo contest. We could only choose one, however, as the winner of a $25 gift card. All photos uploaded before 5 p.m. yesterday were under consideration to be crowned the winner in Patch's Picture of the Week Contest. Never an easy decision, it took us quite some time to pick a winner of this one! After deliberating, we had to go with Peter McLaughlin's gorgeous close-up photo of a bundled-up child in the snow. Thank you to all those who participated! Please continue to share your photos with us, either through our blogging platform or by uploading to your local Patch site's Pics and Clips gallery. Peter, we'll be emailing you so we can make arrangements to get you your $25 gift…

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Patch Picture of the Week Contest

PHOTO CONTEST: Winter in New England

Our weekly photo contest gives you the opportunity to win a $25 gift card.

When we challenged readers a few months ago to upload their best photos of fall foliage, we received more than 100 entries. Now, we want to come out in force with your winter photos. We know you have 'em! The topic of this week's photo contest is winter in New England. Whether it's a photo you snapped of the first snowfall, or a picture you were brave enough to go outside and take in this frigid cold, upload away! We’ll take submissions until 5 p.m. Jan. 28. The winner, chosen by Patch editors, will be announced on Jan. 29. The prize? A $25 gift card. We know it can be hard to choose just one, so you may enter as many photos as you'd like. If you like a particular photo, voice your support for it in the comments. Eligibility is limited to …

chris pettepti

7:07 am on Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Even though I have entries of my own in this, I have to say, the child on the sled (Patrick Powers) has my vote! ...well done :)   more ›

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Patch Picture of the Week Contest

PHOTO CONTEST: Black & White Photography

Our weekly photo contest offers readers the opportunity to win a $25 gift card.

The deadline is today for this week's photo contest: Black and white photography. Whether you developed the photo in black and white or added a filter to the picture after the fact doesn't matter to us. Anything in black and white is fair game! We’ll take submissions until 5 p.m. today, Jan. 21. The winner, chosen by Patch editors, will be announced on Jan. 22. The prize? A $25 gift card. We know it can be hard to choose just one, so you can enter as many photos as you like. If you like a particular photo, tell us in the comments! Eligibility is limited to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 and older. To upload your photo, just sign in to Patch, click the "Upload Photos and Videos" button on …

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Paul Bishop

6:02 pm on Monday, January 21, 2013

I'll be doing the stage and promotional photography for the Arts Alliance production of Blithe Spirit, that will be coming up in a few months- but will provide a tremendous opportunity for the style. I'll be shooting their new "mobile gallery" Synergia this coming Thursday night, with a pictorial blogpost here on Patch probably on Friday. If the stars align, however, I and my ragtag band of …   more ›

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Patch Picture of the Week Contest

WINNER: Skiing Photo Contest

Readers have been uploading their photos for nearly a week. We've crowned a winner.

Our photo contest this week attracted dozens of photos of skiers (and some snowboarders too!) We could only choose one, however, as the winner of a $25 gift card. All photos uploaded before 5 p.m. yesterday were under consideration to be crowned the winner in Patch's Picture of the Week Contest. After deliberating, we had to go with shot of Dillon Fitzpatrick, uploaded by Asset Strategy Consultants. Thank you to all those who participated! Please continue to share your photos with us, either through our blogging platform or by uploading to your local Patch site's Pics and Clips gallery. Asset Strategy Consultants, we'll be emailing you so we can make arrangements to get you your $25 gift card. Return to Patch tomorrow, when you can start …

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Patch Picture of the Week Contest

Upload Your Skiing Photos; You Could Win a Prize

The deadline for entering our weekly photo contest is 5 p.m. Monday.

You only have until 5 p.m. tomorrow, Jan. 14, to upload your favorite skiing photos. Whether it's from a trip this weekend or one last year, we want to see photos from the slopes! All entries submitted before the deadline will be under consideration for a $25 gift card. So, if you haven't shown us your pictures yet, simply click on this link and follow the easy instructions to upload. (Please make sure to follow the above link to enter the contest; while you are welcome to upload pictures here, this is not the contest page and therefore your photos won't count as an official entry.) Good luck! We can't wait to see your pictures!

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