Contests

Photography Contest: LIFE Magazine Cover

After reading about Gordon Parks, everybuggy wanted to pick up a camera. For this month’s contest, Cricket thought it would be cool if kids sent in photographs that would look great on the cover of Life magazine. Your photograph can be of anything. As Gordon Parks said, your camera “can show things you like about the universe, things you hate about the universe. It’s capable of doing both.” You can even add a short headline or title to your photograph, but it’s not necessary. A picture can say it all.

So, what’s your beat? Sports? Fashion? Science? Will you capture a newsworthy event in your town or take a funny picture for your Life cover? Perhaps like Casey in “Girl Wears Tie, Says Hi,” your journalistic spirit will drive you to expose something you think is a little wrong about the world and needs improvement. The choice is yours! Just be sure to send us your very best photograph—only one, please. Everybuggy in Cricket Country will be crowding the newsstands to get a look at your cover photograph for Life.

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    1. Your contest entry must be your very own original work. Ideas and words should not be copied.
    2. If
      you’re 14 years old or younger, your entry must be signed by your
      parent or guardian, saying it is your own original work, that no help
      was given, and granting Cricket permission to publish
      prizewinning entries in the May 2008 issue or on our Web site. If
      you’re older than 14, you must sign your own work, verifying that it is
      original.
    3. Be sure to include your name, age, and full address on your entry.
    4. Only one entry per person, please.
    5. If you want your work returned, enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for each entry.
    6. Incomplete
      entries cannot be considered. Your entry will be incomplete if you
      forget to include your age or a signature verifying that your work is
      original.
    7. Your entry must be received by February 25, 2008.
    8. Send entries to:
      Cricket League
      P.O. Box 300
      Peru, IL 61354