Take Your Best Shot At The 6th Annual Cowboys & Indians Magazine Photo Contest

Online, September 8, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Whether you're a professional photographer or an amateur shutterbug, Cowboys & Indians wants to see - and share - your finest photos of the best of the West. Entries now are being accepted for the 6th Annual Cowboys & Indians Photo Contest, and the prize-winning submissions will be showcased in the March 2011 issue of the magazine.

The best photos will be drawn from five contest categories:

• Portrait: Photographs of cowboys or Indians as individuals or groups.

• Landscape: Photographs of plants and landscapes; geological or climatological features located west of the Mississippi.

• Wildlife: Photographs of animals indigenous to North America inhabiting areas west of the Mississippi.

• Action: Photographs of individuals participating in activities west of the Mississippi, or traditional American cowboy or Native American activities taking place around the world.

• Equine: Photographs of horses.

A grand prize of $1,000 will go to the 2011 Photo Contest winner - the entry judged overall best in the competition - and first-place winners in the five contest categories each will receive $500.

Images must be submitted by e-mail in .JPEG format, no larger than 2 MB in size, to [email protected]. Each contestant will be expected to include in the e-mail his or her name, age, mailing address, daytime phone number, and e-mail address. Deadline for submissions is October 14, 2010.

A complete guide to rules and regulations for the 2011 Photo Contest - along with a display of 2010 contest winners - can be viewed at the Cowboys & Indians website, www.cowboysindians.com.

Published eight times per year, Cowboys & Indians is an international magazine of the highest quality covering the past, present, and future of the American West. Printed copies are available at fine newsstands everywhere, and an electronic edition is available through Zinio.com. For further information, contact Cowboys & Indians at 214-750-8222, or visit www.cowboysindians.com.