Area seniors have the chance to enter this year’s Way Back When photo contest.
Winners will be drawn at random from the entries to win a cash prize – $100 for the first name drawn, $75 for the second and $50 for the third.
The contest, sponsored by Grand Times, Leader Publications’ magazine for seniors, is open to all Jefferson County, Eureka and Wildwood-area readers who are 50 and older. Photos must be at least 25 years old, from 1999 or earlier, and can feature people, places or events.
There is a limit of two entries per person.
The deadline to submit a photo in the contest is 5 p.m. Thursday, April 11.
The photo contest is being held in conjunction with the Leader’s first-ever South County Senior Expo, set for 8 a.m. to noon Wednesday, May 1, at the Kennedy Recreation Center, 6050 Wells Road, in St. Louis County.
The expo will be similar to its Jefferson County and Eureka counterparts, featuring music, bingo, vendors and other activities.
Organizations or businesses looking to buy vendor space for the South County Senior Expo may call the Leader office at 636-931-7560 or email ads@leaderpublications.biz.
Way Back When photo contest entries should include the following information:
■ Entrant’s name, age, address and phone number. (Entries missing this information will not be considered for prizes.)
■ The date and place the photo was taken and by whom.
■ The names of any people in the photo.
■ Any other information about the photo that explains why it is memorable.
Entries may be mailed to Leader, P.O. Box 159, Festus, 63028; dropped off at the Leader office, 503 N. Second St., in Festus; or emailed to news@leaderpublications.biz.
Photos will be returned if a self-addressed stamped envelope is included.
Winning photos and as many entries as space allows will be published in the April 25 Grand Times, which will be inserted inside that week’s paper.
That Grand Times also will include more information about the South County Senior Expo. Photos not published in the Grand Times will be posted to the Leader website, myleaderpaper.com.
For more information, call the Leader at 636-931-7560.