**Thread for VOLUNTEERS to HOST Photo Contests in 2021!**

Last edited Sat Jun 12, 2021, 03:28 PM - Edit history (10)

We have had a very successful first year with the new practice of asking VOLUNTEERS to HOST the photo contests. Thanks go to
Mira, Soph0571, Adsos Letter, Callalily, Dyedinthewoolliberal, California Peggy, and urbanhermit for volunteering. Some have volunteered to do two months! Both a la izquierda and I (mnhtnbb) rounded out hosting in 2020 as "winners" from contests in 2019 prior to implementing the new practice.

Now it's time to think about organizing VOLUNTEERS to host in 2021! Please, if you are a frequent visitor, member, or devotee of the Photography Group, think about signing up to HOST a monthly contest. There's a thread which is helpful if you've never hosted

https://www.democraticunderground.com/103649550

and there is usually someone around you can ask if you have questions.

Here are the months. If you would like to host, please respond and identify which month you would like to host. The SEASONAL Contests run in March, June, September, and December. All other months are theme oriented contests where the winner will be awarded the prize of choosing the theme for the contest in the next theme oriented month. As in the past, the winner--because of selecting the theme--does not get to participate in the next contest, but hosts are allowed to participate (unless by chance the person who is scheduled to host also happens to win the previous month and selects the theme!) As an example, the winner of this November's Contest (2020) will choose the theme for the January 2021 contest because the contest for December 2020 will be a Seasonal Contest (AUTUMN)

It would be really wonderful if some of the winners from this past year would VOLUNTEER to HOST!

As people respond with the months they would like to host, I will put the names together with the months so that we can refer back to this thread to see who has volunteered for hosting any particular month in 2021. Just indicate in a response to this thread which month you'd like to VOLUNTEER to host, and I will match your name to the month.

2021

JANUARY --Dyedinthewoolliberal

FEBRUARY--Mira

MARCH (Seasonal Contest for WINTER)--CaliforniaPeggy

APRIL--Soph0571

MAY--urbanhermit

JUNE (Seasonal Contest for SPRING)--mnhtnbb

JULY--CaliforniaPeggy

AUGUST--Dyedinthewoolliberal

SEPTEMBER (Seasonal Contest for SUMMER)--CaliforniaPeggy

OCTOBER--Soph0571

NOVEMBER--Tom Kitten

DECEMBER (Seasonal Contest for AUTUMN)--CaliforniaPeggy