Enter Photo Contest

Come to Central Park, take a picture and enter it in the CentralPark.com Photo Contest and you could spend a complimentary weekend at the landmark Jumeirah Essex House Hotel!

The CentralPark.com Photo contest, open to the general public and Jumeirah Essex House guests, is divided into quarters, one for each season, with one final first-place winner for each quarter.  At the end of each season, an esteemed panel of jurors will vote on their favorite photos, which will have been narrowed down by public vote on the CentralPark.com website.  Since their launch in 2005, thousands of Central Park photos taken by the public have been submitted and uploaded to the site, making the feature one of the most popular offered on CentralPark.com. The site also provides visitors with a seamless and easy method for rating each photo, with the top-ranked pictures then displayed on their gallery page. The Photo Contest will provide prizes for the top-ranked photographs that are submitted for each season of the year.  Every three months, the top 30 user-uploaded photos, as rated by CentralPark.com members, will be passed on to be reviewed by a panel of five renowned judges invited by the Jumeirah Essex House.  The panel then selects the best photos out of the group, and prizes are awarded accordingly.

Winning photos are selected and based on their originality, creativity and subject matter.  Prizing includes the following:

1^st (Grand) Prize – the winning photo will be featured prominently in the Jumeirah Essex House’s lobby for a three-month period.  Photographer and photo to be featured in Jumeirah’s corporate newsletter, dedication page on CentralPark.com and the Jumeirah Essex House website, honored guest at Awards celebration, private preview with panel of judges, and complimentary two-night stay at the Jumeirah Essex House including daily breakfast for two.

2^nd Prize – winner to receive invitation to Awards celebration, and a complimentary one-night stay at the Jumeirah Essex House including breakfast for two.

3^rd Prize – winner to receive invitation to Awards celebration, a CentralPark.com merchandise gift bag, and complimentary afternoon high tea for four guests. 

The Awards celebration will be held at the Jumeirah Essex House, and is tentatively scheduled for spring 2009.