Calling all reptile and amphibian student photographers! The Herpetologists’ League Graduate Student Committee is now accepting photographs of amphibians and reptiles for the 2012 calendar. The proceeds of this calendar will help fund the E.E. Williams Research Grant which was started in 2009 and funds up to five graduate students in the fields of behavior, conservation, ecology, physiology, and morphology/systematics.
Entries are limited to student members of the Herpetologists’ League (please go to http://www.herpetologistsleague.org if you are interested in joining). This membership entitles individuals to the journals Herpetologica and Herpetological Monographs, the discounted student rate for the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists meetings, and eligibility for the E.E. Williams Research Grants and HL Graduate Research Award. To submit photographs: Please limit the number of submitted photographs to 2 per person. Images should be oriented as landscape rather than portrait. Chosen photographs must be of high quality (at least 300 dpi). Judges will be looking for the following components in the photographs: • Aesthetically pleasing • Diverse representation of herps (snakes and salamanders were the most commonly submitted in last year’s competition) • Natural setting Along with each photograph, a short natural history note (approximately 100 words) must be included with the following: • Name of organism (please supply both common and scientific name) • Location of organism • Interesting information (diet, behaviors, habitat, human interactions, etc.) Please include a sentence or two about yourself, including your school and focus of study. Each photograph submitted must be accompanied by a release form (please contact for form). Entries are due by March 20th, 2011. Please submit photographs to [email protected] (subject line “HL Photographs) or mail them (on CD) to: Lori Neuman-Lee Utah State University Department of Biology 5305 Old Main Hill Logan, UT 84322 -- Lori Neuman-Lee Utah State University, PhD student Eastern Illinois University, M.S. 2010 Iowa State University, B.S. Biology 2007 Iowa State University, B.S. English 2008 [email protected] http://sites.google.com/site/lorineumanlee/
