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"Focus on Nature" Photo Contest

If you live or work in Loudoun County, enter a nature selfie or photo of what you want to protect in nature.

The Purcellville Gazette and The Nature Generation, an environmental nonprofit in Loudoun County, believe photography can inspire positive change of attitudes and behaviors. In celebration of Earth Day, we invite readers to submit photos of Loudoun County with a “Focus on Nature.”

One winner, runner up, student and “people’s choice” photo will be selected in each of these two categories:

1. General - shots that inspire you and remind you to care for the Earth

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2. Nature Selfies - you in an outside place that you want to preserve and protect

Entries due by Earth Day, April 22.

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Winners will be published in the April 29th issue of the Purcellville Gazette.

Enter at Facebook.com/PurcellvilleGazette/

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