We’re less than 2 months away from the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest, so it seems like a good time to share the entry form for this year.
You can download a .pdf of the form here:
2025 Pufferbilly Days Entry Form
I did make a few small changes this year. Some of them are really just cosmetic. But there are now 8 Photo Classes. Up from the 6 last year and I believe 4 when I took over.
CHANGES:
- TRAINS, PLANES, & AUTOMOBILES has been changed to TRANSPORTATION. It has always been the least popular class and was created to try to get some train pictures entered. But this is the class that is most likely to go away in 2026.
- PEOPLE has been changed to HUMANS.
- PLACES has been split into IOWA PLACES and OUTSIDE OF IOWA PLACES. I can’t say I love the name “OUTSIDE OF IOWA PLACES” but I wanted to split PLACES up because it dominated the entries last year. If they both are popular classes this year, I’ll have to look into coming up with a better name for next year. I’m certainly open to suggestion.
- I added a completely new class in STUFF.
- But the biggest change to note is that the drop-off and pick-up location for entries changed from the Chamber office to the downtown branch of Vision Bank.
As always, I will see how this year goes and tinker again next year. I hope many of you decide to enter.
PEACE! What a great theme! But did enough people get centered enough to make it a popular theme?
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, July 28, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks:
1-Brandon Kahler – 1 week
2-Mary Green – 3 weeks
3-Willy McAlpine – 8 weeks
4-Suzie Brannen – 9 weeks
5-Alexis Stensland – 16 weeks
6-Deanna McClain – 29 weeks
*7-Deb Powers – 48 weeks
8-Mike Vest – 61 weeks
9-Lowell Davis – 82 weeks
10-Scott Degeneffe – 100 weeks
*11-Sheri Fakhouri – 109 weeks
*12-Logan Kahler – 112 weeks
13-Nathanial Brown – 113 weeks
14-Tamara Peterson – 124 weeks
15-Mindi Terrell – 128 weeks
16-Linda Bennett – 157 weeks
17-Sarah Toot – 158 weeks
18-Angie DeWaard – 161 weeks
19-Dawn Krause – 164 weeks
20-Kim Barker – 171 weeks
21-Joe Duff – 173 weeks
22-Teresa Kahler – 184 weeks
23-Carla Stensland – 184 weeks
24-Micky Augustin – 186 weeks
25-Andy Sharp – 187 weeks
26-Bill Wentworth – 188 weeks
27-Cathie Morton – 191 weeks
28-Elizabeth Nordeen – 193 weeks
29-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 195 weeks
*30-Kio Dettman – 196 weeks
Here is the list of rules for Year 12 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:
1. The picture must be taken between 12:01 PM today and 11 AM next Monday. This isn’t a curate your photos project. This is a get your butt off the couch and take pictures challenge!
- There is a limit of 2 submissions per person per theme. If you send me more than 2, I will use the first 2 that you submit. If you submit 2 pictures, make sure they are of different subjects.
- Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM Central Time the following Monday. But that is a deadline. Pictures can be submitted as soon as you take them.
- To be considered the photographer of an image, you have to be the one that clicks the shutter. If you hand your camera over to somebody else to take a picture of you, you are NOT the photographer of that image.
- No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.
- Please include the location of where the picture was taken with your submission.
There are still 2 ways to submit:
- Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
- Text your submission to my Google Pixel 8 Pro.
But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks or the rules of the challenge or how to submit. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:
Sabas Hernandez (Dallas Texas) – 1 week
Sabas Hernandez (Dallas, Texas)
Jesse Howard (Eden Valley Park – Iowa) – 1 week
Jesse Howard (Eden Valley Park – Iowa)
Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 1 week
Becky Parmelee (Rogers, Arkansas) – 1 week
Michelle Haupt (Rehoboth Beach, Delaware) – 1 week
Sara Lockner (West Des Moines, Iowa) – 1 week
Mary Green (Manchester, Iowa) – 4 weeks
Mary Green (Manchester, Iowa)
Willy McAlpine (Iowa) – 9 weeks
Suzie Brannen (Perry, Iowa) – 10 weeks
Suzie Brannen (Perry, Iowa)
Alexis Stensland (Iowa) – 17 weeks
Alexis Stensland (Iowa)
Deanna McClain (Perry, Iowa) – 30 weeks
Deb Powers (Tetons- Wyoming) – 49 weeks
Deb Powers (Yellowstone – Wyoming)
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 62 weeks
Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 83 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Kansas City, Missouri) – 101 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Kansas City, Missouri)
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 110 weeks
Logan Kahler (Ogden, Iowa) – 113 weeks
Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 114 weeks
Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 125 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Johnston, Iowa) – 129 weeks
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 158 weeks
Sarah Toot (Greensboro, North Carolina) – 159 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa) – 162 weeks
Dawn Krause (Humboldt County, Iowa) – 165 weeks
Kim Barker (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) – 172 weeks
Kim Barker (Venetia, Pennsylvania)
Joe Duff (Houston, Texas) – 174 weeks
Carla Stensland (Sac City, Iowa) – 185 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Indianola, Iowa) – 185 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Michigan)
Andy Sharp (Gilbert, Iowa) – 188 weeks
Andy Sharp (Gilbert, Iowa)
Micky Augustin (Hickory Grove Park – Iowa) – 187 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Above Missouri) – 189 weeks
Cathie Morton (Lexington, Kentucky) – 192 weeks
Cathie Morton (Atlanta, Georgia)
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 194 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Lake Okoboji UM Camp – Spirit Lake, Iowa) – 196 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 198 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (Maquoketa Caves State Park – Iowa) – 620 weeks
Submissions from 36 participants this week! That is more like it! I also think this is a real solid collection of submission too!
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
- Arkansas
- Delaware
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Wyoming
Thanks to Cathie’s travels, we’ve added Georgia to the Year 12 Map! Thanks to Michelle’s travels, we’ve added Delaware to the Year 12 map!
In fact, Michelle’s submission from Delaware means that there are now only 5 states left that I have never received submissions from since I started tracking where pictures were submitted from. What are the 5 missing states? I thought you would never ask:
- Alabama
- Connecticut
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Rhode Island
In fact, if we ever get down to just 1 state that hasn’t been submitted from, I will fly there just to complete the map! At least that sounds good in theory. Please don’t be Alabama. Please don’t be Alabama. Please don’t be Alabama.
Here is the Year 12 list of places where submissions have been taken:
- Alaska
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Washington
- Washington D.C.
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- Argentina
- Chile
- Dominican Republic
- England
That is 31 states, 1 district, and 4 foreign countries!
The big milestone this week was Suzie joined the Double Digit Streak Club! WooHoo! WooHoo! But it wasn’t all good news. Brandon couldn’t build on last week’s submission. His streak is over before it began!
Enough dwelling on the past! Time to look to the future. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future! This week’s theme:
PAINTING
PAINTING! What a great theme for Year 12 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
I look forward to seeing your interpretation!
That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your idea of PAINTING in this place that could use a fresh coat next Monday.