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Coaster Con 48 Photo Contest

Rules and Procedures

Ready to turn your favorite coaster memories into award-winning art?
Submit your most stunning shots to our photo contest
and show the community what pure adrenaline looks like!
The Coaster Con 48 photo contest is open to current members of the American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE).
A member may enter up to three (3) photographs. Each photograph must be roller coaster related. A photograph not showing an existing or defunct roller coaster, or part thereof, will not be accepted as an entry.
Questions should be directed to...
Photo Contest Director:
Emery Picotte
Email:
epicotte@aceonline.org
Voicemail:
(401) 266-3345
Deadline:

If you are attending Coaster Con 48, photograph(s) shall be submitted at convention registration, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. CDT on June 21, 2026, at La Quinta Inn and Suites Springfield.

If you are unable to attend Coaster Con 48, you may have another individual who is attending the convention submit photographs by proxy or you may mail in your photographs. Any mailed photograph(s) must be postmarked by May 31, 2026, and be received by June 15, 2026. It shall be the entrant's responsibility to ensure the photograph(s) is received by the contest director by the deadline.

Please see additional submission rules below.

Procedures:

  • Each entrant's photograph(s) shall be submitted at convention registration, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. CDT on June 21, 2026, at La Quinta Inn and Suites Springfield . No photograph may have the entrant's identification anywhere on it. Each entrant shall submit photograph(s) in an envelope with full name, membership number, complete mailing address, telephone number, email address and total number of photographs being submitted clearly written on the outside of the envelope. Additionally, all entrants must provide the name of the coaster(s) and park(s) featured in each photograph entered. Mail-in entries should include a separate note with this information, while entrants submitting in person may do so verbally. This park and coaster information may be provided to any voter requesting it for any picture entered. Each entrant will be given a receipt for the photograph(s) submitted.

  • Entrants are requested to submit an up-to-date photograph of themselves with their submission, to be used when awarding the winners of the photo contest.

Submit Personal Photo

  • Entrants who are unable to attend the convention may have another individual who is attending the convention submit photographs by proxy in the manner set forth above. In such cases, the outside of the envelope shall also clearly list the proxy's full name, membership number, complete mailing address, telephone number, email address, the number of photographs being submitted and the park(s) and coaster(s) featured in the photographs.
  • Entrants may also mail their entries to contest director Emery Picotte prior to the convention. In such cases, the photograph(s) must be postmarked by May 31, 2026, and be received by June 15, 2026. It shall be the entrant's responsibility to ensure the photograph(s) is received by the contest director by the deadline. ACE is not responsible for misdirected or undelivered mail. The entrant is responsible for packing entries in a manner to avoid damage. Entrants are advised not to ship entries via a method that will require a signature, as there may not be anyone available to provide one prior to the deadline. Mail entries to:
Emery Picotte
473 Broad St. #3
Cumberland, RI 02864
USA.
  • Nonwinning entries may be reclaimed from the photo contest director IMMEDIATELY following the banquet. Each entrant must present the photo contest claim receipt he or she received upon submission of the entry(s) in order to have the photograph(s) returned. Nonwinning entries not reclaimed in the banquet hall immediately following the banquet will be donated to the ACE photo archives unless the entrant specifically requests otherwise. Entrants who do request otherwise and do not claim their nonwinning entries IMMEDIATELY following the banquet must send a self-addressed, stamped mailer, with adequate postage, to the contest director at the address above.
Rules:
  • Each photograph must not be smaller than 8 x 10 inches or larger than 11 x 14 inches. If the photograph has a border, the picture area still must be a full 8 x 10 and no larger than 11 x 14. Photos may be glossy or matte finish and may be in color or black and white. Each photo must be an original and must have been taken by the entrant. Photographs may not be attached to a matte or framing board.
  • It is recommended that entrants retain a copy of each entry for their files. Reasonable care and precaution will be taken to protect all entries; however, neither ACE nor its representatives are responsible for lost, damaged or stolen photographs.
  • All entries will be displayed for viewing at the time and location specified by the official Coaster Con 48 schedule, which will be distributed to all attendees at the start of the convention. This year's entries will be displayed at Six Flags New England. As with all event activities, this information is subject to change, and in such an instance, due notice will be given through various announcements.
  • Winning photographs are chosen by popular vote. Each convention attendee will receive one ballot in the convention packet. No other ballots, including replacements for lost ballots, will be distributed or accepted. Convention attendees may indicate on their ballots their choices for first, second and third place. Each first-place vote will earn three points; each second-place vote will earn two points; each third-place vote will earn one point. No photograph may be voted for more than once on any single ballot; any such action will render the ballot invalid. The three entries with the greatest number of points will be awarded first, second and third place, respectively.
  • Winning photographs and entrants will be announced during the annual banquet. Award plaques will be presented for each of the winning entries. All winning entries become the property of ACE and will be retained for publication in a future issue of RollerCoaster! magazine with appropriate credit and identification.
  • The contest director reserves the right to revise the schedule that is described or implied herein. The interpretation of these rules by the contest director is final.