Custom Calendar 2027
The Importance of Your Community
Sullivan Bank takes pride in being a community bank and we want to highlight the beauty and character of the communities in which we serve. Each year, we offer complimentary wall calendars at each of our locations, and it excites us to be able to announce our 1st Calendar Photo Contest, open to all, whether you are a professional photographer or an amateur.
We invite you to enter by submitting up to 3 photos from October 1, 2025 – July 31, 2026. Selected entries will appear in our 2027 calendar, with 13 winners chosen. Contest details are outlined below.
Photograph Requirements
- Submit up to 3 photos which must be horizontal (“landscape”), high-resolution, color, and provided in electronic format. Do not add watermarks, dates, logos, names, etc. to photographs.
- Image Format: JPG and JPEG only!
- If the photo(s) are not horizontal (“landscape”), high-resolution, color, and provided in electronic format, they will not be considered for the contest.
- Photos must be submitted with name, description and location of photo. For example: Jane Doe, Meramec State Park, Sullivan MO.
- Photos must be taken within the primary counties that Sullivan Bank serves: St. Louis, Franklin, Crawford, Polk, Greene, Cole or Camden Counties. Please use outdoor/scenic photos without identifying people. We are looking to cover all 4 seasons in our calendar. Seasonal, landscapes, wildlife, floral, and town photos are all acceptable, however, if buildings or structures are present, there should be nothing that includes or identifies company/organization branding.
- The photo being submitted must have been taken by you, the photographer. Please do not send in a photo that you did not personally take.
Rules
- To qualify for entry, entrants must be 18 years of age or older.
- Anyone, including employees are welcome to participate. You do not need to be a bank customer or a professional photographer to enter.
- Photographer may submit up to three photos for consideration; however, only one (1) photograph per photographer may win. When choosing a winner, our selection committee seeks to feature a variety of seasons, subjects and locations.
- Submission of photo(s) grants Sullivan Bank permission to use the photo in marketing materials without additional compensation .
- By submitting your photo(s), you grant Sullivan Bank the right to use them, royalty-free and without time limit, for advertising and promotional purposes related to our services. This may include printed materials (such as brochures, flyers, newspaper or magazine advertisements, and direct mail campaigns) as well as digital and electronic media. You confirm that you are the owner of the photo(s) and that you have the authority to grant these rights.
- A photo release form must be signed by the photographer allowing Sullivan Bank to publish photo, location and submitter name in the calendar (if chosen as a winner) and other bank communications such as social media and other advertising. Please click form below.
- Photos containing provocative, violent, sexual, culturally or socially insensitive material will not be accepted. Photos that are discriminatory in any way will be disqualified. Copyrighted/trademarked photos will be disqualified.
Photo Release Form
Winners
- 13 Winning photos will be chosen. There will be one winner from each of our branches (if there is a submitted photo for that location).
- Judging will take place within a few weeks following the submission deadline. Winners will be notified by phone and/or email after judging has been completed on August 28, 2025 by Sullivan Bank.