FROM STAFF
REPORTS
Love is in the air throughout North Georgia! Whether you’re looking for a winter wonderland, fresh florals in the spring and summer or the beautiful colors in the fall, North Georgia’s wedding venues offer it all.
Community Newspapers, Inc. is looking for photos of timeless and romantic weddings, with the selected photo being featured on the cover of the North Georgia Wedding Guide magazine’s inaugural edition. Other photos may also be used throughout the magazine.
The North Georgia Wedding Guide is a full-color regional guide to North Georgia’s wedding venues, vendors and more and local photographers are invited to submit their classic wedding photos.
Photos may include the wedding couple, bridal parties, bridal portraits and more.
The magazine publishes the week of Jan. 22, 2026, and will be distributed at venues, visitor centers, chambers of commerce and retail outlets throughout the region.
The winner of the cover contest will receive a half-page ad in the wedding guide, valued at $225.
Criteria for entering:
• Photograph must be taken at a wedding in Elbert, Franklin, Hart or Stephens counties.
• Image should be of people at a wedding – no detail shots of cakes, rings, etc., please.
• Photographer can submit up to five images.
• Photographer should submit a vertical image.
• Photographer should send high-quality, high-resolution image files. Photos should be no smaller than 1.5MB and close to resolution of 300 DPI. Photos should be clear and in focus.
• Photos should have room at the top for the magazine logo.
• Photography must not include a commercial entity.
• Submission of a photo gives Community Newspapers, Inc. the right to publish the photo in the wedding guide magazine.
• Each entry should include the photographer’s name, where and when the photo was taken, and the names of any people in the photo, if possible.
The deadline for submission is 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, 2026.
For more information or to submit photos, contact Rose Scoggins via email at editor@thehartwellsun.com.
Please include the photographer’s email address and phone number, and where and when the photo was taken in your email.