This year, the Sunday Journal’s annual photo contest is looking for two kinds of photos: people of New England and scenes of New England.

We’re looking for pictures taken by our readers after April 1, 2007, in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine. Entries in the People category should focus on one or more individuals; entries in the Scenes category should focus on scenery and locale, although there may be people in the photos. The judges may move an entry from one category to the other at their discretion.

One best-of-show winner will receive a cash prize of $150, while first place in each category will be awarded $100. In addition, there will be a second place ($50) and a third place ($25) in each category. Honorable mentions will also be acknowledged.

The winning photographs will be published in the Arts section on Sunday, June 15, as well as online at projo.com/art. Only winning photos will be published.

The rules

•Your entry must be received by us no later than Friday, May 16, at 4 p.m.

•You may enter only one photograph in each category. It must be previously unpublished. Multiple entries will be disqualified.

•Photos may originate either in film or in digital format, but for contest presentation they must be submitted as electronic JPEG images, at 300dpi, at a size of 5 by 7 inches. They should be e-mailed to photocontest@projo.com by the deadline. Each picture should be accompanied by a photo contest entry form, available at www.projo.com/art. Submit the entry in a single e-mail message with the JPEG picture and the completed entry form as separate attached files. No entries will be returned.

•Photos are intended to reflect real people, places, objects and events as seen through the camera’s lens. The content may not be digitally altered.

•All winners will be notified. Please do not call to ask about the status of your entry.

•By entering, winners grant The Providence Journal Co. non-exclusive perpetual license to the photograph and agree to sign a form granting these rights.

•No purchase necessary to win. Prize fulfillment will be handled by The Providence Journal. Winners will be responsible for all local, state and federal taxes, and all non-included expenses arising from this contest.

•One winner per household. All entrants and contest winners must be at least 18 years of age. By entering this contest, entrants agree to be bound by these rules.

•The prize must be accepted as awarded and is non-transferable. There are no prize substitutions.

•Employees and their immediate families of The Providence Journal Co., sponsors and any person related to this promotion and its production, or other promotional partners and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, or agencies are ineligible to participate in this contest.

•This contest is void where prohibited by law. This contest is subject to all federal, state and local laws. All federal, state or other tax liabilities arising from this contest are the responsibility of the winners and not The Providence Journal Co.

•Winner agrees that The Providence Journal Co., sponsors and their employees, directors, officers, affiliates, subsidiaries or advertising agencies shall not be liable for losses or injuries of any kind resulting from acceptance of and/or participation in prize and/or contest.

•Non-compliance with these rules may result in disqualification and an alternate winner may be selected.

•The Providence Journal Co. is not responsible for lost, mutilated, illegible, misdirected, late, stolen, incorrect or incomplete entries. Entrants assume all risks of same.

•All entries and drawings are subject to the rules of The Providence Journal Co. Decision of the judges is final.