Hot Pic of the Week

Get published, get famous! Each week, we select our favorite reader-submitted photo based on creativity, originality and technique. Every month, the best of the weekly winners gets a prize valued at between $15 and $50.

Here's how to enter: Send us your photograph in JPEG format, at a resolution no higher than 640 by 480 pixels. Entries at higher resolutions will be immediately disqualified. If necessary, use an image editing program to reduce the file size of your image before e-mailing it to us. Include the title of your photo along with a short description and how you photographed it. Don't forget to send your name, e-mail address, and postal address. Before entering please read the full description of the contest rules and regulations.

This week's Hot Pic: "Haut Koenigsbourg," by Alan Tobias, Richmond, Virginia

Alan writes: "I took this photograph in August at the Haut Koenigsbourg castle in the Alsace region of France, using my new Canon A40. I liked the patterns created by all of the different levels and turrets of the castle. Because of the narrowness of the passage, I had to step back into a doorway to get the entire tower in the picture. I think the doorway adds a nice frame to the photograph."

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