Give us your best shot!

Remember Stella?

This photo of the reflective Great Dane mix, titled “As a dog thinketh” and submitted by her owner Tracy Smith, won 225’s first photo contest last year.

It’s time once again, dear 225 reader, to find your best photos of 2009 and submit them for this year’s contest. Professional and amateur photographers are invited to enter and to compete for great new prizes and the chance to see your work published in 225.

This year our staff panel will judge photos in these categories: Animals, Captured Moments, Entertainment, Landscapes, Sports/action, Portraits, Still Life, Vacation and Mobile Phone Snapshots. Winners and runners-up to be revealed in the December issue of 225.

But the clock is ticking!

You have until Friday, Oct. 16, to submit up to three of your favorite photographs. So click here for instructions and rules, and to submit your entries.