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Photography enthusiasts who capture safe boating in Virginia with their camera and want to spread the joy of being on Virginia’s waters can submit their photos to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources. Selected images will be used to promote safe boating.
Contest Dates:
July 15, 2015 – September 8th, 2015. Prizes awarded by September 15, 2015
Criteria
- Usefulness in publications (Top photos will be posted to the web site and Facebook page. Entries will also be considered for use in brochures, displays, printed materials, etc.)
- Composition
- Clarity
- Subject content
- All pictures must show people enjoying boating in a safe manner
Prizes
Three prize categories:
- Best boating safety photo overall – $50 Gift Certificate to DWR’s Online Store
- Best boating safety photo featuring kids – $50 Gift Certificate to DWR’s Online Store
- Best boating safety photo featuring your pet – $50 Gift Certificate to DWR’s Online Store
Entry Guidelines
- Photos must be taken within Virginia or on Virginia waters.
- All boating laws must be followed.
- Photos must have been taken within the past year.
- Each entry needs to include photographers name, age, address, email address, phone number, title of photo, and location of photo for each submission. Entries must have the required information included in the body of the email or in an attached text file.
- Up to 10 photos per photographer.
- Entries that have been visibly or electronically altered are not permitted. Cropping is okay. Please do not add captions or date stamps to a photo.
- This contest is not open to VDWR employees’ and sponsors’ immediate family. Immediate family members are defined as children, siblings or others residing in the same household with a VDWR or sponsor employee.
Legal Stuff
- By submitting a photo to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (VDWR), Safe Boating Contest, you give the VDWR the right to use the photograph for publishing, illustrating, advertising, trade and promotion, or any other use in any medium for any purpose of the VDWR.
- By submitting a photo to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (VDWR), Safe Boating Contest, you release the VDWR from any claims and demands arising out of the use of the photographs.
Submission
Send entries (one per email) to: BoaterED@dwr.virginia.gov with required information and a subject line of: Photo Challenge.