VOLUNTEER PHOTO CONTEST 2008

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Calling all amateur photographers! The National Environmental Education Foundation announces the Eighth Annual National Public Lands Day Photo Contest, open to all National Public Lands Day (NPLD) volunteers. The contest will allow you to celebrate the natural beauty of our country's public lands and show us why you have lent a hand for our public lands!

The winning photos will be published in the future NPLD newsletters, posted on www.publiclandsday.org, used in press releases and potentially featured in other national publications. In addition, the photos will have the opportunity to be incorporated into next year's NPLD publicity poster, brochure and certificates. An external review committee will judge the photographs. Prizes will be determined.

Girl Scouts are invited to enter their photographs in the volunteer photo contest. All Girl Scouts under age 18 can capture their fellow workers in action and submit up to three photos to the volunteer photo contest.

Please refer to the following guidelines to submit photos to the contest:

1. All photographs must be taken at a work site on National Public Lands Day 2008.
2. Prizes will be awarded for the best photos of Volunteers in Action. Photos should reflect, in a visually interesting and creative way, volunteers working on a specific task at the project site.
3. Prizes will be given in the following age groups:
   ( A.) Photographers 17 years and under;
   ( B.) Photographers 18 years and older; and
   ( C.) Girl Scout photographers 17 years and under.
4. To be considered, we ask that you indicate your age group by letter
   (A, B or C) with your submission.
5. The contest is open to amateur photographers only. Each participant may enter up to three submissions.
6. Photographs must be 4 inches by 6 inches and may be either color or black and white. (We request that all contest participants retain their photo negatives, as winners may be asked to send in their negatives for reproduction.) Submitted photos will not be returned.
7. Enclose a 3 by 5- inch card containing the following information for each submission: photographer's name, address, phone number, and age group
   (see #3); name and location of the NPLD site; and a short description of the work being performed.
8. If you submit digital photographs, they must be high resolution-- at least 300 dpi and 4 x 6.
9. All entries must be accompanied by a photo release form.
   Please note: the photo release form must include the names and signatures of all people whose faces are clearly shown in the photo as well as the name and signature of the photographer.
   Download photo release form

All entries must be postmarked by November 1, 2008, and sent to:

The National Environmental Education Foundation
Attn: NPLD Photo Contest
4301 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 160 Washington, DC 20008

To ensure that photographs arrive in good condition, please remember to write "Photograph - Do Not Bend" on the envelope. It is a good idea to enclose a piece of cardboard to help protect them.

Download a Photo Contest Flyer to hand out at your NPLD event!

For questions, please call (202) 261-6478 or email us at npld@neefusa.org

Tote those cameras to project sites on National Public Lands Day Saturday, September 27th, 2008. Show us Volunteers in Action through your lens!

 

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National Public Lands Day 2007 Public Lands Employee Photo Contest

2007 Employee Photo Contest Winner

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Colorado National Monument Photo by Tammy Wick,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headwaters Lakes Project Office, Grand Rapids, Minnesota

Each year since 1998, the National Environmental Education Foundation has printed a beautiful, limited-edition art poster to commemorate the occasion. In past years, noted photographer David Muench has provided dramatic landscape photography featured in the posters: Halls Creek Narrows in Capitol Reef National Park in Utah (1998), McAfee Knob on the Appalachian Trail in Virginia (1999), and Grinnell Lake in Glacier National Park in Montana (2000).

We're starting early to find a poster image for National Public Lands Day 2008. We know there are truly excellent photographers within our participating partner agencies and we would like to consider your work as we select the next image that will commemorate National Public Lands Day. If chosen for the 2008 poster, the winning photograph will receive wide exposure around the nation. The poster will be used to promote National Public Lands Day and to thank our volunteers. Representatives of all the agency partners will select the photo for the poster. Winning photos that are not chosen for the poster may still be used in other types of promotional materials.

Who's eligible to enter?

Employees of the partner agencies: BLM, BOR, COE, DOD, EPA, USFS, FWS, NPS, as well as NPLD site managers at various state and municipal parks/lands.

What are the criteria?

1. The photo should be a spectacular color image of public lands that evokes awe and appreciation from the viewer.
2. The photo should ideally include exactly one person in the landscape.
3. Specifically, the photo will be judged on the basis of beauty, composition, clarity (resolution) and depiction of public lands.
4. The subject is not limited to subjects from National Public Lands Day events.
5. You may enter up to three photographs.Submissions must not have been published elsewhere.
   The image may be digital (at least 300 dpi and 4 x 6) or in the form of a color transparency.

What is the purpose of the poster?

The National Public Lands Day poster is more than just a pretty picture. It's the primary vehicle through which we try to catalyze the connection between people and their lands-a prime emphasis of National Public Lands Day. Our goal is to have another fine poster to frame and display for next year's event. And while you are not limited to photographs of your own agency's lands, we believe that those lands are likely to help you to produce your best work! After all, who is better connected to agency lands than the agency's own employees?

What are the prizes?

In addition to consideration for use in the limited-edition poster and in National Public Lands Day promotional materials, winners will also receive prizes (to be determined). Previous winners received high quality outdoor clothing from Patagonia.

How do I enter?

E-mail or mail your photograph (at least 4X6) along with color transparency with specific location information, your name, agency, office address, email address, and office phone number. Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you would like your entry returned after the contest.
Mail entries to be received by March 1, 2008 to:

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