Shore & Beach Photo Contest Form

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: The competition is open to all except ASBPA employees, consultants and/or their immediate families (children, spouses, parents).

SUBJECT MATTER AND RULES: Any photographs depicting the coastal zone are appropriate. These include (but are not limited to) beaches, bluffs, marinas, wetlands, marine life, recreational facilities, and engineered projects as long as they include the setting in which they were built (i.e. no portraits of dredges or your favorite armor unit).

Manipulated photographs (colorized, posterized, solarized, etc.) are also welcome if the photographer briefly describes the changes or procedure. The original base photograph must have been taken by the submitter.

Winning photographs may be used as cover art for Shore & Beach. Therefore, vertical-(portrait-style) format photographs are preferred. Horizontal (landscape-style) photographs can be submitted, but if a horizontal photograph is a winner, the editors of ASBPA may have to crop some of the image, at their sole discretion, to fit on the cover of Shore & Beach.

Photographs must have been taken within the past one year of submission. Photographs can be full-color, black and white, sepia, or colorized.

SUBMISSION: Participants can upload electronic files in JPEG, TIFF or BMP format to this form. Please upload the full-size image file as created in your camera (note, minimum camera resolution of 3 megapixels to allow for sufficient printing quality for cover art) or a reduced-size file (800x600 pixels minimum). If you did not upload the full-size image, winners may have to send the full-size file later by email.

Do not submit RAW files because there are too many manufacturer-specific formats. Convert RAW files to JPEG or TIFF files. Also, do not submit prints or transparencies of any size.

LIMITATIONS: Each participant may submit up to five (5) photographs total per year. Photographers may submit all entries in a single category or select different categories, as long as the total does not exceed five photographs.

PRIZES: The winner in each category will have his/her/their name and photograph printed in either Shore & Beach or the “Coastal Voice” e-newsletter, or both.

A Grand Prize winner will be selected from among the category winners to have their photograph printed on the cover of Shore & Beach and receive a one-year annual membership renewal to ASBPA. Other entries of outstanding merit may be printed in “Coastal Voice,” Shore & Beach, or on the ASBPA website. (Note: The editors may contact you for more information).

LEGAL CONDITIONS: By entering the contest, photographers agree to the following entry rules and conditions.

• Your entry in the contest constitutes agreement to allow your photographs and your name, occupation, city and state of residence to be published as a selected award winner in Shore & Beach, used on websites owned by ASBPA or otherwise displayed or published in association with ASBPA and its activities. ASBPA retains permission in perpetuity for future use of photographs in any and all ASBPA publications, materials, or activities.
• Your entry in the contest also constitutes your agreement that your name, likeness, city, and winning photograph(s) may be used by ASBPA for promotional and publication purposes without compensation.
• Participant warrants that entry materials are original, do not infringe on any third party’s rights, and that the participant has obtained any and all necessary permissions and releases from any third party that appears in the photograph. Permission may not be needed for persons depicted in photographs taken in public settings such as crowded beaches.
• ASBPA reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any entry, and/or to not name winners in any category where not enough photos of sufficient quality or quantity have been received.
• ASBPA reserves the right to alter the photographs submitted as it sees fit for reproduction purposes.
• By entering, participants release and hold harmless ASBPA and its officers, contractors, attorneys, agents and representatives from any and all liability for any injuries, loss, claim, action, demand or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the contest, any prize won, and any use of the entry materials by ASBPA.
• ASBPA is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information by any technical or human error that may occur in the processing of submissions to the ASBPA, including but not limited to any misprints or typographical errors.
• ASBPA reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify, extend or suspend the contest.
• ABBPA will not share or sell your personal information to any party, and winners’ full addresses will not be printed.
• All decisions by ASBPA judges will be final and binding. Editors and officers of ASBPA will serve as the review and judging committee.