2007 USACE Water Safety Photo Contest

The 2007 USACE Photo Contest, open to all Corps employees and official Corps volunteers (volunteers must be amateur photographers), welcomes entries in nine categories.   Submissions should depict the promotion of water safety, demonstrate safe water practices, and/or showcase water-based recreation facilities. All uniformed employees shown in the photos should be wearing the appropriate uniform for the activity in which they are engaged. Photos will be judged for clarity, composition, originality, visual impact, and theme.

2007 Categories: 

      1. Commercial Boating 
    2. Hunters and Anglers (in/on/near water)

    3. Water Sports (swimming, boating, water play)
    4. USACE employees in action around water
    5. Volunteer employees in action around water

    6. Scenic Water Scenes (must feature a Corps project)
    7. Environmental Stewardship at Corps water resources projects

    8. Boat Accidents/Water-based Recreation Mishaps  occurring at a Corps project

    9. Flora/Fauna (does not require water safety connection, but should be  

           related to Corps projects)

All photos will be accepted for entry, but only those with a water safety theme will be considered eligible for awards in any category.   Awards will be a plaque or framed award that showcases the winning entry.   Also,entries into categories #7, Environmental Stewardship, and #9, Flora/Fauna, are NOT eligible for overall "Best of Show" award, as this is a water safety-hemed contest.  Only first, second and honorable mention awards will be given for top winners in those categories.  All other categories top winners will be considered for "Best of Show" overall award.

Photos may be submitted as 35mm slides or Digital images in at least 300dpi resolution at 6.5" by 10" on Compact Disc (CD).  Images not in this format will not be judged.

Each photographer may submit up to three photos per category. All entries must be accompanied by a completed ENG Form 5067-R, Digital Library Image Information (Appendix B of ER 25-1-91).  Indicate the category you are entering in the 'remarks' box. http://www.usace.army.mil/inet/usace-docs/eng-regs/er25-1-91/a-b.pdf

Close-up images of people should be accompanied by a signed DD Form 2830 (general talent release)   

http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/infomgt/forms/eforms/dd2830.pdf  or district equivalent.

Employees should submit contest entries to their respective Division National Water Safety Committee Representative listed at http://watersafety.usace.army.mil/contacts.htm.  Submission deadline has been extended to 1 May 2008.   Winners will be announced by Headquarters on or about 2 June 2008.  Previous sweepstakes winners may enter.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers  reserves the right to use any photos entered into this contest in exhibits, publications, web pages or other forms of public information, regardless of contest outcomes.   For more information, contact your division water safety committee representative.