Picture Your Watershed

Voting for People’s Choice Award is now Open!

TWF 2022 Photo Contest Rules and Conditions

Be sure to read the following rules, terms and legal conditions before submitting any photos! Click here to read the legal conditions. The Watershed Foundation Photography Competition is open to participants of all ages.

WHAT TO ENTER:

We are looking for images that showcase the Upper Tippecanoe River Watershed.  Click here for a map of the watershed.

All photographs should accurately reflect the subject matter and the scene as it appeared. You may enter multiple photos! Photos that have been digitally altered beyond standard optimization (removal of dust, cropping, reasonable adjustments to exposure, color and contrast, etc.) will be disqualified. Multiple exposures that have been combined to produce a single “High Dynamic Range” image are acceptable. Images that do not meet these requirements may or may not be judged at the judging panel’s sole discretion.

HOW TO ENTER:

Each photo must be submitted electronically, through this website or the form on the Watershed Foundation Facebook fan page. Please be sure to review the Rules and Terms and fill out all required fields when submitting photos.

All photos submitted must include the photographer’s name and contact information, location the image was taken, and the category in which to photo is to be judged.   

ELIGIBILITY AND JUDGING:

Entries may originate in any format — including, but not limited to digital files, digital prints, color transparencies, color prints, or black and white prints — so long as they are submitted electronically. Previously published material for which non-exclusive rights were granted may be entered as long as you still maintain the right to grant us a license (see “Your Rights” below). You must be able to disclose when and where the photo appeared previously to TWF upon request.

Images will be judged on originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact and artistic merit.  Images will be judged in the following categories:

Lovin’ the Lakes:  People engaged in lake activities – tubing, swimming, walking along the shore, etc

Wet ‘n’ Wildlife:  Animals and wildlife

Nature’s Studio:  Landscapes and watery reflections

Pollution Solutions:  Capturing volunteer efforts and the fixes that protect our lakes

The judges will consist of a panel of qualified individuals. TWF shall determine winner eligibility in its sole and absolute discretion. All decisions made by the judges are final. TWF may request that winning photographs be submitted to TWF in their original resolution via email.

DEADLINES:

Deadline for submitting entries is December 31, 2022.  Voting for the People’s Choice Awards will run from January 1 – January 31, 2023.

PHOTOGRAPHER’S RIGHTS:

Your photographs help TWF complete its mission of protecting and improving water quality in the lakes and streams of the Upper Tippecanoe Watershed. Thank you for helping to further our mission through your photography.

When you submit your photograph to the TWF Photography Contest, you grant TWF a royalty-free, nonexclusive right, in perpetuity, to:

• Use the photograph on the Internet in support of our mission.
• Use the photograph in TWF’s non-commercial communications.
• Provide your photograph to other individuals and organizations for non-commercial use, TWF-related use in news stories, newsletters, reports, slide shows, displays, web pages, and the like.
• Use your name, city, state of residence – and location where the photograph was taken (i.e. lake name) – in promotions and other publications.
• Keep the files provided, and to archive the images on CD or in other electronic forms, so that your photos can be used to support our mission and be properly credited.

QUESTIONS:

Questions and inquiries about contest rules can be emailed to marketing@watershedfoundation.org.