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Official Rules

  • The contest is open to both amateur and professional photographers. Employees of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and their families are not eligible.
  • Contest begins April 1, 2009, and ends May 15, 2009. Final winners will be posted online by June 15 and will be notified by mail. Only winners will be notified of the contest outcome, but you can see the winners posted online and in the next issue of Save the Bay magazine. The first prize will be featured in our 2010 calendar. Entries will not be returned.
  • Photographers may submit up to five photos for consideration. Submitted photographs must be the property of the entrant. Extensively manipulated images will not be accepted.
  • Photos must have been taken within the Chesapeake’s 64,000-square-mile watershed. To read more about the priorities and subject matter of greatest interest to CBF click here.
  • Photos should be no more than five years old and may not have been published previously.
  • Digital images will be accepted online. Camera-made digital images should be uploaded as high-resolution jpegs. Original files of camera-made digital photos must be at least 8x10 (or 2400x3000) at 300 dpi and three (3) megapixels or larger. If you submit photo(s) that fall below this high resolution standard, that photo(s) will be disqualified. Entrants encountering technical problems while uploading may request permission to submit their entries on a non-returnable disk via mail or courier; please request such permission by May 1, 2009, at photocompetition@cbf.org. CBF will not accept any such requests made after that deadline. Disks submitted by mail or courier must be postmarked or dated by May 2, 2009.
  • The caption and credit form must also be submitted with your photo(s) via You Send It. CBF reserves the right to edit captions as needed.
  • Official judging will be performed by a panel of CBF employees. Judges will make their selections based on subject matter, composition, focus, lighting, uniqueness, and impact. All voting decisions are final and at the discretion of CBF. The public will also be able to vote online for their favorite photo in the Viewers’ Choice Gallery beginning around May 18.
  • We are not responsible for lost or misdirected entries.
  • Ownership and copyright of photographs remain with the photographer; however, CBF reserves the right to publish all entries in CBF publications, websites, and promotional materials. CBF will credit the photographer with every use, except on the web.