REEF CHECK CARIBBEAN POSTER CONTEST

HELP SAVE A REEF AND WIN $500

Attention All Underwater Photographers and Graphic Artists:

Reef Check, the world’s leading reef monitoring and conservation organization, is working to create a poster to promote saving reefs in the Dominican Republic and other locations in the Caribbean. And you can win $500 in the process!!

All you need to do is layout a poster-sized (roughly 24 by 18 inches) file featuring an underwater image you own (actual photo or composite) featuring Scuba Divers exploring a beautiful, healthy Caribbean tropical reef. The image should include the elements that make those reefs unique and special – vibrant coral and sponges, lots of colorful fish, and clean, blue water. The point is to show the amazing aquatic world that can be lost if people don’t act to save these natural treasures. Do not include any copy. Let the picture tell the story.

Then submit a flattened Jpeg of your efforts to Reef Check for consideration. The winning layout will then be produced as a regional poster, distributed free to dive shops, hotels and resorts to support Marine Conservation and awareness.

For full details please see the official rules.

About Reef Check

Founded in 1996 by marine ecologist Dr. Gregor Hodgson, The Reef Check Foundation supports the world’s largest reef monitoring program while working with volunteers, communities, governments and businesses to scientifically monitor, restore, and maintain reefs globally. Now active in over 80 countries across the globe, Reef Check has received prestigious national and international environmental awards for its work, and is the United Nations’ official community-based reef monitoring program. Reef Check is a registered non-profit 501 © 3 organization.

For more information on how to help and/or donate to Reef Check, please contact us at:

Reef Check
P.O. Box 10517575 Pacific Coast Highway
Pacific Palisades, CA, USA 90272-1057

Office 310-230-2371
Fax 310-230-2376
e-mail rcweb@reefcheck..org

www.reefcheck.org

REEF CHECK CARIBBEAN POSTER CONTEST
General Rules and Regulations

GENERAL CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
All possible care will be exercised, but no responsibility will be assumed by The Reef Check Foundation for the loss of entries in transit.

Entrants are limited to 3 digital images per participant.

Permission to reproduce any entry for the promotional purposes of the Reef Check Foundation will be assumed. All participants agree that (1) all rights, copyrights, titles, and interests in any images produced and entered in the contest may be used by the Reef Check Foundation in product packaging, promotion, and commercial uses to be determined by the Reef Check Foundation. And (2) no compensation is due participant beyond the cash prize of $500. Winning entries will be showcased on recheck.org.

The contest will run from August 5th, 2005 until Midnight, August 31, 2005. The judging will be conducted on September 2 by representatives of the Reef Check Foundation. Notification will take place thereafter.

No reproduction fee will be paid.

Digital media will NOT be returned.

This competition is open to all amateur photographers.

The entrant must have taken each entry, 100% underwater while swimming in natural environments, unless noted otherwise. No pool or aquarium shots are allowed.
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Image manipulation including cropping, dodging, burning, or minor changes in brightness, contrast and color, is allowed.

The judges may disqualify any image exhibiting: divers touching coral or any animal, animals being fed, animals showing signs of stress, divers causing damage to a reef, etc.

DIGITAL ENTRY CONDITIONS
Digital entries are required. Digital entries may be submitted via email at info@reefcheck.org or on CD shipped to the Reef Check Foundation. Digital media will not be returned.
Digital entries must be no smaller than 1024 X 768 and no larger than 3072 X 2304. JPEG format. Adobe 1998 color space suggested. Filename should be of the form X_title_JohnDoe.jpg, where “X” is the category letter as on the entry form, “title” is the image’s title, and JohnDoe is your name.

• Reef Check Foundation