Star-Spangled Banner Geotrail Photo Contest
Sponsored by the Friends of Chesapeake Gateways and the National Park Service
Share your best shots of the Star-Spangled Banner Geotrail and Help Us Promote One of the Nation’s Newest National Historic Trails
Have you been out on the Star-Spangled Banner Geotrail this year? Do you have photos of people enjoying the sites? Did you snap a great shot at Fort McHenry National Monument and Shrine or capture a sunset at Point Lookout State Park? Did an eagle or a heron catch your eye while you were searching for a geocache at Caledon Natural Area or Mason Neck State Park? If so, please enter your photos in the Star-Spangled Banner Geotrail Digital Photo contest.
Images will be used to promote the Geotrail and other programs around the Chesapeake Bay supported by the Friends of Chesapeake Gateways and the National Park Service, including a new Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail website just in time for the BiCentennial of the War of 1812.
We’ll select 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in each of our four categories. Those chosen will get a Star-Spangled Banner / Chesapeake Prize pack – see full rules and prizes for more information. Honorable mention will receive a Star-Spangled Banner lapel pin and a certificate.
All submissions to the contest must be uploaded to the Star-Spangled Banner Geotrail site at www.flickr.com/groups/ssb_geotrail. Flickr is one of the Internet’s premier photo-sharing websites and provides free membership and a user-friendly interface for uploading photos and providing relevant captions. Once uploaded, photos must be tagged to ensure their consideration in the correct category – see categories and tags below. Also, when you upload the photo, please let us know how you would like to be credited.
Be sure to choose your best photos – entrants are limited to 4 each!
Enter your photos here (New to Flickr – here are tips on how to use it)
Contest Categories
Geocaching (tag: SSBGC) Images of you and your family and friends searching and finding geocaches along the Trail.
War of 1812 (tag: SSB1812) Images of battlefields and other sites directly associated with the War of 1812 or of people enjoying and exploring these sites. Think of cannons, forts, historic re-enactments, people dressed in period clothing, etc
Outdoors on the Bay (tag: SSBCB) Images of the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers and people (and wildlife) enjoying life on or near the water. Fishing, paddling, sailing, swimming etc
History and Culture (tag: SSBHC) Images of interesting and historic places along the Trail like lighthouses, cemeteries, plantation homes, ships and more! You can be creative here. Did you see a lighthouse at sunset for example.
When uploading your entries, remember to tell us something about when and where the photo was taken.
Entry Period June 15 - September 30, 2010 | Winners Announced: October, 2010
Full Rules and Prizes / How to Enter Photos / Flicker.com / FAQ
