Photo Credit: Gordon Kirkwood
Photo Credit: Linda Searle
Photo Credit: Linda Searle
Photo Credit: Gordon Kirkwood
Photo Credit: Gary Gaston
Photo Credit: Gordon Kirkwood
Photo Credit: Michael Jensen
Photo Credit: NPS
Photo Credit: Linda Searle
Photo Credit: Gordon Kirkwood
Photo Credit: Linda Searle
Photo Credit: Linda Searle
The hawksbill turtle is one of the most endangered sea turtles in the world, but the most abundant in Belize! Photo Linda Searle
Photo: Lebeha Cabanas
Photo Credit: NPS
Photo Credit: Matthew Godfrey
2013 Calendar Photo Contest
ECOMAR invites photographers to enter our 1st Annual Photography Competition! A panel of judges will select 13 images to be used in our 2013 calendar and followers on Facebook will select the cover image! Please read the following rules, terms and legal conditions before submitting any photos.
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And the Winners Are...!!!
2013 Calendar Entries!
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WHAT TO ENTER
Your photographs taken in Belize can help ECOMAR continue to raise awareness on the importance of protecting Belize’s amazing diversity of marine life; thank you for helping to further our mission through your photography! We are looking for striking images that represent our focus areas which include:
The founding premise behind the Coral and Turtle Watch programs is to identify the impacts of climate change, and these changes will likely increase hence the need to continue to raise awareness of this so that we can adapt to these changes. For more information about any one of these programs, please visit the Program page, and for summaries see details to the right. If you choose to include people in your submission, you are responsible for obtaining necessary releases from the individuals depicted and must be able to provide copies of those releases to ECOMAR upon request. A sample release form may be downloaded here. All photographs should accurately reflect subject matter and the scene as it appeared. Photos altered beyond standard optimization (cropping, color and contrast, exposure, sharpening, spotting, etc.) will be disqualified. High-quality scans of non-digital photographs are acceptable. Digital photographs should be taken at the highest resolution possible. Photographs must be in a .jpeg, .jpg or .gif format. Files submitted may not be larger than 20MB. The following details must be included with each image submitted:
Each photographer may enter up to 5 photos per program, however no more than 2 photos will be selected as winners from each entrant. WHO MAY ENTER ECOMAR's First Annual Photography Competition is open to ALL photographers at least 18 years old, regardless of residence or citizenship, as long as the picture was taken in Belize. Only the photographer may enter their own photograph. HOW TO ENTER
Each photo must be submitted electronically by one of the following methods:
ENTRY DEADLINE Deadline for submitting entries is midnight September 30th, 2012. JUDGING All entries submitted will be reviewed by a panel of judges that will select 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each of the 6 categories. The 1st and 2nd place winners will be published in the 2013 calendar. The calendar cover will be selected by the public via Facebook. All submitted images will be published on Oct 1 and there will be a one month voting period for the cover image. The image that receives the most votes will appear on the cover. There is a limit of one vote per person for each photo. Winners will be announced online on or before November 15th, 2012 in addition to being contacted via email. PRIZES Each winner will be given a free copy of the calendar and additional prizes will be announced. |
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Terms & Conditions
By entering this contest, you agree to the terms and conditions relating to this contest and you are responsible for understanding Your Rights.
By entering, participants agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless ECOMAR, its respective subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents and representatives, from any and all third party liability for any injuries, loss, claim, action, demand or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the competition (collectively, "Losses"), including without limitation any third party claim for copyright infringement or a violation of an individual’s right to privacy and/or publicity right. The Contest is void where prohibited by law.
Each entrant in the Contest is responsible for ensuring that he or she has the right to submit the photos that he or she submits to the Contest per these rules.
You agree that any and all disputes that cannot be resolved with ECOMAR, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action without regard for rules of conflicts of law. IN ANY SUCH DISPUTE, PARTICIPANT SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ATTORNEYS' FEES, OR ANY DAMAGES OTHER THAN PARTICIPANT'S ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES (IF ANY) ASSOCIATED WITH PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST. YOU HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS TO HAVE DAMAGES MULTIPLIED OR INCREASED. The Contest and ECOMAR’s web site are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied.
ECOMAR is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by web site users or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the photo competition, or by any technical or human error that may occur in the processing of submissions to the photo competition, including but not limited to any misprints or typographical errors. ECOMAR assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. ECOMAR is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer equipment, servers, providers, computer on-line systems, software, or failure of email on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site, including injury or damage to participant's or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating or uploading images or information in the photo contest.
By entering the contest, entrants grant ECOMAR a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive license to display, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works of the entries, in whole or in part, in any media now existing or subsequently developed, for any educational, promotional, publicity, exhibition, archival, scholarly and all other standard purposes. Any photograph reproduced will include a photographer credit as feasible. ECOMAR will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such uses.
If, for any reason, the photo competition is not capable of completion as planned, including but not limited to, any reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of ECOMAR that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the photo competition, ECOMAR reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the photo competition.
By entering this contest, you agree to the terms and conditions relating to this contest and you are responsible for understanding Your Rights.
By entering, participants agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless ECOMAR, its respective subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents and representatives, from any and all third party liability for any injuries, loss, claim, action, demand or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the competition (collectively, "Losses"), including without limitation any third party claim for copyright infringement or a violation of an individual’s right to privacy and/or publicity right. The Contest is void where prohibited by law.
Each entrant in the Contest is responsible for ensuring that he or she has the right to submit the photos that he or she submits to the Contest per these rules.
You agree that any and all disputes that cannot be resolved with ECOMAR, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action without regard for rules of conflicts of law. IN ANY SUCH DISPUTE, PARTICIPANT SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ATTORNEYS' FEES, OR ANY DAMAGES OTHER THAN PARTICIPANT'S ACTUAL OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES (IF ANY) ASSOCIATED WITH PARTICIPATING IN THE CONTEST. YOU HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS TO HAVE DAMAGES MULTIPLIED OR INCREASED. The Contest and ECOMAR’s web site are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied.
ECOMAR is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by web site users or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the photo competition, or by any technical or human error that may occur in the processing of submissions to the photo competition, including but not limited to any misprints or typographical errors. ECOMAR assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. ECOMAR is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer equipment, servers, providers, computer on-line systems, software, or failure of email on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site, including injury or damage to participant's or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating or uploading images or information in the photo contest.
By entering the contest, entrants grant ECOMAR a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive license to display, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works of the entries, in whole or in part, in any media now existing or subsequently developed, for any educational, promotional, publicity, exhibition, archival, scholarly and all other standard purposes. Any photograph reproduced will include a photographer credit as feasible. ECOMAR will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such uses.
If, for any reason, the photo competition is not capable of completion as planned, including but not limited to, any reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond the control of ECOMAR that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the photo competition, ECOMAR reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the photo competition.
