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Photo Contest: Calling all Photography Students

Terms and Conditions
The Hanford Reach Interpretive Center wants to see the world through your eyes! We are seeking photo submissions from area high school students involved with photography. Submit your photos that celebrate the Columbia River and the local, natural environment. The top six photos will be turned into postcards for our Postcards from the REACH project. The project will showcase images depicting different topics and themes in a series of postcards that will be available to the public by donation. The photographers of the chosen six photographs will each be awarded a cash prize! All winners and participants will be invited to our awards reception on Thursday, May 24th, 2012 at the Keewaydin branch of the Mid-Columbia Library from 6pm to 8pm. Photos will be on display from Friday, August 31st to Sunday, September 2nd at the Tumbleweed Music Festival in Howard Amon Park in Richland. Submission Deadline is Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 Finalists to Be Announced on Friday, May 18th, 2012

Who is Eligible?
Students in high school who are in or have taken photography classes, currently involved with a photography club or other extracurricular photography organization.

Send All Entries to:

By Email: By Mail: VisitTheReach@gmail.com

The Hanford Reach Interpretive Center PO Box 1160 Richland, WA 99352 Drop Off at: 1766 Fowler St, Ste B Richland, WA 99352

For more information contact Stephanie Button at 943-4100 or StephanieB@visitthereach.org

Submission Requirements:
All photos must be submitted in a .jpeg format. Entries may be submitted through email* or must be on either a flashdrive or a CD.
* 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. Files submitted may not be larger than 2,048k (2Mb). The finalists will be asked to submit a high-resolution file or an original negative, print or slide. Original negatives, prints, or slides will be returned to finalists in addition to any flashdrives or CDs.

Students are allowed to enter maximum of (3) photos If a student chooses to submit more than one photo, all submissions may be combined onto one flashdrive or CD, provided that each .jpeg file is independently labeled. Each .jpeg file must be labeled with photographers last name and photo title. Each photograph submitted must be accompanied with a three sentence statement about why you took this picture, what is the picture of, and how it relates to one of the themes below.

Pick a Theme to Explore and Interpret. If entering multiple photographs,

each one must represent a different theme.

Themes:
The Columbia River The Hanford Reach is the last free-flowing, undammed part of the Columbia River The Hanford Reach National Monument and wildlife refuge Ice Age Floods Basalt Flows White Bluffs pioneers and early settlers to the Mid-Columbia Basin Environmental Restoration Shrub Steppe Plants and Animals native to the Mid-Columbia region Tourism and Recreation Preservation and Stewardship Green Economy and Sustainability Agriculture Wind Farms

For more information contact Stephanie Button at 943-4100 or StephanieB@visitthereach.org

For a photo in which a person is recognizable, you must secure a model release from the subject or, in the case of a minor, the subjects parent or guardian and provide it to the REACH upon request. A sample release will be made available on our website, www.visitthereach.org.

Winning Photographs Selected for Postcards from the REACH

The top six selected will be turned into postcards. All proceeds will benefit the education and programs of the Hanford Reach Interpretive Center. The selected photographers will be credited on their respective photographs and will be given a scholarship cash prize of $50. By entering the contest, entrants grant the Hanford Reach Interpretive Center a royaltyfree, 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 REACH purposes. Any photograph reproduced will include a photographer credit as feasible. The Hanford Reach Interpretive Center will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such uses. The REACH reserves the right to cancel the contest or modify these rules at its discretion. Decisions of the Hanford Reach Interpretive Center will be final.

For more information contact Stephanie Button at 943-4100 or StephanieB@visitthereach.org