8th Annual National Public Lands Day Volunteer Photo Contest

The winning photos for the 8th Annual National Public Lands Day Photo Contest have now been chosen!

View this year's winners.

This year the contest had two categories. First is "Volunteers in Action", highlighting the great volunteer work taking place on NPLD. Prizes were awarded for adult photographers and girl scout photographers 17 years and younger. (An additional category for photographers 17 years and younger was not awarded prizes due to lack of submissions.) These photos demonstrate volunteers in action, working to improve a treasured public land area this past September. Second was a new category called "Transformative Change", which showcases before and after photos of the NPLD work sites. The winning photos will be published in newsletters and may be used in next year's promotional posters and brochures.

In addition to great AVEENO gift baskets as prizes for the contest winners, there will be a $500 donation made to the sites affiliated with the top 5 photographs in the new "Transformative Change" category in support of their continued commitment to transformation.

Thank you to all those volunteers and site managers who submitted photos for the contest. We appreciate your efforts to care for our nation's public lands and celebrate their beauty!

AVEENO® gift baskets were given as prizes for the contest winners in each category, a $500 donation was also made to the site affiliated with the top five (5) photographs in this new Transformative Change category in support of their continued commitment to transformation!

Volunteers in Action - Details

• All photographs must be taken at a work site in connection with a National Public Lands Day 2008 event.
• Prizes will be awarded for the best photos of Volunteers in Action. Photos should reflect, in a visually interesting and creative way, volunteers working on a specific task at the project site.  Photos must include people!

Prizes will be awarded in the following categories:

• (A.) Photographers 17 years and under;

• (B.) Photographers 18 years and older; and
• (C.) Girl Scout photographers 17 years and under.

To be considered, we ask that you indicate your category by letter (A, B, or C) with your submission.

There will be nine prizes awarded in the Volunteers in Action category.

Transformative Change - Details

• All photographs must be taken at a work site in connection with a National Public Lands Day 2008 event.
• Prizes will be awarded for the best photos of Transformative Change. Photos should reflect, in a visually interesting and creative way, the ways volunteers have transformed a specific aspect of a project site.
• All entries must include two photographs. The first photograph must display a specific location at the project site before work begins at the National Public Lands Day event. The second photograph must display that same location after work ends at the National Public Lands Day event.

There will be five prizes awarded in the Transformative Change category.

Entries for the NPLD 2008 Photo Contest are no longer being accepted:

 

National Environmental Education Foundation
Attn: NPLD Photo Contest
4301 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 160
Washington, DC 20008

For questions contact:
National Public Lands Day Program Coordinator at  (202) 261-6478 or npld@neefusa.org.

Contest Rules:
No purchase necessary.  All contest participants must be residents of the U.S. and meet all eligibility requirements. Void where prohibited. Please read the complete contest rules.