Welcome to the 2010 Youth Photo Contest!
Note: The Submission Period Has Ended. Please check the home page on March 22nd, 2010 for the results.
Public health is the practice of preventing disease and promoting good health within groups of people, from small communities to entire countries.
-American Public Health Association
As part of Oregon Public Health Month, Community Health Priorities, a project of the Northwest Health Foundation, is pleased to sponsor the 2010 Oregon Youth Photo Contest!
Why?
With this photo contest, we are looking at different ways to show public health and healthy (or unhealthy) communities. Health can take many forms, and public health serves many functions. The environment in which you live, work, and play affects your health. For example, do your streets provide safe places to bike and walk? Are your schools and stores filled with negative or positive advertising? Can you find fresh fruits and vegetables at your local convenient store? Is there something polluting the air where you regularly play? Are their volunteers who help kids walk to school safely in your neighborhood?
Using the lens of your camera, we want to see what you believe makes a healthy community!
What could I win?
The following prizes will be awarded:
1st Prize $300
2nd Prize $200
3rd Prize $100
Who will see my photo?
Photos will be exhibited at a variety of events around the state, including the Community Health Priorities website, during Public Health Week (April 5 - 9) in Portland, at a first Thursday art event in May, and at the State Capitol in Salem.
Who can enter?
Participation is open to any youth in Oregon, aged 12 to 18 years old on the date of submission (March 15, 2010).
What are the rules for the photo?
Limit one entry per person. File format must be in JPG format and a preferred minimum image size of 4 megapixels.
The following themes may help you “focus” - but feel free to show us how you see it:
Ironic
The world around us is full of contradictions or ironies. In public health this can take many forms. Can you capture this?
Persuasive
Can you take a picture that might persuade someone to change an unhealthy behavior? Or take on a certain healthy behavior or activity? In other words, inspire us!
Innovative
How can you get people to understand that health can be looked at in so many different ways?
How do I submit my photo?
To enter, simply fill out the information below and upload your photo by midnight on March 15, 2010
Also, to ensure that your photo doesn’t get lost, please include your name in the image’s filename (i.e. janedoe1.jpeg).
A Title and Caption for your photo is required. While a title provides a short description or introduction to your picture, a caption of 50 words or less, will tell us a bit more about why you took the photo.
You can see last year’s entries on our flickr page.
Who will be judging the contest?
A panel of judges comprised of youth, government public health officers and employees from Oregon companies and nonprofits will select winners on March 22nd, 2010.
Judging will be based on 5 categories:
- Presentation - Mechanics related to spelling, punctuation of title & caption
- Expression of “public health” theme - Presence and connection of public health theme
- Artistry/Composition - Photograph’s visual quality
- Creativity/Originality - Originality of message of entire submission
- Overall Impact - Of the public health message
To see a copy of the rubric the judges will use, click here.
Is there anything else I need to know?
By submitting a photo, you agree that this is an original photo that you have taken, and that Northwest Health Foundation’s Community Health Priorities project may use your photo for future, non-commercial purposes.
The photographer will take full responsibility for the content of the photo.
Good Luck!
Can you repeat the most important parts one more time?
Before you submit your photo, please be sure you have completed this checklist as incomplete submissions will not be accepted.
- Youth, aged 12 - 18 on March 15, 2010.
- Live in Oregon
- File format should be JPG format, suggested 4 megapixels, max 8MB filesize.
- Include your name in the image’s filename (e.g. janedoe1.jpeg)
- Title
- Caption (50 words or less)
- You’ve captured what public health means to you in a photo.
Sorry, The Submission Period Has Ended. Please check the home page on March 22nd, 2010 for the results.
Need help submitting your image? Please let us know.
