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Official Rules

2009 CWPT Annual Photography Contest

Who can enter?

Anyone 13 years and older—worldwide—can enter the contest.

Employees, relatives of employees, and contractors of CWPT and the Contest Sponsors are not allowed to enter the contest.

The Basics of the Contest

Individuals may enter their photos into any of four different contest categories:

Civil War Battlefields (tag: CWPT09BF)
This category is for all your great photos of scenic Civil War battlefields.
See Example »

People on Civil War Battlefields (tag: CWPT09P)
This category focuses on people visiting or enjoying Civil War battlefields.
See Example »

Preservation Threats (tag: CWPT09PT)
Enter your photos that showcase modern threats to Civil War battlefields.
See Example »

Then & Now (tag: CWPT09TN)
In this category entrants will upload a historic photo and a modern photo
of the same Civil War site.
See Example »

Individuals may enter as many photos as they would like into the contest, but each photo may only be entered into one of our contest categories. If multiple categories are applied to a submitted photo the CWPT may choose to honor one of those categories that best fits the submitted photo.

All photos entries to the CWPT Photo Contest must be submitted via our CWPT site on Flickr™.

The Entry Deadline

Submissions for the 2009 CWPT Photo Contest will be accepted between June 1st, 2009 and August 31st, 2009. Winners will be announced in September 2009.

Contest Awards

From all the qualified photos we will select a First, Second, and Third Place winner in each of the 4 contest categories. We will also select one Grand Prize winner from all the submitted photos, regardless of category (13 awards total).

Grand Prize

One winner will receive a CWPT Photo Contest 2009 plaque and their photo will be included in various CWPT presentations, both online and offline. The Grand Prize winner will also receive a one-year CWPT membership and complimentary registration to our 2010 Annual Conference.

First Place winner in each category

Four winners total will receive a CWPT Photo Contest 2009 plaque and their photos will be included in various CWPT presentations, both online and offline. The First Place winners will also receive a one-year CWPT membership (or membership extension). Additionally, the winner of the “Then and Now” category will receive a free registration to the Center for Civil War Photography’s 2010 Image of War seminar (date and location to be announced).

Second and Third place winners in each category

Four second place and four third place winners will receive a CWPT Photo Contest 2009 plaque and their photos may be included in various CWPT presentations, both online and offline.

Judging

Judging will be done by a select group of CWPT employees and other photographic experts in our community.

Entering photos in the contest

For photos to be considered for the 2009 CWPT Digital Photo contest they will need to be added to our CWPT Flickr™ Group (American Civil War Battlefields). Submitted photos will also need to be “tagged” with one of the category tags. More information on how to add a tag to a photo in Flickr »

Civil War Battlefields: CWPT09BF

People on Civil War Battlefields: CWPT09P

Preservation Threats: CWPT09PT

Then & Now: CWPT09TN

Image quality of all submitted photos is an important consideration. When submitting please try to upload the highest quality photo that you can. Ideally all submitted photos should have a minimum resolution of 1 megabyte. Flickr™ does limit photo uploads for basic level Flickr™ members (free) to 10 megabytes per photo and 20 megabytes per photo for “Pro” level ($24.95/year) Flickr™ members. The CWPT reserves the right to exclude photo submissions that may fall below certain basic minimum quality levels.

Individuals submitting photos must possess the full rights to their submitted photos. Photos including material of questionable ownership may be excluded. The one exception to this rule will be in the “Then and Now” category where historical photos in the public domain (ex. Historical photos of the Civil War that are in the public domain) and property attributed, can be accepted as supporting material.

Individuals submitting photos into the contest retain full rights to their photos, including ownership, but through the act of participation (entering a photo into our contest and tagging those photos with the appropriate contest tags) will also grant to the CWPT a non-exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free license to reproduce, distribute, and display the submitted photos which might include, by example, methods listed below:

- The right to publish the photo in our magazines and other non-electric media
- The right to publish the photo in any CWPT press release (online and offline)
- The right to publish the photo on our website (civilwar.org, CWPT Flickr™, etc.)
- The right to publish the photo in our CWPT calendar
- The right to use the photo’s title, your name, city, state, and country of residence in our publications.
- The right to publish the photo within any sponsors’ website, TV, and print properties
- Any CWPT contest photo published outside of our CWPT Flickr™ site will be presented with the photographer’s name – example: “Photo by Ulysses Grant”

We reserve sole rights to eliminate and/or delete photographic submissions to our Flickr™ group or content that we deem to be objectionable or of dubious provenance. No prior warning or notification will be required of the CWPT.

Types of photos that we would remove without warning:

- Photos that showcase dubious taste or themes
- Photos involving racial insensitivities
- Photos involving salacious subjects and presentations
- Photos that are unrelated to the American Civil War
- The CWPT will reserve the rights to change or modify all text associated with a photo entered into the contest. This would include titles of the photo, accompanying descriptions, and tags.

Winning photos (Grand Prize, 1st, 2nd, 3rd places) from past CWPT photo contests may not be re-entered into future contests.

Photos need not have been taken in the year in which they are being submitted.

CWPT Rights and Indemnifications

By entering the contest the participants agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Civil War Preservation Trust, its affiliates, employees, and officers from any issues, losses, or actions emanating from or in relation to the Civil War Preservation Trust photo contest. This would include any losses or issues related to third party claims of copyright infringement or violations of personal privacy.

The CWPT Photo Contest is void where prohibited by law.

Each participant in the photo contest is responsible for ensuring that they possess the full rights to the photos that they are submitting.

Each participant is responsible for accurately titling and describing their photos.

The CWPT at its sole discretion reserved the right to terminate, suspend, or modify the photo contest.