Eligibility

MOAA's patriotic photo contest is open to all members of the association and their spouses, including amateur and professional photographers. The member or spouse must be the sole author and own all rights to any photo entered. MOAA headquarters staff, members of the board of directors, and their immediate family members are not eligible for entry.

Each entrant may submit only one photo in each of four categories (Camaraderie; Military Family; On Duty; Vintage) for a total of no more than four entries per entrant. Separate and completed entry forms must accompany each photo submitted.

Photos entered in the Vintage category must have been taken on or before Dec. 31, 1980; photos entered in all other categories must have been taken on or after Jan. 1, 2000.

Submission

Mail entries to MOAA Photo Contest, 201 N. Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. Entries will not be returned. Please do not call, write, or e-mail MOAA about the status of your entry. We will contact you if you are a winner.

Photos may be color or black and white and in the form of prints or photo-quality printouts no larger than 8" x 10". Photos shot digitally are eligible, but entrants must submit a print.

Images must not have been altered in any way other than necessary burning, dodging, and cropping. Photographers are not permitted to place borders or frames around their images or to place watermarks, signatures, dates, or copyright notices on their images.

Attach a label to the back of each print specifying the category and including your name, address, and telephone number. Do not write on the photo itself. Do not send photos in frames or glass mounts. Loose prints are preferred.

Entries must be received no later than 4 p.m., Eastern time, March 15, 2005. Individual photographers retain copyrights to their work, but by submitting an entry give MOAA permission to edit, publish, distribute, or republish photos in any form or medium.

Judging

Judges appointed by MOAA will choose the winners. Judges will base their decisions on creativity, photographic quality, and effectiveness. Obscene, provocative, or otherwise questionable content will be disqualified. The judges' decision on all matters related to the competition is final, and no correspondence will be entered into concerning the competition's judging and MOAA.

Judges will select first-, second-, and third-place winners in each category. Winners will be notified using contact information on the entry form. First-place winners will be published in the July 2005 issue of Military Officer; other entries may be published at the editors' discretion. First-place winners will receive $500; second- and third-place winners will receive items from the MOAA Exchange. Honorable mention winners may be selected in categories with especially large numbers of entries, at the judges' discretion.

MOAA 2005 Patriotic Photo Contest — Entry Form

Please submit a separate, completed form for each photo submitted.