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 2010 Photo Essay Entry Form & Rules12/1/2009
2010 PHOTO ESSAY ENTRY FORM (Attach to back of photo essay) Students’ names (team entry) _______________________________________ ________________________, ___________________, __________________ Student’s name (single entry) _______________________________________ School ________________________________________________________ Address _______________________________________________________ Contact phone (to notify finalists) ___________________________________ Teacher’s name (print) ____________________________________________ Division (elementary, middle or high school) ________________Grade_______ Teacher’s signature ______________________________________________ By signing this form, the teacher certifies that the photos entered in the contest were taken by the named student (s) and that the entry is being made in the appropriate division. OFFICIAL RULES - Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury, Conn., and Olympus Imaging America Inc. are teaming up to present the Fourth Annual Photo Essay Contest For Students with divisions for elementary, middle and high schools. The theme of this year’s essay is “Our School: Preparing Youth For Life.” There is no fee to participate. Prizes For All Divisions Olympus Imaging America Inc. will provide digital cameras to the first place entry in all three divisions. First place entries will also receive 20 Quassy Amusement Park passes that may be used for school fundraisers or student awards. Second place entries will receive 10 park passes and third place entries five park passes. Distinguished Excellence Awards will be presented in all three divisions, provided by Quassy Amusement Park. Cameras will be presented as prizes to individual student winners or a team entry. Cameras presented to winning team entries become the property of the school. The award-winning photo essays will be displayed at the park at the conclusion of the contest. Contest Rules Photos must be shot by student teams (up to four students on a team) or individual students at their school. Film or digital cameras may be used. Up to 12 essays may be entered from each school (teams and individual). Essays must consist of at least eight photos with prints not larger than 5 by 7 inches. Photos must be mounted on a single piece of poster board with the entry form, signed by a faculty member at the participating school, attached to the back. Essays may be dropped off at the park office or mailed to: Photo Essay Contest, Quassy Amusement Park, Route 64, PO Box 887, Middlebury, CT 06762. All entries must be received by May 1, 2010. Finalists will be invited to the awards ceremony to be held at Quassy Amusement Park on May 16, 2010. Judging will be conducted by Debra Aleksinas, features editor at the Republican-American newspaper in Waterbury, Conn., and Ron Gustafson, director of educational programs and photographer for Quassy Amusement Park. The decision of judges will be final. Official entry forms are available at www.quassy.com on the Press Room page.
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