March 18, 2023
Champlain Centre, Plattsburgh, NY
11 AM - 3 PM
We invite you to share your water stories with us! Be inspired by water - Lake Champlain, brooks, rivers, ponds, oceans, other US and World Lakes and other water resources worth celebrating. In honor of World Water Day, help CBEI celebrate the beautiful water resources around us. We would love to see your original photos, writing, art and videography.
Here’s What You Need to Know!
- Entries must be received no later than 4:00 PM on Wednesday, March 8, 2023
- Open to all students in grades K-12 within the Lake Champlain watershed.
- No purchase required to enter or to receive recognition.
- Your class or group may submit a maximum of 3 entries.
- All entries must include a brief artist statement or author’s note.
- Please contact us if you are unsure if your entry fits into a category or presentation format.
Click here for complete rules
Click here for the Entry and Photo Release Forms
Click here for the Celebrate World Water Day 2023 flyer
Complete Contest Rules
Here’s What You Need to Know! Identify Your Category:
- Celebrate Water
- Spread the Word
- Citizens Science and Civic Action
- Act Locally Think Globally
- Writing
- Art
- Photography
- Videography
- Entries must be 300 words or less.
- A competition entry form must be completed.
- If your art entry is larger than 11x17 please contact us so we can determine display requirements.
- If you wish to have your original art returned to you, you have two options: pick up the artwork at the event or provide a self-addressed stamped envelope.
- A competition entry form must be completed.
- All entries must be original.
- 1-5 photographs may be submitted.
- Use the highest setting on your camera. For the image to be clear, photos must be at least 3 megapixels, but preferably 6 megapixels or higher.
- ONLY JPEG images will be accepted
- Photographs may be emailed to lcbp@lcbp.org. The LCBP will plan to print photos in 8X10 format for exhibit purposes.
- A competition entry form must be completed.
- All parts of each video entry must be your original video; music must be original, used with permission, or from an open source.
- Entries must be 15-120 seconds in length.
- All entries must be uploaded to YouTube and a competition entry form must be completed. Your entry form must provide a link to the YouTube URL.
Please note: Recognition awards will be made per team entry. You can have as many people on your team as you wish, but the awards will be team based to encourage groups working together to celebrate water resources! All entries must be accompanied by a contest entry form.
By submitting an entry, the entrant**:- Certifies that the entry submitted is entirely original.
- Takes any and all legal responsibility for breaches of copyright caused by plagiarism.
- Grants CBEI partners a license to reproduce the submitted work, in whole or in part, for any purpose, including research, on the internet, in print publications and/or in any other medium without compensation of any kind and to publish the school or classroom name, grade level and home city/state/province in conjunction with the work.
- If the entrant is under age 18, the adult representative assumes all liability for the entrant and indemnifies CBEI partners with respect to all matters related to the entry.
** Entrants under 18 must have an adult representative
Jericho Elementary 2018Click here for sampling of past entries.
Originality and Plagiarism Policy
All entries must be original, and must not be a copy of any existing work. You must have the legal right (no copyright or license restrictions) to use any music, photos, video, or other content included in your submission. See the Creative Commons website for more information. Whether you intend to or not, claiming that someone else's work is your own ("plagiarism") is a serious violation of copyright law. Plagiarism and forgery result in criminal sanctions, fines and civil damages. You must be very careful to make sure that your creation(s) is original and cannot be considered the work of others.
Lake Champlain Basin Program 54 West Shore Road, Grand Isle, VT 05458 or elee@lcbp.org by 4 PM on March 8, 2023