"Infrastructure: Your Point of View"
2009 Report Card for America's Infrastructure Photo and Video Contest

CALL FOR ENTRIES

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is sponsoring a contest for images that illustrate America's infrastructure. ASCE is looking for your point of view on the crumbling conditions of the infrastructure in your neighborhood or the creative ways an infrastructure problem has been solved. Submissions should depict the condition of current infrastructure in the 15 categories that will be evaluated for the 2009 Report Card for America's Infrastructure. One winner in each of the 15 categories will be selected to receive a $100 cash prize. One image will be selected for the overall Grand Prize of $1,000.

Alternatively, entrants are invited to submit a short video that demonstrates the need for improvement in any of the Report Card categories or depicts a solution to the problem of crumbling infrastructure. Videos may be submitted for each of the 15 categories or as a separate subject and will be judged alongside photo submissions for the Grand Prize.

A winning submission in each category will be selected and may appear in conjunction with the release of the 2009 Report Card for America's Infrastructure that will be released March 25, 2009. The Report Card is part of a public campaign to raise awareness of America's critical infrastructure needs, failures and improvements.

Eligibility

The contest is open to both amateur and professional photographers and videographers, 18 years of age and older. Photos and videos must depict infrastructure located in the United States. Entrants must hold the original and exclusive copyright to all materials submitted. Staff and relatives of staff of the American Society of Civil Engineers are not eligible to receive cash prizes.

Contest Guidelines

• Only digital images will be accepted.
• Images can be full color or duotone.
• Photos must be uploaded to the photo sharing site Flickr and be tagged with the term "ascereportcard". Then send an email to govwash@asce.org with the photo's URL on Flickr and your contact information.
• Do not email images directly to ASCE: They will not be considered as part of the contest.

Include the following information in the body of your e-mail:

• Complete contact information for the photographer (name and/or Flickr handle, preferred mailing address, phone, fax and e-mail)
• Name of the project or site photographed
• Location of the site photographed (city and state)
• Description of the project/site and factors affecting its current condition
• Date the photograph was taken
• Public URL for the image on Flickr

Entrants may submit up to three images per category

To upload your submission to Flickr

1. Log into your Flickr account (or create one for free)
2. Follow Flickr's instructions to upload your photos
3. Make sure they are listed as "public" (anyone can see them)
4. At the upload screen, enter the term "ascereportcard" in the Tags box. You may add any of your own individual tags, but make sure to include the one for this contest.
5. Click "Save"

For video submissions, all videos must be uploaded to YouTube and tagged with the term "ascereportcard". Videos should not exceed two minutes in length. Then, send an email to govwash@asce.org with the video's URL on YouTube, and your contact information.

Do not email videos directly to ASCE: They will not be considered as part of the contest.

Include the following information in the body of your e-mail

• Complete contact information for the videographer (name and/or YouTube handle, preferred mailing address, phone, fax and e-mail)
• Name of the project or site depicted (if any)
• Location of the site depicted (city and state)
• Description of the project/site and factors affecting its current condition (if any)
• Description of the problem being solved in the video (if applicable)
• Date the video was produced
• Public URL for the image on YouTube

To upload your submission to YouTube

1. Log into your YouTube account (or create one for free at www.youtube.com )
2. Click "upload" on the top horizontal menu
3. At the upload screen, enter the term "ascereportcard" in the Tags box. You may add any of your own individual tags, but make sure to include the one for this contest. (You may also name your video and add a description)
4. Make sure the broadcast option is set for "public"
5. Select the file from your computer to submit.
6. Hit "Upload"

Restrictions

• Photos must not be retouched or altered. Photographs must have been taken in 2008. Videos may be altered or animated.
• All entries must be received by January 16, 2009. Late entries will not be accepted.
• In entering this contest, you agree to transfer the exclusive copyright interest in the image or video submission to ASCE, which includes the right to publish all images in all forms of media and for all purposes, and you acknowledge that such images shall become the sole property of ASCE upon their receipt. Entrants retain a nonexclusive license to publish, display, adapt, or distribute the images for their personal benefit, subject to the terms of this contest. Receipt of entries will not be acknowledged and entries cannot be revoked. ASCE assumes no responsibility for lost entries.

Awards

Winning images will be determined by the Report Card Advisory Council. The Council reserves the right not select a winning image in every category. Winners will be announced by late January. Photographer credit will be noted for all images published.

Images and videos may not be published in any non-ASCE digital or print publication before the release of the Report Card for America's Infrastructure 2009.

Prizes must be claimed within 60 days of award notification.