PUBLICATIONS & PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONTESTS
All Auxiliarists are invited to submit their publications,
public affairs projects, and photos from 1 January 2007 to 1 May
2008 in the 2008 Coast Guard Auxiliary Public Affairs Contests.
Next year’s contest will be for activities from 1 May 2008 to 30
April 2009.
Publication (PB) Contest entrants will be made electronically.
Entrants are to Email the URL or a .pdf of their publication to
the PB contest coordinator who, in turn, will advise other
judges of the URL/.pdf. Entries consist of a full year’s
worth of a publication. If unable to send publication
URL’s or .pdf’s, paper submittals will be accepted.
Entrants must submit five (5) sets of publications to the
address specified by the Contest coordinator. Contestants must
be winners of their respective District contests. District
or Division units must submit a minimum of three (3)
publications. Flotillas must submit a minimum of four (4)
publications. Entries should be submitted to Manny Romero,
BC-ANT,
manny.romero@nau.edu
Public Affairs Contest (PA) entrants will E-mail a synopsis of
their project, activity, etc. to the PA Contest coordinator.
Backup, paper copies may be submitted at the entrant’s
discretion. Five copies need to be sent to the PA contest
coordinator. The coordinator will provide the appropriate
mailing address on receipt of the entrant’s Email notification.
These will be presented for the best district, division and
flotilla projects. There are four basic categories:
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Use of imagination and creativity.
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Promoting the Auxiliary programs and
Auxiliary image.
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Clarity of writing and ease of replication.
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Attracting the attention of the media and the boating
public. Entries should be E-mailed to Linda Shogren at:arcticlunasea@yahoo.com.
Photo Contest entries must be in digital .jpg format.
Only red eye removal, lighting enhancements, and cropping are
permitted. Photos may be color or black and white.
Seven categories are judged: Public Affairs, Fellowship,
Marine Safety, Member Services, Operations, Public Education,
and Vessel Safety Checks. Digital Photos must be a minimum
of 3 megapixels. Entries should be E-mailed to the Photo
Contest Coordinator, Joe Cirone at:
jpcirone@warwick.net
All entries must be submitted by 1 May 2008. Judging
reports are due to DC-A/DC-Ad not later than 30 May 2008.
First place winners of each contest will be announced at NACON
2008 in
Orlando.
Here is a showing of past winners. All pictures can
be seen together on the Public Affairs image library at
image.auxpa.org. File
sized below are very large.
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