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PUBLICATIONS & PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONTESTSAll 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:
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
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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