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22nd Annual Coastal ND Ocean Amateur Photography Contest
Submit your photos of the scenic coast and Pacific Ocean off California, people and the California coast, or California ocean and coastal wildlife to the 22nd Annual California Coastal & Ocean Amateur Photography Contest! Entry is free and open to the public.
Contest Prize & TERMS
PRIZE DETAILS:
Four contest winners will be announced. Online voters will pick one Viewers' Choice winner, while Judges' Choice winners will be selected for first through third place. Winners will select from the following donated prize packages:
- Four tickets for a San Diego whale watch cruise, courtesy of San Diego Whale Watch; and four tickets for a kayak or paddleboard wildlife tour of Mission Bay, courtesy of Aqua Adventures.
- Two tickets for a Santa Barbara whale watch cruise, courtesy of Condor Express; two tickets for a Morro Bay kayak tour, courtesy of Central Coast Outdoors; and two tickets for a winery tour, courtesy of Malibu Wine Hikes.
- Two tickets for a Moss Landing whale watch cruise, courtesy of Sea Goddess Whale Watching; one stand-up paddleboard lesson courtesy of 510 Waterline, Richmond; and one Tomales Bay double kayak adventure, courtesy of Blue Waters Kayaking.
- Two tickets for a Monterey whale watching cruise courtesy of Discovery Whale Watch; a stand up paddleboard or kayak rental, courtesy of SeaTrek Sausalito; a kayak rental courtesy of Stacked Adventures, Alameda; and two stand-up paddle board classes and rentals, courtesy of Mike's Paddle, Alameda. Not eligible to enter? - Find contest where you are.
COPYRIGHT: By entering this contest, each contest entrant agrees to grant the California Coastal Commission and the Thank You Ocean Campaign a perpetual, royalty-free, nonexclusive and irrevocable license to use, reproduce, adopt, distribute, publish, use in the creation of derivative works, use in advertising or for commercial purposes, and display the Photograph(s), or any part of it, and to grant to any third party a coextensive sublicense to use the Photograph(s) for governmental or educational purposes or for promoting public awareness of the coast and ocean. USAGE RIGHTS: By entering this contest, each contest entrant agrees to allow the California Coastal Commission and the Thank You Ocean Campaign and its sponsors to: (1) reproduce the Photograph(s); (2) use it in whole or in part, at any time, in composite or distorted form, in color or otherwise; (3) publish it through any medium, including, but not limited to, printed medium, video and/or on the internet; and (4) exhibit it. Photographer credit will be given for Photograph(s) published by the Coastal Commission or the Thank You Ocean Campaign.
- Four tickets for a San Diego whale watch cruise, courtesy of San Diego Whale Watch; and four tickets for a kayak or paddleboard wildlife tour of Mission Bay, courtesy of Aqua Adventures.
- Two tickets for a Santa Barbara whale watch cruise, courtesy of Condor Express; two tickets for a Morro Bay kayak tour, courtesy of Central Coast Outdoors; and two tickets for a winery tour, courtesy of Malibu Wine Hikes.
- Two tickets for a Moss Landing whale watch cruise, courtesy of Sea Goddess Whale Watching; one stand-up paddleboard lesson courtesy of 510 Waterline, Richmond; and one Tomales Bay double kayak adventure, courtesy of Blue Waters Kayaking.
- Two tickets for a Monterey whale watching cruise courtesy of Discovery Whale Watch; a stand up paddleboard or kayak rental, courtesy of SeaTrek Sausalito; a kayak rental courtesy of Stacked Adventures, Alameda; and two stand-up paddle board classes and rentals, courtesy of Mike's Paddle, Alameda. Not eligible to enter? - Find contest where you are.
COPYRIGHT: By entering this contest, each contest entrant agrees to grant the California Coastal Commission and the Thank You Ocean Campaign a perpetual, royalty-free, nonexclusive and irrevocable license to use, reproduce, adopt, distribute, publish, use in the creation of derivative works, use in advertising or for commercial purposes, and display the Photograph(s), or any part of it, and to grant to any third party a coextensive sublicense to use the Photograph(s) for governmental or educational purposes or for promoting public awareness of the coast and ocean. USAGE RIGHTS: By entering this contest, each contest entrant agrees to allow the California Coastal Commission and the Thank You Ocean Campaign and its sponsors to: (1) reproduce the Photograph(s); (2) use it in whole or in part, at any time, in composite or distorted form, in color or otherwise; (3) publish it through any medium, including, but not limited to, printed medium, video and/or on the internet; and (4) exhibit it. Photographer credit will be given for Photograph(s) published by the Coastal Commission or the Thank You Ocean Campaign.
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