Official Contest Rules

Eligibility
Flags Across The Nation (FLAGS) I Love America Day photo contest is open to everyone. FLAGS Staff, Board of Directors and their immediate family members are not eligible for prizes.

Each Entrant may submit no more than one (1) orginal and never exhibited photo.

Use of Photos
Individuals may retain copyrights to their work, but it is expressly understood and agreed to that by submitting an entry to FLAGS, the entrant gives permission to FLAGS to edit, publish, distribute, and republish photos in any medium or form. When possible, FLAGS will notify contestants whenever further use of photos is anticipated.

Theme Suggestions:
Based on Reflections of Love for America

• Patriotism
• Liberty and Freedom
• Military
• Americana scenes of landscape culture
• Images of the American Flag

Submission
Submit your photo using our photo submission page.
Please do not call, write or e-mail about the status of a submission. You will be contacted if you are a winner.

Each photo submitted must list the entrant’s name, address, phone number, e-mail, photo title and a short description about how the photo relates to I Love America Day.

Photos may be color, sepia or black and white and must be orginal and never exhibited before. The resolution may be of any size as long as the uploaded image does not exceed 1,000KB (1MB). Photos must not be altered in any way, other than necessary burning, dodging and cropping. Photo entries must be borderless and free of enhancements.

All entries must be submitted to FLAGS not later than midnight, Eastern Standard Time, March 19, 2009.

Prizes and Recognition
There will be 3 winners selected for the contest. First place winner will receive $300. Second and third place winners will receive prizes donated by contest sponsors. Honorable mention winners may be selected.

Approximately 13 entries will be selected for use in a Flags Across the Nation Patriotic Quilt. The selected photo images will be imprinted on fabric and then sewn together to make a quilt which will be added to the current Flags Across The Nation Flags of Freedom Patriotic Traveling Exhibit. Those 13 photographers will be recognized for their expertise, talent and contributions.

Judging
Judges appointed by FLAGS will judge all entries and select all winners. Judges will base their decisions on creativity, content, and effectiveness. Their decisions are final.

When the judges have made their decisions, winners will be notified. All results will be posted on the www.iloveamericaday.org and the www.flagsacrossthenation.org web sites.

FLAGS reserves the right to change or amend contest rules at any time. Entries that fail to comply with rules in effect at the time of submission will be disqualified.

Flags Across the Nation is a grassroots 501(c) (3) non-profit/volunteer-run organization that promotes patriotism through the arts. In 2001, FLAGS was established in response to the terrorist attacks and events of 9/11. FLAGS offers all Americans, of all ages, opportunities to visually demonstrate and share love of country, respect for the American Flag and support for our troops, wounded warriors and veterans.