Celebrate the Adventure photo contest

Recall your most exciting moments in Scouting as the BSA prepares to observe its 100th anniversary in 2010.

Pull out the images that capture your personal adventures in Scouting and share them with us by entering our Celebrate the Adventure photo contest. Send us your favorite photographs -- active pack events, troop camp-outs, high-adventure trips -- and consider photos of all your exciting moments in Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, Varsity Scouting, Venturing.

If you're named a winner, you'll receive a BSA Supply Group gift card -- Grand Prize: $400; 1st Place: $300; 2nd Place: $200; 3rd Place: $100; Honorable Mention: $25.

Also, our 1.2 million readers will see your winning photos in the March-April 2010 issue of Scouting magazine.

RULES FOR ENTERING

• The contest is open to all BSA registered adult members.
• We must receive your entries by Oct. 1, 2009.
• No more than three entries per person (digital and print combined).
• Digital photographs should be taken using the camera's highest quality setting.
• Only compressed JPEG files with a minimum size of 750KB and a maximum compressed file size of 1MB will be accepted.
• If selected for publication, an uncompressed JPEG image file of at least 9 MB will be required.

All entries become the property of Scouting magazine. Winners must certify that photographs are their own original work. For reproduction of photographs in the magazine, all winners may be asked to provide original media, either the color negative or (if digital) a JPEG file of their entry.

No photographs will be returned. The BSA, Scouting magazine, and its agents are not responsible for loss of photographs. The decisions of the judges are final.

ENTER ONLINE

Use the form below to submit your contest entry. Note: you may provide up to three photos (per the contest rules, above), but you do not need to provide them all at once (if you submit one today, you may return to this site and submit up to two others at a later date). Please refer to the rules, above, regarding the format and size of image files.