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UTAH LAKE PHOTO CONTEST

The Utah Lake Commission hosts a photo contest each year. This contest, sponsored by several local businesses, promotes the beauty of Utah Lake, the fun recreational activities available there, and the amazing photos and videos taken by local photographers!

As the Commission, our efforts in this contest are centered on showing Utah County and the rest of the world the beautiful scenery and entertaining recreation found at Utah Lake.  If you want to see more gorgeous photos submitted in the contests, see our Utah Lake Commission Flickr Photostream   OR check out the travelling gallery at one of the local public libraries!

Check out the rules for the 2022 Utah Lake Photo Contest below!

Contest Categories

  • Scenic
  • Fun
  • Instagram

Scenic

Utah Lake Scenery: Photos of the lake in all seasons, ice, sunsets, reflections, etc.

Fun

Utah Lake Fun: images of people enjoying recreational activities at the lake.

Instagram

Instagram: photos of anything and everything awesome about Utah Lake.

Submit your photo for the chance to win a prize!

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Contest Submission Period

Submissions open February 1, 2022 at 12:01 AM and close on September 1, 2022 11:59 PM. We will announce winners at the winner’s gallery, held in late September or October.

How to Enter

  • ALL categories, except IG
  • Instagram

ALL categories, except IG

  1. Complete the Google entry form for each submission (click on the button below to find the form). You may submit one or more photo (or video) for each of the three categories. You will upload your photo at the end of the Google entry form.
  2. *Please submit the highest quality photo you have.

Instagram

  1. INSTAGRAM ONLY: instead of submitting the form, the photograph must be posted to your Instagram account with both of these hashtags: #utahlakephotos and #utahlakeapc.
  2. *Instagram judging will be done according to the following categories:1st place – Most votes (on @UtahLake IG slideshow post at a future date TBD)2nd place – Utah Lake Commission Office Favorite (selected by staff of Utah Lake Commission)3rd place – Utah Lake Life (a photo that represents life at Utah Lake, see #utahlakelife for ideas)

Submit your photo for the chance to win a prize!

 

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Prizes

  • and more!

Prizes are still TBD!

and more!

Other prizes will likely include Amazon gift cards, Utah State Parks annual passes, Utah Lake swag and more!

JUDGING (*for all categories except Instagram)
Photos will be judged according to the following criteria:

Photos will be judged on a combination of originality, overall impact, artistic merit, and subject matter relevance to Utah Lake and its scenery and recreational opportunities.

Judging will be conducted by a panel selected by Utah Lake Commission at its sole discretion.

If your photo is selected for inclusion in Utah Lake Commission’s special exhibition, you will be notified by e-mail in September 2020 via the email address provided at the time of entry.

 

Winners Gallery
WINNER’S GALLERY:  The winners from all three categories will be on display at the week-long winner’s gallery, hosted this year at Allen’s Camera in Provo. The opening night will be a special event for the winners, their family/friends and anyone else interested. The photos will remain on display for normal business hours at Allen’s Camera for one week.

General Conditions and Indemnification
GENERAL CONDITIONS AND INDEMNIFICATION: By participating in this contest and/or by accepting any prize that you may be awarded, you agree that the Utah Lake Commission, Facebook, and their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, units and divisions; and Sponsor’s advertising and promotional agencies and prize suppliers; each of their respective officers, directors, agents, representatives and employees; and their respective successors, representatives and assigns (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) shall not be liable for any and all actions, claims, including any injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by your participation in this Contest or resulting from acceptance, possession or use of a prize. By participating in the Contest and/or accepting any prize, you agree to fully indemnify each Indemnified Party from any and all such claims by third parties. Apart from administering the Contest, the Utah Lake Commission is not obligated to use any of the above mentioned information, Submissions, but may do so, and may edit such information or materials, in the Utah Lake Commission’s sole discretion, without further obligation or compensation. The Indemnified Parties shall not be liable for: (i) late, lost, delayed, stolen, misdirected, incomplete, unreadable, inaccurate, garbled or unintelligible entries, communications or submissions; (ii) technical or computer malfunctions, or transmission errors; (iii) data corruption, theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alteration of entry or other materials; (iv) claims based on publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy; or (v) any printing, typographical, administrative or technological errors in any materials associated with the Contest. The Utah Lake Commission may prohibit participation in the Contest if, in its sole discretion, it determines a user is attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest by cheating, hacking, deception, or any other unfair playing practices of intending to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other participants or Utah Lake Commission employees. Submissions will not be returned or acknowledged. Any attempt at a form of entry other than as expressly specified in these rules (including but not limited to automated, copied, third-party or mechanically reproduced entries) is strictly prohibited and will result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute as to any Submission, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these Official Rules. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. Each entrant may be required to show proof of being an authorized account holder. If the Utah Lake Commission receives a request from a third party copyright holder to remove a Submission from the judging phase, the Submission will be removed from the Contest. The Utah Lake Commission is not responsible for errors, omissions, inaccurate transmission of or failure to receive an entry. The Utah Lake Commission is also not responsible for any injury or damage to any entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in promotion, entries that are late, misdirected or incomplete. Provo City reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Contest, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest, as determined by The Utah Lake Commission in its sole discretion. If terminated The Utah Lake Commission may, in its sole discretion, determine the winner from among all non-suspect, eligible Submissions received up to time of such action using the judging procedure outlined above. If a potential winner is disqualified for any reason, the applicable prize may be awarded to a runner-up, if any, in The Utah Lake Commission’s sole discretion.

USE OF LIKENESS: By accepting prize, winner consents to use of their name, photograph and/or likeness for advertising/publicity purposes without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law. Entries must sign an Affidavit of Eligibility & Liability and Publicity Release (“Affidavit/Release”), which must be received by the Utah Lake Commission during Entry Period.

RELEASE: By entering, entrants agree to: (1) release the Utah Lake Commission and its agents from all liability, injuries, loss and/or damage of any kind arising from their participation in the Contest and the acceptance and use/misuse of any prize; (2) agree to be bound by the Official Rules and the decisions of the judges.

Entrants authorize the Utah Lake Commission to use their name, photo, hometown, Submission, entry materials and likeness for advertising and promotional purposes, in programming or promotional material, worldwide in perpetuity, or on a winner’s list, if applicable, without further compensation unless prohibited by law.

Entry constitutes entrant’s consent to give the Utah Lake Commission a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, create derivative works from, and display any photo submission, in whole or in part, on a worldwide basis, and to incorporate it into other works, in any form, media or technology now known or later developed, including for promotional or marketing purposes. If requested, entrant will sign any documentation that may be required for the Utah Lake Commission to make use of the non-exclusive rights entrant is granting to use the Submission.

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