Dallas Complete Streets



2011 Dallas Great Streets Visual Essay Contest Welcome: The city of Dallas invites you to express your desires, dreams and ideas about what makes a Great Street in Dallas. This contest is designed to help us understand from the citizen’s perspective what works well in our streets and thoroughfares now and what could work better to make Dallas a great community. We hope to spark your creativity to learn what you think about this valuable but often forgotten part of our public space -- the street. We want to know what you like about particular streets in Dallas or how you would like to see them improved. Help us make Dallas streets even better by participating in the Great Streets Visual Essay Contest and be part of the Dallas Complete Streets project. The Dallas Great Streets Visual Essay Contest is open to everyone. Winning entries will receive exciting prizes! Contest Term: The contest term for the 2011 Dallas Great Streets Visual Essay Contest is from 12:00 a.m. on July 18, 2011 to 11:59 p.m. on October 17, 2011. Contest Rules: By entering, participants agree to allow their photos or videos, name, city, and state of residence (school and grade for youth participants) to be published as award winners or to be used on web-based or printed publications owned or produced by the city of Dallas, sponsors of the Dallas Great Streets Visual Essay Contest, or interagency partners of the city of Dallas. The photos or videos will be used to promote the Dallas Complete Streets Project. Entrants retain ownership and use of their photographs. By entering, participants warrant that their entry materials are original and do not infringe on any third party's rights. By entering, participants release and hold harmless the City of Dallas, sponsors or interagency partners from any liability. If a recognizable person is in the photograph, a model release must be submitted with the entry and liability is limited to the value of prize(s). The City of Dallas may share your contact information with sponsors and interagency partners of the Dallas Complete Streets Project. The City of Dallas and sponsors shall have the right to verify, in their sole judgment, winner eligibility. All decisions by the Dallas Great Streets Photo Essay Contest judges will be final and binding. Contest Information: Please read the following information carefully. Who: The Dallas Great Streets Visual Essay Contest is open to everyone. Entrants must enter their photos/videos into one of the following divisions: Pro - Entrants whose income depends on photography/videography or if you consider yourself qualified to compete in the Pro division. Amateur - Beginning or amateur photographers/videographers at least 18 years of age and experienced photographers/videographers who do not receive a major part of their income from photography. Youth - Beginning or intermediate photographers/videographers aged 17 or under. What: The focus of this contest is on effective communication of your ideas and opinions about street design and how it affects the attractiveness and function of a place. We are looking for your ideas about what makes a great Dallas street. Entries in all divisions may feature any street in Dallas, including streets with residential, retail, entertainment, mixed use, office, business, school, or university uses. Entry photos/videos should express what you, the entrant, like about your featured Dallas street and if or how you would make that Dallas street better. Entries may combine visual media with audio, written, or graphic commentary to communicate your ideas and opinions about what makes a great street. Each participant may submit one video that is no more than two minutes in length or up to six photographs as a single submission. Videos may include photos. Any text included in the submission may not exceed 200 words. Graphic communication techniques are not limited. Each submission must feature only one(1) street in Dallas, although street elements from other streets may be used to illustrate how you would make your featured Dallas street better. When: The deadline for submitting entries is 11:59 p.m. October 17, 2011. Entries may be submitted beginning at 12:00 a.m., July 18, 2011 and must be received no later than 11:59 p.m., October 17, 2011. Photos or videos taken before the Contest Term are eligible. Where: By Email To submit your entry via email, please include the contest entry form with your photo/video entry and email to the following address: photocontest@dallascompletestreets.com The size limit for your entire submission package must be less than 20MB. If selected for publication, entrants may need to provide higher resolution photos later. By Website: Click here to submit your entry through the online submission form. The size limit for your entire submission package must be less than 20MB. If selected for pubilcation, entrants may need to provide higher resolution photos. By Mail To submit your entry via mail, please include the contest entry form with your photo/video entry and e-mail to the following address: 2011 Dallas Great Streets Visual Essay Contest Dallas City Hall 1500 Marilla-Room 5C-North Dallas, TX 75201 Prizes: Prizes will be awarded to winning photos/videos submissions in each division -- Pro, Amateur and Youth -- and one grand prize winner will be awarded from any division. 1st Place -- $125.00 2nd Place -- $50.00 3rd Place -- $25.00 Honorable Mention -- No cash prize, recognition only Grand Prize -- $500.00 Judges: A panel of judges well versed in visual communication and street design will judge the contest. The grand prize winner, place winners 1, 2, 3 and honorable mentions will be determined at the judges' discretion. Entries will be judged on relevance to Dallas Complete Streets project goals, effective communication, creativity, and artistic merit. For more information about Dallas Complete Streets project goals, click here. Questions: For additional questions, please e-mail @ photocontest@dallascompletestreets.com. To receive updates about the Dallas Complete Streets project, please register here. Thank you and we look forward to your participation in the Dallas Great Streets Visual Essay Contest!