2025 CPRS Parks Make Life Better Photo Contest
SHOW US YOUR BEST SNAPS!
Submit your best photos to the CPRS Parks Make Life Better photo contest! You could be featured on the cover of the spring issue of California Parks & Recreation magazine.
Photo contest categories:
• Parks & Playgrounds
• Recreation & Events
• Sports, Health & Fitness
• Facilities
• Staff
Who is eligible to enter?
Staff of CPRS member agencies are eligible to enter. Company members are not eligible.
Photos should be high resolution, minimum 300 dpi at a final size of 9” x 12”.
Photos will be judged in two ways: People’s Choice winners (CPRS member voting) and Judge’s Choice winners (CPRS staff voting). The top Judge’s Choice photo will be featured on the magazine’s cover. The top 3 photos in each category will appear in the spring issue of CP&R magazine.
There is a limit of five (5) entries per category, per photographer. One photographer could submit up to 20 photos (5 in each category).
Rules & Terms
Each photo should include in the file name (in this order): category, agency, photographer’s name, title of photo.
• You must be at least 18 years of age to enter.
• All entries must have been photographed at California Park & Recreation Society park or recreation agencies, by CPRS members.
• You must have obtained all model releases for your photos. By entering the contest, you are assuring CPRS that you have obtained all model releases necessary to publish the image in all forms for commercial and noncommercial purposes. By entering, you also warrant to CPRS that 1) you are the sole copyright holder of the image, 2) the image is not otherwise commercially available for sale, and 3) the image does not violate or infringe upon the copyright, trademark, rights of publicity, privacy, or any other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity.
• By virtue of their entry, contestants irrevocably agree that CPRS may adapt, edit, and/or modify their photographs in any way and may also publish or otherwise use their photographs for promotion of California Parks & Recreation magazine and for other publications; displays; videos; the CPRS website; and for any other editorial, trade, advertising, commercial or other purposes without your prior approval or inspection and also without compensation, right to royalties, or any other consideration. You also agree to fully and forever release, discharge, indemnify, defend, and hold harmless CPRS and each of their independent contractors, officers, agents, and employees, from any and all claims arising out of the publication or use of the photograph by CPRS as described in these rules. A photo credit will be given in all cases of publication by CPRS.