Contest Description
The Metro Nashville Mayor's Sustainability Advisory Committee is seeking photographs that represent Nashville's environmental successes and opportunities. Photos may include a range of environmental issues, impacts, or solutions. Entries will be judged on relevance to the theme, as well as composition, originality, and technical quality, and will include open voting by the public. Winners will be exhibited online and throughout various venues around Nashville. The contest is open to residents of Davidson and surrounding counties.
Submissions for the contest are closed and public voting is open now.
Contest Winners
Winners will be selected by a panel of judges. Viewers choice winners will also be selected and will be exhibited and voted for online by the public. All winners will be exhibited both online and throughout various venues around Nashville. Photographers will receive exposure for their work, while aiding and educating the public on the importance of environmental sustainability.
Age Categories
- Under 12
- 12 – 18 years
- Over 18
Themes
Applicants my submit their entry under one of the following themes. Prompts under each theme are provided as examples for each theme, but entries are not limited to these examples.
- Energy including conservation, usage, impact on the environment, green infrastructure, vehicle to grid, and electric vehicles
- Transportation including vehicular, pedestrian, bike, and public transportation
- Buildings including energy saving design, neighborhoods, landscaping, site design, and designing for less waste
- Waste including wasted food, recycling, waste reduction and diversion, water, energy
- Natural Resources including energy, water, air, wildlife, landscaping, land use
- Environmental Justice including negative environmental impacts on low income, minority, and disadvantaged communities
- Resilience including addressing climate change and environmental issues through preparedness, flooding, heat, extreme weather, urban canopy, green infrastructure, and community support
Requirements for Submissions
Applicants will be required to meet the following technical requirements and photo caption requirements.
Technical Requirements
To be displayed in our online gallery without being stretched or distorted, photographs must be submitted in .jpeg, .jpg, or .gif format, edited for web in sRGB color space, at least 2000px wide, and no larger than 10MB.
Caption Requirements
Photo credit must include:
- Photographer's full name
- Location the photo was taken
- Date the photo was taken
Caption has a maximum word limit of 150 words and must include or answer the following:
- Who or what is depicted in the photo?
- Description of how the photo's content relates to the environment (in a positive or negative way)
- How does the photo represent the category?
- Tell us what inspired you to take the photo?
- What does this photo say about our community?
Exclusions
Photos will be excluded from the contest that:
- Are not in a digital format and submitted electronically
- Have been significantly retouched or altered with software
- Contain obscene, provocative, defamatory, explicit, or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate content
- Infringe on copyrights or misrepresent the work of others
- Include watermarks, time or date stamps, or logos
- Have not met all submission requirements
- Are compressed files
- Do not include photographer credit, caption, and location
- Have been previously published (except on photographer's personal social media accounts)
- Are not taken in area of Metro Nashville/Davidson County or surrounding counties
Copyrights and Usage
The artists participating in the competition grant Metro Nashville the right to use these photographs to promote the competition or the City's Climate Action Plan on its website, social media, newsletter, catalogues, exhibition or through its partners. However, the copyright is retained by the artists.
Release Form
Applicants will be required to sign a release form for each submission.