Contests
It’s Contest Season 2024!
Again this year, you can enter a water safety poster, video, or both!
For our sixth annual Great Lakes Middle School Water Safety Contest, we are challenging students to create a poster and/or video that helps keep their fellow students with one of our water safety best practices: Steer Clear of the Pier.
More specifically, Steer Clear of the Pier – 4 Seasons of Safety:
Spring: Hypothermia
Summer: Rip Rap
Fall: High Waves/Currents (washing machine effect)
Winter: Slippery conditions
Watch your step (wet, slippery, icy)
Know what’s below (rip rap, sandbars, etc.)
Hyperthermia/Air temps versus water temps
Have kids look up local ordinances for their location with regard to the rules of their pier closings, fines, etc.
Do they have a state park? What are their rules?
Do they have a National Park? What are their rules?
Get creative! See entries from past years with themes of ‘Flip, Float & Follow,’ ‘Wear Your Lifejacket,’ ‘Swim Near a Watchful Adult,’ ‘Know Before You Go,’ and ‘Learn to Swim’ below (think you can do better?).
Enter by midnight, April 12, 2024 and you could win a $50 Amazon gift card if your poster or video is chosen!
The Details:
Any student in the 6th, 7th, or 8th grades, enrolled in a public, charter, home schooled, parochial, or other private school in any one of the eight Great Lakes states or Ontario, Canada may enter.
Completed poster must be 8.5”x11” or larger, in vertical (portrait) orientation.
Paints, crayons, markers, pens, or pencils may be used on poster board. No glitter or other glued-on materials accepted.
Lettering should be hand drawn/freehand only. No stencils, preprinted lettering, tracing or AI-generated images permitted.
No copyrighted materials (e.g., comic or TV characters).
Posters must be original artwork of the student entering the contest in idea, design, and execution.
All entries must depict the importance of learning to identify the many dangers in all seasons around and on piers to more safely enjoy the Great Lakes.
More than one entry per student is allowed.
Judges from the Great Lakes Water Safety Consortium will select a winner based on visual impact, creativity, and clarity of learning to identify the many dangers in all seasons around and on piers in order to add a layer of protection in preventing drowning. Winning poster participant may be asked to submit original artwork.
All entries may be used in water safety campaigns and promotions to help save lives.
Video must be 2 minutes or less.
Parent or guardian must sign and submit release form.
HOW TO ENTER
To submit a poster:
Once completed, take a high-quality digital photograph of your poster. Have your teacher email your photo to forpa@bronsonhg.org with the following information:
Student name
Grade
School
School Address
Teacher’s name and email
To submit a video:
To submit video, save as an mp4 and upload to Google Drive. Be sure to give permissions (sharing the video) to forpa@bronsonhg.org, by pressing the share button in the upper right corner. Include the following in the Message box (under the Notify People box).
Student name
Grade
School
School Address
Teacher’s name and email
Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. April 12, 2024
Get started, good luck, and have fun!
Want to share the contest flyer with others? Download it here.
Want to see a cool Doodly video for more info & inspiration?
Watch and share it here.
Questions? Contact Pam Ford at forpa@bronsonhg.org.
