Contests
It’s Contest Season 2025!
Time to enter a water safety poster, video, or both!
For our seventh annual Great Lakes Water Safety Contest, we are challenging students to create a poster and/or video (grade-level specific – please see below) that helps keep their fellow students safer with one of our water safety best practices:
Steer Clear of the Pier.
Enter by midnight, March 31, 2025 and you could win a $50 Amazon gift card if your poster or video is chosen!
The Details:
Any student 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.
Grades Kindergarten through 5th may submit a poster.
Grades 6 – 8 may enter a poster, a video, or both.
Grades 9 – 12 may submit a video.
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 or preprinted lettering or tracing 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.
No AI Generated content
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 (if chosen grades 6 – 8, required grades 9-12) must be 2 minutes or less.
Parent or guardian must sign and submit release form.
How to Enter:
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 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. March 31, 2025
Want to see a cool Doodly video for more info & inspiration?
Watch and share here:
2025 9 12 Video Contest and Educator Presentation
Resource page (links from Doodly videos):
https://bit.ly/NOAA-NWSPierSafety
https://bit.ly/NOAA-NWSColdWater
https://bit.ly/NOAA-NWSStructuralCurrents
https://www.weather.gov/greatlakes/beachhazards
https://bit.ly/MichiganPublicIceShelveshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzvYHn5BjT8 (entire NOAA/NWS video)
https://www.greatlakeswatersafety.org/
Please note – the Doodly video presentation for grades Kindergarten through 5th grade is intended as background information for the classroom teacher. It was not designed for young learners. After previewing the video if you feel it is relevant to show to your class, please feel free to do so.
Questions? Contact Pam Ford at forpa@bronsonhg.org.
