2025 Adaptive Sports Calendar Photo Contest

It’s that time of year again: Move United is again accepting photo submissions for its 2025 Adaptive Sports Calendar. So dig out your best photos as submissions will be accepted until October 20, 2024 at 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. We encourage and want to include images from our member network in this national calendar. By submitting an image (s), you agree to the eligibility criteria and other details outlined below.

Eligibility:

The photo contest is open to photographers who are 18 years old or older. To be eligible, a photograph must have been shot by the entrant after January 1, 2022. The entrant certifies that he/she is the sole creator and copyright owner of the submitted photograph. We do not accept digitally or otherwise enhanced or altered photos, with the exception of cropped photos or minor adjustments, including the removal of sensor dust or scratches on scans of negatives, dodging and burning, sharpening, contrast, toning, slight color adjustment and conversion to grayscale are acceptable. The addition and subtraction of objects is not permitted. No AI generated images will be accepted.

Move United reserves the right to disqualify any image for consideration if judges feel the submission does not meet the eligibility criteria. Move United will determine winners’ eligibility in its sole discretion.

What To Enter:

The Adaptive Sports Calendar showcases individuals with physical disabilities who are participating in adaptive sports. Individual photographers, organizations, or parties interested in being considered for inclusion can submit up to three (3) images that exemplify the power of adaptive sports. To meet the specifications for the for the layout, size and design of the printed calendar, images must be horizontal in nature and be high quality, high resolution. Images that aren’t too cluttered or busy with background activity also work best. Submissions that are overtly intended to promote a product (s) may not be considered.

For a photo in which a person is recognizable, you must have the ability to provide a signed media/photo release that grants permission of the individual for his or her image to be used publicly and, in the case of a minor or individual that is legally incapacitated, the permission of the subject’s parent or guardian. You must be able to provide a photo caption that includes individual’s names as well as other pertinent information that might be of interest to the viewer, including identifying the activity and location of activity.

If the entrant is unable to provide the required release (s), Move United in its sole discretion reserves the right to disqualify the submission. Photos that violate or infringe upon another person’s rights, including but not limited to copyright, are not eligible.

How to Enter:

Please submit photographs and requested information (see below) to communications@moveunitedsport.org. High resolution (1 MB or higher) photographs must be submitted in .jpeg, or .jpg format. Please only include one image per email sent, and including the following information in the body of that email:

-Photographer’s Name

-Photographer’s Mailing Address

-Photographer’s Email Address

-Photographer’s Phone Number

-Photographer’s Social Media Handles

-A Suggested Photo Caption, including names of athletes featured in the image, a description of the activity, location of activity, and other pertinent information. Move United reserves the right to modify the caption as necessary.

In addition to the image, please also include a signed media/photo release of the individual (s) who can be identified in the photograph. If you cannot do this, please provide a statement in the body of the email as to the reason. Move United reserves the right to disqualify incomplete entries. Please do not send an image that you have previously submitted for calendar consideration. If you are interested in seeing a previous calendar to see the caliber and quality of included images, click here.

Entry Deadline:

All entries must be received by 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on October 20, 2024.

Judging and Use

Photographs selected for inclusion in the Adaptive Sports Calendar will be done so based on quality, overall representation of the impact of adaptive sports, and other factors, including diversity of sport, athlete, geography, etc.

You retain your rights to your photograph; however, by entering the contest, you grant Move United the right to use your image for the Adaptive Sports Calendar and any promotion of the calendar. Any photograph used will include a photography credit. Move United will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such uses and may also consider the image for future printed annual calendars.

Photographers whose images are selected for the calendar will be provided with up to three copies of the final product, upon his or her request. Please do not contact us about the status of entries or judging.