Boy's Life Happy Birthday BSA Photo Contest!

Show off your photography skills in the Boys’ Life “Happy Birthday, BSA” photograph contest. Wow us, and your photograph just might appear on the cover of the February 2010 issue of Boys’ Life. What’s so special about February 2010? It’s the 100th birthday of the Boy Scouts of America! The Boys’ Life “Happy Birthday, BSA” photograph contest is open to readers age 6 to 17. Its theme: The Five Pillars of Scouting. Use your imagination and come up with a photograph or photographs that illustrate one or more of these important BSA values: • Character • Leadership • Achievement • Outdoors • Community Service Entry Rules • Enter in the appropriate age category: ages 6 to 11 or 12 to 17. • Each entrant must be a registered member of Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts or Venturing. • Photographs must be taken in 2009. • You must enter through the "Submit your photo" tab at the top of this contest page. • All entries must be digital in JPEG (.jpg or .jpeg) format. Files should be as high of a resolution as your camera (and your computer, for uploading) will permit. • Maximum of two entries per contestant. • Deadline for entries: Sept. 1, 2009. • For complete official rules, click here. Awards Each of the age categories—ages 6 to 11 and ages 12 to 17—will have first-, second- and third-place winners. Each first-place winner gets a Canon PowerShot G10 digital camera worth $500. Second place wins a $200 iPod nano. Third place wins a $100 Scout Supply gift card. Winning photographs will be published in the February 2010 issue of Boys’ Life and on www.boyslife.org. Click here to submit your photo