2025 SOS Photo Contest

Deadline: The submission deadline is Midnight on Sunday, January 11, 2026.

1. Entries must be taken at an SOS events in 2025 by the member of SOS submitting the photo. 
   Note: If you are in the photo, you could not be the photographer and your submission will not be accepted (unless on a tripod with a timer, or selfie, which are acceptable). A photo does not necessarily have that event as a theme (a picture of the sunset seen from a raft-up is acceptable, even though there is nothing in the picture to prove that it was taken at a raft-up or cruise.) We are on the “Honor System.” An SOS event can be cruising, day-sail, a brunch, seminar, destination cruise, shore party, etc.
2. This is an amateur photographer contest. Professional photographers - i.e., anyone who earns more than 50 percent of his/her annual income from photography – are excluded from the contest.
3. Each submission must identify:
   1. which SOS event
   2. the category (see below) the photo is to be submitted
   3. the name of the photographer
4. Cropping and/or image manipulation/enhancement are allowed. No using AI to add anything to your images except for sky enhancement/replacement. Adding and/or deleting object to/from the images are prohibited.
5. Each member may submit up to a total of eight (8) photos. All images must be cropped to 5:7 ratio with 1024 pixels at the long edge. Items not in 5:7 ratio will be returned to the photographer, as neither the coordinator nor the judge will alter the photographs submitted.
6. 6. No names, watermarks or borders allowed.
7. Images should be submitted in jpg or png format (jpg is preferred).
8. NEW 2025 RULE: The photographer is responsible for securing permission from all SOS members in the photos prior to submitting the photo for consideration. Failure to secure permission will result in photographs being rejected.

Categories: Bay scenes (including sunsets), People, Sailboats (sailboats under sail, raft-ups), and
Destination Cruises. The Destination Cruises category includes photos taken during the actual SOS Bareboat destination cruises
and photos taken on days when traveling prior to or after a destination cruise, provided the photos are
from the same area. (Example; a destination cruise of the Mediterranean may not include photos from a
layover in Amsterdam).

Other Useful information: Submit your photos in digital format. Send photos by emails as an
attachment, or by DropBox, or contact Bob Wright for instructions to upload the Photo Editor’s Google
drive. Smart phone photos may be submitted. Please select high resolution for photos in your smart
phone setup.

SEND Photo Entries or inquiries to Bob Wright at: [email protected] with “2025 Photo Contest” in the subject line or as noted above.