Capture your summer: Share your photos for a chance to win a prize!
With summer just around the corner, we are launching our UF at Play photography contest. This year, we are introducing exciting changes, including categories such as People’s Choice and an expanded prize list from campus partners and GatorPerks vendors.
Whether you are “staycationing” close to home or embarking on a journey across the world, we invite you to capture your summer and enter the UF at Play contest for a chance to win a prize packet! At the end of each month, our judges will review all submissions and pick three winners.
Read on to learn about contest rules, prizes and how you can help pick our winners.
Prizes
- Two tickets from the Florida Museum of Natural History to the Butterfly Rainforest
- Watersports or backpacking gear rental package from UF RecSports’ Center for Outdoor Recreation and Education
- Four tickets from Pepsi to the Samford football game on Sept. 7 (split into two separate prizes)
- Two tickets from the Stephen C. O’Connell Center to a non-conference basketball game
- Two tickets from the University of Florida Athletic Association to the University of Florida vs. University of Central Florida football game
- UF Bookstore outdoor gift packet:
- UF-branded Backpack
- UF-branded hat
- UF-branded cooling towel
- Stanley water bottle
- Two University Press books:
- UF Business Services gift packet:
- UF-branded water bottle
- Gator water gun
- UF-branded fidget toys
- UF Mail & Document Services
- Gallery-wrapped canvas
- Passport photo
- Two free comp tickets to the UF Performing Arts fall season
- UF at Work tote bags from UFHR Communications and Worklife
- A four person family membership to the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo
- A ten-inch Decorated Bundt Cake from Nothing Bundt Cakes
- A three-month membership to Anytime Fitness
- Two escape room prizes from Just Escaped
- Eight tickets to Amber Brooke Farms (split into four prizes)
- Two tickets and a stuffed animal from the Georgia Aquarium
- Two three-class pack prizes from APEX | Yoga Pod
- A dinner for two from 4 Rivers Smokehouse
- Two tickets to Acrosstown Repertory Theatre
A big thank you to our campus partners and GatorPerks vendors who have generously donated contest prizes.
Submission rules and guidelines
The contest is open to University of Florida faculty and non-student employees only. Please only submit photos that you have personally taken. Entries will be accepted from Wednesday, May 1, through Friday, Aug. 16. Employees may submit two photos per category, per month, but no more than one giveaway will be awarded per employee. All entries must be submitted using the submission form below.
The entrant accepts all responsibility for the content provided and has the rights to share the photo(s). If a person or people are pictured in the photo, the entrant is the person pictured and/or has the permission of those pictured to share this photo publicly. By submitting, the entrant gives permission for the photo to be shared on the UF at Work website as well as on UF at Work’s social media accounts at UF at Work’s sole discretion.
Categories
Daily Life: Your photograph captures people engaged in routine activities, spontaneous moments or gatherings that reflect our everyday experiences.
Nature: Your photograph showcases the beauty of our natural world — from stunning landscapes to beautiful plants and animals.
Travel: Whether near or far, local or international, your photograph transports us to new places, showcasing the unique cultures, landscapes and experiences encountered on your adventures.
Judging criteria
The judges will look at technical quality, composition, impact — is the image eye-catching — and whether your photo meets its respective category.
People’s Choice: The People’s Choice winner is selected based on which photograph resonates the most with the UF community. At the end of each month, the contest submissions will be uploaded to the UF at Work Facebook page, and people will like the photograph that is their top-choice for the month. The photograph that has the most likes wins a prize.
All photo(s) must be submitted using the form below:
Social media:
We welcome and encourage you to share your photos with us through social media! Be sure to include the hashtag #UFAtPlay and tag us on Twitter @UFatWork, Instagram @UF_AtWork and Threads @UF_AtWork.
Please note, images shared only through social media will not be considered entries to the contest. All entries must be submitted via the submission form.
Judges
Brianne (Bri) Lehan — Bri is a documentary and commercial photographer and videographer in Gainesville. She previously worked as the lead photographer/videographer in the UF Strategic Communications and Marketing department where her work was featured across the UF flagship social media accounts and other outlets.
Catherine (Cat) Wofford — Cat covers a variety of subjects as a photographer at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. In this role, she services extension offices, research centers and biological stations throughout the state of Florida and UF’s main campus College of Agricultural Life Sciences.
Richard (Rick) Bales — Rick is assistant director of creative services at the UFHR Communications and Worklife unit, where he leads the design and visual communications strategy for UFHR and the Office of the Vice President. His role includes graphic design, branding, photography, campaign development and web design.