2025 International Sea Glass Festival Poster Contest
The International Sea Glass Association (ISGA) invites you to submit your photo to be showcased on the 2025 International Sea Glass Festival poster.
You can enter photos of sea or beach glass, sea pottery, historical finds, toys, bottles, collections, and more found along oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water. Enter your photos for consideration by February 17, 2025.
We will announce finalists from all eligible photos and online voters will pick the photo for this year’s poster.
If your photo is selected, you get a cash prize of $100, an ISGA prize package, tickets to the 2025 International Sea Glass Festival, and 10 free posters. Finalists each get 10 posters.
How to Enter
Fill out the information and upload up to five (5) photos on the 2025 International Sea Glass Festival Photo Entry Form.
Important Dates
- Submissions close on February 17, 2025
- Finalists announced: February 28, 2025
- Online voting: February 28 – March 15, 2025
- Winner announced: March 16, 2025
Rules
- Photos should focus on sea or beach glass.
- Submitted entries must include authentic, unaltered sea or beach glass and be photographed/found at the location named in your entry form.
- You or someone in your immediate family must have found the item(s) in your photo. No purchased items allowed.
- No AI-generated, edited, resized, or retouched/altered images are allowed.
- Finalists will be selected from the images submitted based on the uniqueness and beauty of the find, overall artistic presentation, and quality of the photo file.
- We would like to use photos that have not been shared online so please don’t post your photo online before February 28, 2025.
Photo Tips
- Your photos should be original, unretouched, high-resolution photos including real sea or beach glass, either as found on the beach, or in a studio setup.
- Please use the highest-quality and largest file setting when taking your photos. Phone camera photos can work if your phone is set at the very highest settings.
- Because photos are printed at high resolution at very large size, the ideal image size is 6,000 x 4,000 pixels or larger.
Open to contestants worldwide. The contestant does not have to be a member of the International Sea Glass Association. Voids where prohibited by law.