The Media Contest focuses on Boating and Water Safety Messaging. 22 organizations and agencies submitted 112 entries in the following categories: Giveaways/Handouts; Booklets/Brochures; Posters/Signs; Special Category – Education; Electronic Education; Audio PSAs and Video PSAs, judged on the criteria of Clarity of Message, Uniqueness and Innovation, Boating and Water Safety Message, and Adaptability.

1. 2014 IBWSS
MEDIA
CONTEST
N A S H V I L L E , T E N N .
A P R I L 1 7 , 2 0 1 4

2. JUDGING CRITERIA
• Clarity of Message
• Uniqueness and Innovation
• Boating and Water Safety Message
• Adaptability

3. JUDGING PANEL
Donna Angus – National Water Safety
Congress
Mike Baron – U.S. Coast Guard Ninth
District
Rachel Johnson – National Safe Boating
Council
Anna Stewart – Drowning Prevention
Coalition of Palm Beach County
Brian Westfall – U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers

4. CATEGORIES
• Booklets/Brochures
• Posters/Signs
• Giveaways/Handouts
• Special Category Education
• Electronic Education
• Audio PSAs
• Video PSAs

5. BOOKLETS/BROCHURES – 3RD PLACE
Alaska Requirements Summary – Alaska Office of Boating Safety

6. BOOKLETS/BROCHURES – 2ND PLACE
Cold Water Kills –
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

7. BOOKLETS/BROCHURES – 1ST PLACE
Water Safety for Duck Hunters –
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

8. POSTERS/SIGNS – 3RD PLACE
“Your Life, Your Life Jacket. Wear It!” – NY State Parks

9. POSTERS/SIGNS – 2ND PLACE
Heroes Marina Stickers – CA State Parks: Division of Boating
and Waterways

10. POSTERS/SIGNS – 1ST PLACE
“Cold Water Kills – Paddle Safely” Sign – NY State Parks

11. GIVEAWAYS/HANDOUTS – 3RD PLACE
Where Is…? Cup – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

12. GIVEAWAYS/HANDOUTS – 2ND PLACE
Wear It Washington! Safety Whistle – WA State Parks

13. GIVEAWAYS/HANDOUTS – 1ST PLACE
Coloring Lunch Bag – Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and
Tourism

14. SPECIAL CATEGORY EDUCATION –
HONORABLE MENTION
Water and Boating Safety Valentines – U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers

15. SPECIAL CATEGORY EDUCATION – 3RD
PLACE
Floating Fun Puzzle –
U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers

16. SPECIAL CATEGORY EDUCATION –
2ND PLACE (TIE)
Safe and Wise Waterways Calendar – CA State Parks: Division
of Boating and Waterways

17. SPECIAL CATEGORY EDUCATION –
2ND PLACE (TIE)
Heroes Wear It! iSnap Case Wrap – CA State Parks: Division of
Boating and Waterways

18. SPECIAL CATEGORY EDUCATION –
1ST PLACE
Life Jacket Photo Opp –
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

19. ELECTRONIC EDUCATION – 3RD PLACE
Mark Watts – WSIA

20. ELECTRONIC
EDUCATION –
2ND PLACE
Online Boating Equipment
Chart - Kansas Department of
Wildlife, Parks and Tourism

21. ELECTRONIC
EDUCATION –
1ST PLACE
Rate Your Boating Safety
Smarts Quiz – CA
State Parks: Division of
Boating and
Waterways

22. AUDIO PSAS – 3RD PLACE
Strike Out Drowning! – USACE – Galveston District

23. AUDIO PSAS – 2ND PLACE (TIE)
Sober Boaters (Chris Stone) – Ohio Department of Natural
Resources: Division of Watercraft

24. AUDIO PSAS – 2ND PLACE (TIE)
Female Boater Hero – CA State
Parks: Division of Boating and
Waterways

25. AUDIO PSAS – 1ST PLACE
Boater Hero – CA State Parks: Division of Boating and
Waterways

26. VIDEO PSAS – HONORABLE MENTION
I Wanna Boat - PPG

27. VIDEO PSAS – HONORABLE MENTION
:5 Wear Your Life Jacket – KJRH-TV

28. VIDEO PSAS – 3RD PLACE
I Am a Hero – CA State Parks: Division of Boating and
Waterways

29. VIDEO PSAS – 2ND PLACE
Cold Water Survival – Alaska Office of Boating Safety

30. VIDEO PSAS – 1ST PLACE
The Bomb - WSIA

31. THANK YOU!