Forget about your COPs, COCs, and Licensure exams. Here’s MARINA’s 45th-anniversary contest that will get you busy while sailing.
In celebration of its 45th anniversary next year, the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) officially launched four (4) national competitions highlighting the Philippine maritime industry during the Maritime Safety Forum 2018 held on 25 September 2018:
1) Forty-Five — a Logo Design Contest
2) Sail Away — a Slogan Making Contest
3) Panalo, Maritimo! — a Photo Contest
2) Inspiring Stories — a Video Story Contest
The contest is open to Filipino citizens including seafarers of all ranks!
1. FORTY-FIVE – Logo Design Contest
‘Forty-five!’ is a contest on the most appropriate logo design for the 45th anniversary of the Philippine Maritime Industry, celebrating the gains of the industry.
Theme
Forty-five years of maritime excellence.
Duration
It will be held between 26 September 2018 and 30 November 2018.
Participants
The contest is OPEN to all Filipino citizens residing in the Philippines, aged 18 years old and above.
Submission of Entries
Each participant should submit a hard copy of their entry (and a digital copy may be sent beforehand through scs@marina.gov.ph) at the Maritime Industry Authority – Strategic Communications Services Office, 4/L Parkview Plaza Building, Taft Avenue corner TM Kalaw Street, Manila.
Each participant must only submit a maximum of ONE (1) entry only.
Deadline
The deadline for submission will be on 30 November 2018, 11.59 PM. The deadline will automatically close and reject any entries submitted thereafter.
Specifications
The entry to be submitted should be a rendering of the logo capturing the essence of the 45 years of MARINA in the maritime industry.
The logo should incorporate ‘45’ in the design and use the navy blue color as its dominant color, with light gray, sky blue, and bright yellow as the other colors.
Entry Requirements
The logo design should be
- Created by the contest participant.
- Created and rendered with any design tool.
- In full color (dominant: navy blue/other colors: light gray, sky blue, bright yellow)
- In PORTRAIT orientation.
The logo design should NOT
- Violate a person’s rights, including, but not limited to copyrights and privacy.
- Previously submitted or won in any logo design contest.
Criteria
The CRITERIA for judging will be as follows:
- 40% – Aesthetic Quality
- 30% – Relevance
- 30% – Originality
Prizes
All winners will receive plaques and cash prizes: The cash prizes are as follows:
- 1st Prize: Php 50,000.00
- 2nd Prize: Php 30,000.00
- 3rd Prize: Php 40,000.00
Winning and all other entries shall be the property of the Maritime Industry Authority.
Decision
The decisions of the appointed judges will be final. You will find the actual scores and tabulations posted at the Maritime Industry Authority building premises.
Awarding
MARINA will award the set of winners during the 45th Anniversary of MARINA on 1 June 2019 in Metro Manila.
By joining this competition, the participants agree with the mechanics of this contest and all the provisions provided.
2. SAIL AWAY — a Slogan Making Contest
‘Sail Away’ is the Philippine Maritime Industry Authority’s (MARINA) slogan writing contest capturing the vision of a progressive industry and celebrating its gains in the last 45 years of maritime excellence.
Theme
“Forty-five years of maritime excellence.”
Duration
It will be held between 26 September 2018 and 30 November 2018.
Participants
The contest is OPEN to all Filipino citizens residing in the Philippines, aged 18 years old and above.
Submission of Entries
Each participant should email to scs@marina.gov.ph one’s slogan with the entrant’s Full Name, Address, Mobile Number, and Email address.
Each participant is allowed to submit a maximum of FIVE (5) entries but can only win once. Should two or three of its entries place, the highest-ranked slogan will be considered.
Deadline
The deadline for submission will be on 30 November 2018, 11.59 PM. The deadline will automatically close and reject any entries submitted thereafter.
Entry Requirements
- Each entry should not be over 8 words long.
- It can either be in pure Filipino or straight English.
- The slogan should be drafted/ written/ created by the contest participant.
- The slogan entry should NOT violate a person’s rights, including, but not limited to copyrights and privacy.
- The entries should not have been previously submitted or won in any slogan writing contest.
Criteria
The CRITERIA for judging will be as follows:
- 40% – Relevance to the theme.
- 20% – Clarity of message.
- 15% – Creativity
- 15% – Originality
- 10% – Impact
Prizes
All winners will receive plaques and cash prizes: The cash prizes are as follows:
- 1st Prize: Php 50,000.00
- 2nd Prize: Php 40,500.00
- 3rd Prize: Php 30,000.00
Winning and all other entries shall be the property of the Maritime Industry Authority.
Decision
The decisions of the appointed judges will be final. You will find the actual scores and tabulations posted at the Maritime Industry Authority building premises.
Awarding
MARINA will award the set of winners during the 45th Anniversary of MARINA on 1 June 2019 in Metro Manila.
By joining this competition, the participants agree with the mechanics of this contest and all the provisions provided.
3. Panalo, Maritimo! — a Photo Contest
‘Panalo, Maritimo!’ is a contest for the most visually appealing photograph capturing either the beauty of the Maritime industry, the gains of the industry, the safety measures of ships, or any other facet of the Philippine Maritime industry.
Theme
“Panalo, Maritimo!”
Duration
It will be held between 26 September 2018 – 30 November 2018.
Participants
The contest is OPEN to all Filipino citizens residing in the Philippines, aged 18 years old and above.
Submission of Entries
Each participant should submit a hard copy of their entry (and a digital copy may be sent beforehand through scs@marina.gov.ph) at the Maritime Industry Authority – Strategic Communications Services Office, 4/L Parkview Plaza Building, Taft Avenue corner TM Kalaw Street, Manila.
Each participant must only submit a maximum of ONE (1) entry only.
Deadline
The deadline for submission will be on 30 November 2018, 11:59 PM. The deadline will automatically close and reject any entries submitted thereafter.
The entry to be submitted should be an image/photo with a corresponding “photo title” and “photo caption”.
Indicate the place where you took the image in the caption. It must have an accurate description of what the photo is about.
The contest participant is responsible for securing – prior to submission of the entry – a formal consent from concerned parties if the image contains any material or element that is not the participant’s property, or if any person appears in the photo (i.e. subjects of the photo).
MARINA should not – in any way – be held responsible for the contest participant’s inability to secure the necessary permission or consent for their submitted entries.
Entry Requirements
Photographs should be
- Created and taken by the contest participant.
- Created and taken using mobile devices like smartphones and tablets and SLR cameras.
- In full color.
- In LANDSCAPE or PORTRAIT orientation.
- Print the pictures in Matt Photo Paper, A4 size.
- Taken using the best settings of the mobile device or an SLR camera.
- Taken from 26 September – 30 November 2018.
Photographs should NOT
- Contain watermarks or any identifying mark.
- Violate a person’s rights, including, but not limited to copyrights and privacy.
- Previously submitted or won in any photography contest.
- Contains images of elected government officials.
Criteria
The CRITERIA for judging will be as follows:
- 20% – Adherence to the Theme
- 20% – Composition
- 20% – Photographic Quality
- 20% – Visual Impact
- 20% – Social Media Appeal (Number of shares)
All entries will be pre-numbered. No other identifying marks will be allowed to appear in the artwork.
Prizes
All winners will receive plaques and cash prizes: The cash prizes are as follows:
- 1st Prize: Php 50,000.00
- 2nd Prize: Php 40,500.00
- 3rd Prize: Php 30,000.00
Winning and all other entries shall be the property of the organizers and will be exhibited during the Day of the Seafarers on 25 June 2019.
Decision
The decisions of the appointed judges will be final. We will post the actual scores and tabulations at the Maritime Industry Authority building premises.
Awarding
MARINA will award the set of winners during the Day of the Seafarers on 25 June 2019 in Metro Manila.
By joining this competition, the participants agree with the mechanics of this contest and all the provisions provided.
4. Inspiring Stories — a Video Story Contest
’Ang Pambansang Marino: A Philippine Inspiration’ is the Philippine Maritime Industry Authority’s (MARINA) search for the most inspiring stories of Filipino seafarers – domestic and overseas.
The video must highlight the Filipino values of family orientation, hard work, resilience, sacrifice, dedication, and love for country and community.
How to Join
- Visit the Maritime Industry Authority’s official Facebook page (@DOTrMARINAPH).
- Look for the Ang Pambansang Marino Contest post.
- Send the link to your uploaded video through the comment section with your name and location.
- Separately send through our FB messenger your Full Name, Address, Email, and Mobile phone number.
Winners must send an image of their valid ID prior to the awarding ceremonies.
Contest Theme
“Ang Pambansang Marino: A Philippine Inspiration”
A search for real-life stories about a Filipino seafarer showing why this seafarer’s life is an inspiration.
It can be the life story of a seafaring family member, a seafaring friend, or about oneself being a seafarer.
Eligibility
It is open to the general public for Filipinos residing in the Philippines aged 18 years old and up (employees of the Department of Transportation and its attached agencies, including MARINA, are eligible to join).
Duration and Deadline
The search runs from September 26th and ends on November 30th, 2018 to be considered for the final assessment.
Entry Submission
The contest requires the submission of a video clip or video presentation using a mobile camera or otherwise, running for a minimum of 2 minutes (minimum) and a maximum of 5 minutes in any video format (flv, mov, avi, mp4, etc.).
Submissions will become the property of the Maritime Industry Authority and may be used in any future marketing activities of the agency.
- The video orientation can either be portrait or landscape.
- Entry submissions may use texts, audio, music, and photographs within the video clip to enhance the story as long as these do not violate the rights of persons, privacy, and copyright.
- MARINA will not be held liable for any violations that may arise on the video’s content and creation.
- It should carry a title.
- The video entry must be original and made by the contest participant.
- It should not have won in any other contest.
- The video should not have any government official in it.
- A participant can send a maximum of only one (1) entry.
The video submission should be uploaded to the participant’s Facebook page (should be Public) and the link should be sent to the official MARINA Facebook page (@DOTrMARINAPH) on the particular contest post (comment section and messenger).
Criteria
The decision will be based on the following criteria:
- 20% – Adherence to the Theme
- 30% – Story’s Level of Inspiration (highlighting a Filipino value)
- 15% – Technical Superiority
- 20% – Visual Impact
- 15% – Combined Number of Shares and Likes
Decision
The search will have an appointed panel of judges to choose the best three stories using the criteria below. Their decision will be final and unappealable.
Awarding
MARINA will award the set of winners during MARINA’s Day of the Seafarers on 25 June 2019 in Metro Manila.
Prizes
All three winners will receive plaques and cash prizes.
- First Place: PhP 75,000.00
- Second Place: PhP 50,000.00
- Third Place: PhP 25,000.00
(The winners will shoulder all the appropriate taxes.)
By joining this competition, the participants agree with the mechanics of this contest and all the provisions provided.
Filipino seafarers are talented. We are not only good at performing various jobs on board but we also have unique skills hidden inside of us. Let’s show them what we’ve got!
See you at the competition and may the winds be in your favor.
