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April 1, 2010 is the deadline for entries in the thirteenth annual Underwater Images Photo/Video Competition.  The competition is open to amateur underwater photographers and videographers.  Prizes include worldwide dive travel, dive equipment, and much more.  Although based in Ohio, the Underwater Images Competition is international and the prizes reflect an international flare.  


Contest Categories for 2010 are: Conservation,  Video,  Shipwrecks,  Wide Angle (Novice),  Wide Angle (Open),  Macro/Close Up (Novice),  Macro/Close Up (Open),  Majestic,  Togetherness and Divers and Marine Life.  For complete details on eligibility, rules, and entry forms visit the official competition website at www.UWIMAGES.org.

The Underwater Images competition is a non-profit corporation registered in the State of Ohio, U.S.A., with all proceeds from this competition going to marine conservation, educational, and scholarship purposes. 

The major international charities that the Underwater Images Competition has supported for over a decade include Mahonia Na Dari and Pro Peninsula.  Since 1998, Underwater Images has contributed significantly to each of these organizations. 

Pro Peninsula is a conservation organization dedicated to empowering communities in Baja California, Mexico to protect and preserve their environment, with their main focus being a Sea Turtle Conservation Network that has gained international attention.  Mahonia Na Dari has a well documented program of teaching marine conservation and awareness to school children in Papau New Guinea