Calendar Photo contest for work - rules?

Hi everyone

I volunteered to create a contest for my workplace. We are going to make a calendar for 2009 using photos by employees. This entails a photo contest - one wherein the submittees submit their photo-files to a central point (someone's email address) and the winners are selected by employee-judges.

I have good ideas already, but I was wondering if someone has already done something similar and if so if they would mind sharing the rules they drew up (or what they may have learned in the process). I want to keep this as simple as possible.

Many thanks!

Can't help with any prior experience but you will definitely want something in writing from every applicant stating that they agree to release the photo for X type of company use. With all the layoffs going down, the last thing your company needs some sort of copyright infringement lawsuit from a disgruntled employee (which if it came down to that, guess whose head they would want on a platter...)

I'd try to get folks to submit images at some minimum size and resolution so you can produce good quality when printed.

I'm sure everyone and their brother will want to submit all kinds of shots but it will make your life easier in the long run if you set parameters that will weed out cell-phone cameras, iPhone shots, etc...

Good advice from ilantis re: releases of some kind...