08 Sep, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes



NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.

The 33rd Nikon Photo Contest International is an international photo contest designed to provide an opportunity for photographers of all skill levels around the world to communicate and contribute to photographic culture.
Entries for the 2010-2011 contest will be accepted for two categories. The first category is a free subject category (A) and the second entitled “Energy” (B). Photos of any subject or theme are invited for the free subject category. Entries for the “Energy” category should be photos that capture the energy of sights and subjects that inspire, motivate or excite you or viewers.
The Emerging Talent Award is awarded to younger photographers.
Prize Details: Grand Prize 1 person Nikon Digital SLR Camera D3S, AF-S NIKKOR 24mm f/1.4G ED, AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED, Exhibition on the Nikon Photo Contest International 2010-2011 website’s Mini Gallery*1. 1st Prize 1 person from each category （total: 2 people） Nikon Digital SLR Camera D300S, Speedlight SB-900, AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR, AF-S NIKKOR 16-35mm f/4G ED VR. 2nd Prize 5 people from each category （total: 10 people） Nikon Digital SLR Camera D5000, AF-S DX Micro NIKKOR 85mm f/3.5G ED VR. 3rd Prize 10(5 from each category) Nikon Digital SLR Camera D3000, AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR. Emerging Talent Award *2 4 (selected from both categories) Nikon Digital Camera COOLPIX P6000, Exhibition on the Nikon Photo Contest International 2010-2011 website’s Mini Gallery*1. Runners-up: Emerging Talent Award *2 16 (selected from both categories) Nikon Digital Camera COOLPIX S1000pj, Exhibition on the Nikon Photo Contest International 2010-2011 website's Mini Gallery*.
Deadline: 30th November 2010
For more information:
http://imaging.nikon.com/products/imaging/activity/npci/npci2010-2011/overview.htm

* The Focal Press Photography Contest theme for September is Night Photography so give us your best night sky, streaming headlights and moonlit shots.
Prizes are Focal Press Photography books.
For more information:
http://focalpressphotographycontest.com/

* Sightseeing has always been an important component of travel—and the emphasis has always been on sight. But Gap Adventures believes that to truly experience a destination, a person must get off the beaten track and make an effort to truly involve all of their senses.
That’s why we’re inviting you to submit your best travel photograph in one of five categories—sight, taste, smell, sound and touch. The Grand Prize winner will receive a US$1,500 travel voucher from Gap Adventures and a MatadorU Photo Scholarship. We’ll also choose a runner up who will receive a US$250 travel voucher.
Deadline: 26th September, 2010
For more information:
http://matadornetwork.com/contests/gap-adventures/

* The Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition is the largest online underwater photography competition ever held, with over $64,000 worth of prizes. Any photo taken underwater in a natural environment may be submitted for consideration. The contest will be judged by world-famous underwater photographers Marty Snyderman, Chris Newbert, Martin Edge and Bonnie Pelnar.
Deadline: 14th November 2010
For more information:
http://www.uwphotographyguide.com/underwater-photo-contest

* The Art of Photography Contest, presented by Sony, celebrates the artist in you. This unique interactive experience is an opportunity for you to learn from world-renowned photographers through a series of exclusive, tip-filled videos created specially for this program, and ultimately participate with them in a contest showcasing your own images.
Themes hosted at Outdoor Photographer
Conservation In Focus & Action Storytelling
Themes hosted at Digital Photo
Environmental Portraits & Light is the Subject
Prize Details: Prizes include: Sony A850 DSLR with a Carl Zeiss 24-70mm ƒ/2.8 Zoom Lens, Sony NEX-5 Kit with 16mm ƒ/2.8 lens, Sony A850 DSLR with a Carl Zeiss 16-35mm ƒ/2.8 Zoom Lens A550 DSLR with a Carl Zeiss 24-70mm ƒ/2.8 Zoom Lens and publication in Outdoor Photographer. Plus, each category will have its own People’s Choice Winner!
Deadline: 21st September 2010
For more information:
http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/artisans.html

* PHOTOSHOP -- This one is for Photoshop fanatics. Mashup Mondays. This Month’s Mashup: Animals and Fruit. The premise is simple. We give you a topic or an idea combining two or more photos. Then, we match up your skills versus other artwork in the contest and let the community decide who’s is better.
Prize Details: Cash prize (Grand prize is multiplied by total number of entries X $5. Max $250)
Deadline: 17th September 2010
For more information:
http://lafango.com/photoshop-contest

* Ultimate Music MomentWe’re looking for your Ultimate Music Moment. Send us musical performances, crowds and artists as captured through your lens. Categories for both Amateur and Professional photographers are :
PERFORMANCES — On stage, on the street or anywhere else
CROWD — Music fans in any environment
ARTIST PORTRAITS — Musicians photographed in portrait style
Prize Details: Each Professional Category will receive a prize package including a digital camera, PhotoServe portfolio, Crumpler bag, a PDN PhotoPlus Gold Expo Pass, one year subscription to PDN, a Manfrotto 190xprob Tripod and a 327RC2 Grip Ball Head and their image will be reproduced in the winners’ gallery in the December issue of PDN as well as on PDNonline.com.
One category winner will also be awarded grand prize, receiving all of the prizes above, and their Manfrotto prize will be upgraded to the Manfrotto 190CXPRO4 and a 468MGRC2 Hydrostatic head.
Each Amateur Category will receive a prize package including a digital camera, Crumpler bag, a PDN PhotoPlus Gold Expo Pass, one year subscription to PDN, a Manfrotto 190xprob Tripod and a 327RC2 Grip Ball Head and their image will be reproduced in the winners’ gallery in the December issue of PDN as well as on PDNonline.com.
One category winner will also be awarded grand prize, receiving all of the prizes above, and their Manfrotto prize will be upgraded to the Manfrotto 190CXPRO4 and a 468MGRC2 Hydrostatic head.
Deadline: 9th September 2010
For more information:
http://www.billboardphotocontest.com/about.shtml

-jg

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01 Sep, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes



NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.

The Nature Conservancy‘s 5th annual digital photography competition looking for striking digital images of nature, highlighting the diversity of life on Earth. Images may be taken anywhere in the world. Images may show animal behavior, portraits of wildlife in natural habitat, plant life, natural landscapes, weather or people interacting with nature. Especially interested in images showcasing the wide range of habitats across our planet, including all types of forests, grasslands, lakes and rivers, deserts and arid lands, rainforests, marine habitats and coral reefs.
The winner’s image will be printed in the 2012 Nature Conservancy calendar – reaching nearly 2 million households worldwide, and will be featured on The Nature Conservancy’s website, nature.org, which is visited by more than 3 million people annually. Deadline: 4th October 2010For more information: http://my.nature.org/photography/
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25 Aug, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes



NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.

* Natural World Photography Show. The Center for Fine Art Photography will present a Main Gallery Show December 3 – 31, 2010. Theme: This exhibition will illustrate all aspects of nature. EXHIBITION AND AWARDS:
With selection for this exhibition, featured artist's work will be seen by an international audience of collectors, curators, art consultants and other advocates of fine art photography. Each participant will be included in the Center's Main Gallery exhibition and Online Gallery exhibition.
2 liveBooks Website Awards: Valued at $399 each, two artists will receive a one year subscription for a website from liveBooks.com
Juror’s Selection Award: $300 and a Blurb book award from Blurb.com
Director’s Selection Award: $200 and a Blurb book award from Blurb.com
Honorable Mention Award: 2 year membership and a three image submission to a call for entry at the Center.
All exhibitors are included in the Center’s online gallery.
Deadline for entry: 14th September 2010.
For more information:
http://www.c4fap.org/cfe/2010NaturalWorld/index.asp

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* In conjunction with National Geographic Channel, WorldNomads.com is offering the opportunity for one talented individual to go on a 7 day assignment with National Geographic photographer Jason Edwards, to the Kingdom of Bhutan.
Working alongside Jason they will photograph rare and endangered wildlife, historical architecture and colourful cultural life. Gaining invaluable mentoring and hands on experience in everything from shot set up, technique and composition through to insights into Jason’s many years of diverse experience, they will learn what it is like to be a National Geographic Photographer on assignment.
The scholarship winner will receive (AUD)$2000 worth of Pentax photographic equipment plus have their best photographs published on National Geographic Channel. They will be flown to Paro from their country of residence to join their mentor and guide from Jo Jo’s Adventures to explore the deeply spiritual Bhutan as it opens up the modern world, in careful balance with its ancient traditions.
Applicants for the scholarship must submit no more than 5 photos that tell a story about a place they have visited.
Applications close October 17, 2010.
For more information:
http://journals.worldnomads.com/scholarships/story/59940/Bhutan/2010-Travel-Photography-Scholarship-Kingdom-of-Bhutan-jg


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How to Take Your Best Shot at the National Geographic Photo Contest - There probably isn’t a photographer in the world who hasn’t dreamed of getting published in National Geographic magazine. Jeff Wignall gives you tips for winning and what to avoid.You can submit images until Nov. 30. http://rising.blackstar.com/national-geographic-photo-contest.html

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11 Aug, 2010 | Posted by: psn




NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.

* The WPD 2010 Professional Wedding Photo Contest is open to WPD members and outside professional wedding photographers. Contest finalists will be revealed to the public for voting and critique. The winners will be determined by voters. Points will be judged leaned towards creativity and concept. The $1,000 grand prize could be yours!
Awards:
Top 10 Finalists:
One-Year WPD Membership ($360 Value) - Top three winners and seven runner-up finalists will receive a full year of WPD membership or extension.
First Place:
$1,000 Grand Prize - The grand prize winner will receive $1,000.
Second Place:
Apple iPad
With a large, high-resolution LED-backlit IPS displaye, the iPad's battery can still last up to 10 hours of video and surfing. The Multi-Touch screen on iPad is based on the same technology on iPhone, but it's been completely reengineered for the larger iPad surface, making it extremely precise and responsive.
Third Place:
Adobe Photoshop CS5 Upgrade
Improved complex selection, automatic ghost removal HDR editing, Camera Raw 6 plugin, revamped user interface, better media management - with Adobe® Photoshop® CS5® software.
Public Critique Commentator Award:
Range of Photoshop Plugins to Choose From
The nature of the WPD wedding photo contest's public critique is to elevate the contestant's level of creativity via honest and constructive open feedback. WPD presents the Contest Commentator Award to the individual that provides the best and insightful critique. The winner will have a selection of Adobe Photoshop Plugins to choose from the following software vendors: onOne, Extensis, Alien Skin, and Zevrix.
8/27/2010 - Outside contest submission closes.
For more information:
http://www.weddingphotographydirectory.com/wedding-photo/contest/2010/contest-rules.aspx
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27 Jul, 2010 | Posted by: psn



NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.

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* The Lux Photography Awards seeks the best photographers in a variety of genres, and rewards them with photography related gear from a variety of companies and workshops with various professionals. The genres include Natural World (Wildlife and Nature Images) **Everything Wild, No Man-Made Objects**, Bodies in Motion (Sports), The Urban Landscape (Travel), Universal Faces (Portraits). Regular entry deadline is September 30th, 2010. For more information:
http://www.theluxawards.com/?page_id=2

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* Since its inception in 2005, Hey, Hot Shot! has provided one hundred and twenty-nine photographers from all over the world with exposure, support and recognition. This year marks the 5th anniversary of the competition and the 7th anniversary of Jen Bekman Gallery. In celebration, they are introducing more opportunities for every contender. In addition to the hallmark awards of past competitions, this year they are offering a $5,000 honorarium and five Curator's Choice Awards. Deadline for submissions is August 22, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. (EDT).
For more information:
http://www.heyhotshot.com/

-jgM


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21 Jul, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes



NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.

* International Photography Competition to be held as part of photokina 2010 and INTERMOT 2010. The objective of the competition is the photographic depiction of the topic “motorised two-wheeler” from the individual perspectives of the participants. Photographers are invited to capture this topic in impressive images. Unfortunately the competition is only open to European photographers. The deadline for submissions is 10th September 2010. A jury consisting of experts from both areas — photography and motorcycles — will choose the finalists from the photos submitted and present them in a special exhibition at photokina (21st to 26th September 2010). The top prizes, which fit perfectly into the overall concept of the competition, will be top-quality lenses from the photo industry partner Tamron and, from the two-wheeler sector, a scooter from Peugeot. And, in an interesting twist and With a bit of luck, people who do not yet own a camera can win a Hero 5 HD HELMET from GP Pro if they send in one sentence explaining why they should win one of these cameras, which can be fitted onto every motorcycle, to foto[at]intermot[dot]de by 15th July 2010. I you haven’t seen these helmet cameras yet, take a look at http://www.goprocamera.com/
For more information:
http://www.intermot-cologne.com/thefair/photokina_photo_competition.php

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* The International Prize “Arte Laguna” starts the new edition with the goal to promote young contemporary art. Remaining consistent to the original purposes of its two creators, Laura Gallon and Beatrice Susa, Arte Laguna Prize continues its course as “incubator of Italian and international young art”, with the will to discover new talent, to support emerging artists in promoting their creativity and to develop their careers.
The final exhibition – which displays the 110 finalists selected by judges – is scheduled in March 2011, involving again the prestigious venue of the Arsenal of Venice. And the total value of the Prize is about 100.000 euros. For more information:
http://www.artelagunaprize.com/

-jg


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14 Jul, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes



2 CONTESTS* Black and White Spider Awards: Deadline 16th July 2010
Celebrating its sixth year, Black and White Spider Awards is the leading international award honoring black and white photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best professional and amateur photographers in a prestigious annual competition and globally webcast event, reaching photo fans in over 154 countries. Participating photographers vie for 132 title awards in 25 categories. The first place winners of each category then compete for the grand award of Photographer of the Year. Prizes include:
1) Win a title at the world's biggest black and white photography event
2) Receive endorsement from the most respected names in the industry
3) International press and exposure
4) Your work published in the book, "The World's Greatest Black & White Photography, No.2"
5) Your work published in The PHOTO PAPER Magazine
http://www.thespiderawards.com/index.php
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Kolo Monthly Photo Contest: Deadline July 31, 2010
The Kolo Photo Contest is back! Starting Saturday, May 1, Kolo will announce a new monthly theme on Kolo.com, Koloist.com and Kolo Facebook. Each month, 15 winners will receive a $50 Kolo gift card. Contestants may enter up to 10 photos per month (per theme). July’s theme is FRIEND, which is open to interpretation.
If you are a monthly winner, you will automatically be entered to win the grand prize of $500 cash and Kolo luxury albums and boxes worth $500 retail. The grand prize and six second-place winners will be announced on Feb. 1, 2011. Winners will be judged by a panel of expert photographers and designers.
For more information: http://kolo.com/create/contest/
--Jim McCUe


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BEWARE -- Another Canadian Geographic Rights Grabbing Photo Contest - Canadian Geographic Photo Club. is a really good idea and the photo contests have great themes and some nice prizes but by entering these competitions your are at minimum giving away your photos to be used by Canadian Geographic magazine in any way it sees fit. That might seem acceptable or the price ‘you pay for winning’ but this Rights Grab applies to any image entered! http://darwinwiggett.wordpress.com/2010/07/10/another-canadian-geographic-rights-grabbing-photo-contest/


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23 Jun, 2010 | Posted by: psn



PEACEFUL PHOTOS -- Nearly 4500 Entries have been submitted to 'Vietnam - My Homeland' Photo Contest. Approximately 4500 photos have been sent to the 5th tourism photo contest.
The contest, jointly held by the Vietnam Tourism Review Magazine and the Vietnam Artistic Photographers Association, will promote tourism in Vietnam for Hanoi’s 1,000th anniversary and National Tourism Year 2010. An award ceremony and exhibition will be held on July 1 at the Exhibition Hall at No.29 Hang Bai Street, Hanoi.
http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/culture/230610/culture_dn.htm
TAKEAWAY: Ahem!


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16 Jun, 2010 | Posted by: psn



NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.


NICE GOIN’ CAROLYN! -- “Adorama Camera Revises Photo Contest Rules for the Better! - In response to my concern (Carolyn Wright, Photo Attorney) about Adorama's photo contest rules, Joel Meisels of Adorama Camera let me know that the rules have been revised.” SOURCE: http://www.photoattorney.com/?p=1416


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09 Jun, 2010 | Posted by: psn



NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.

CONTEST CAUTION -- Enter This Into Pop Photo’s “Travelographer of the Year” competition! - Popular Photography, “Travelographer of the Year” photo competition is another thinly-disguised rights grab similar to Frommers’ notorious contest. http://www.bobkrist.com/blog/enter-this-into-pop-photos-travelographer-of-the-year-competition/


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02 Jun, 2010 | Posted by: psn



NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.

* In the spirit of full disclosure, I am a member of both the National and Idaho Nature Conservancy and there are no big cash prizes in this contest. The winner's image will be printed in the 2012 Nature Conservancy calendar - reaching nearly 2 million households worldwide, and will be featured on The Nature Conservancy's website, nature.org, which is visited by more than 3 million people annually. –Jim McCue
For more information:
http://my.nature.org/photography/?autologin=true

* Canon U.S.A., a leader in digital imaging, encourages Americans to acknowledge the beauty of nature and explore photography by participating in its fifth annual Canon in the Parks Photo Contest. From May 17 to September 30, 2010, contestants will have the opportunity to submit their best “Nature” image – the theme for this year’s contest.

Two Grand Prize Winners (1 Adult, 1 Teen) for top Entry in each age group: The Grand Prize will include two (2) coach airline tickets (from the major metropolitan airport closest to the Grand Prize winner’s home), one (1) hotel room (double occupancy) for 5 days/ 4 nights and entrance fee to a park in the 48 contiguous United States (approximate retail value: $2,500.00) and an EOS 5D Mark II /EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM Kit and PIXMA Pro9500 Mark II Photo Printer (approximate retail value: $4,348.99) for a total approximate retail value of $6,848.99. Two First Prize Winners (1 Adult, 1 Teen) for 1st Place Entry in each age group: The First Prize is an EOS 5D Mark II/EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM Kit and PIXMA Pro9500 Mark II Photo Printer (approximate retail value of $4,348.99).Two Second Prize Winners (1 Adult, 1 Teen) for 2nd Place Entry in each age group: The Second Prize is the EOS 7D body, EF-S 17-55mm IS USM lens and a PIXMA Pro9500 Mark II Photo Printer (approximate retail value of $3,827.99).Two Third Prize Winners (1 Adult, 1 Teen) for 3rd Place Entry in each age group: The Third Prize is the EOS Rebel T2i body, EF-S 15-85mm IS USM lens and a PIXMA Pro9000 Mark II Photo Printer (approximate retail value of $1,619.97).Twelve Honorable Mention Prizes (6 Adult, 6 Teen): Each honorable mention prize is a PowerShot G11 (suggested retail: $499.99).

For more information:
http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=1326&fromTips=1&ref=36#/home


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12 May, 2010 | Posted by: psn




NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.


PHOTOGRAPHER'S FORUM MAGAZINE PRESENTS

THE 30th Annual SpringPhotography Contest


SPONSORED BY SIGMA


$4,000 in Cash Grants PLUS Two SIGMA Lenses Awarded!Visit Us at: www.PFMagazine.com


FINAL ENTRY Date: MAY 17, 2010 Final entry fee is $4.95 per photo entered(uploaded/postmarked on or before May 17, 2010)


http://www.pfmagazine.com/E/Contest.aspx


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05 May, 2010 | Posted by: psn




NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.


The Dodge County Master Gardener’s Association is inviting amateur photographers to enter photos in the group’s annual photography contest.
Winning photographs will be displayed at the 2010 Dodge County Master Gardeners Association Photography Workshop on June 19. Ribbons will be awarded to the top photographs in each of five categories and the Best of Show Ribbon and $50 cash prize will also be awarded.
The deadline: June 7th
http://www.wiscnews.com/bdc/news/local/article_303e4d82-572a-11df-bd09-001cc4c03286.html



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28 Apr, 2010 | Posted by: psn



NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.

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Exhibit "A” CALL FOR ENTRIES

Upcoming deadline of June 1, 2010 - submit your best work today!
Awards Include:
"Emerging Photographer of the Year" receives $5,000 AUD
1st place winners in each category receive $1,000 AUD
People's Choice Awards and Honorable Mentions
Categories:
Fine Art, Photojournalism, Advertising and Portrait
Sydney Exhibition and International Publicity:
Photographs from the 1st place winners in each category will be exhibited at a prestigious exhibition in Sydney, Australia.
Winning Work Featured by Le Book:
The 'Emerging Photographer of the Year' and the 1st place winners in each category will also be featured on the Le Book website.
FIND OUT MORE at www.exhibitacomp.com
info[at]exhibitacomp[dot]com


The final deadline is June 1, 2010


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14 Apr, 2010 | Posted by: psn



NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.

Art of Photography Show, (The sixth annual), an international competition and exhibition of photographic art, proves to be a tremendous opportunity for photographers around the world with an expected exhibition audience of 30,000+ visitors, cash prizes totaling $10,000 for the top photographers and an opportunity to have photographs reviewed by acclaimed curator Natasha Egan, the Associate Director and Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago.

For more information about the Art of Photography Show, please visit www.artofphotographyshow.com Also:
http://www.artofphotographyshow.com/Artist_Opportunities.pdf


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14 Apr, 2010 | Posted by: psn



NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.

Art of Photography Show, (The sixth annual), an international competition and exhibition of photographic art, proves to be a tremendous opportunity for photographers around the world with an expected exhibition audience of 30,000+ visitors, cash prizes totaling $10,000 for the top photographers and an opportunity to have photographs reviewed by acclaimed curator Natasha Egan, the Associate Director and Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago.

For more information about the Art of Photography Show, please visit www.artofphotographyshow.com Also:
http://www.artofphotographyshow.com/Artist_Opportunities.pdf


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31 Mar, 2010 | Posted by: psn



NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.


* You’ll be pleased to know that results have been announced for the international Garden Photographer or the year’s Winter “Four Seasons” 2010 competition. Better yet, the second and current theme is Spring into Life: Energy, growth and colour. It runs from 1st March to 31st May 2010. Top prizes include £5,000 cash. Everyone who enters goes automatically through to the main International Garden Photographer of the Year competition with a closing date of 30th November 2010.
For more details:
http://www.igpoty.com/competition.asp

* The HARC (Help Artists & Rehabilitate Children) Foundation announces Call For Entries from Emerging American Photographers. Winner will receive 2010 HARC Award cash prize of $2,500.00 plus a Public Exhibition. Entry postmark closing date is May 5, 2010 and receipt closing date is May 15, 2010. If I understand this one correctly, this is a strictly analog contest. Entry must be a duplicate of a 35mm slide.
For more information:
http://www.harcfoundation.org/

* 2010 WPGA (Worldwide Photography Gala Awards) ANNUAL COMPETITION is committed to discovering and distinguishing new talents as well as to acknowledge established artists. Be part of the group of photographers that are shifting the world of photography: enter your images to one of the most challenging and rewarding photographic competitions. Final Deadline: June 29th, 2010. Professional, non Professional and Students will compete separately in three different sections in this second edition. There will be 25 categories in each section, and each category will have two genres: single image, and series or portfolios. Each genre will be judged as a different category to encourage a broad spectrum of submissions.
In each genre of every category of the different sections WPGA will select 10 finalists, which will be announced online. Those finalists will participate in the final selection: in each genre of every category in the three sections, judges will give First, Second, and Third prize, making a total of 450 awards.
For more information:
http://www.thegalaawards.com/jury.html


* ViewBug is currently running a Panorama Photo Contest with a $500 cash prize, a Joby Gorilla Tripod, a large format print of the winning photo & exposure via the ViewBug blog feature, newsletter announcement, plus a homepage mention. There will be 2nd and 3rd place prizes also.
For more information:
http://ww.viewbug.com/photo-contest/91


-jg


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17 Mar, 2010 | Posted by: psn




NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.

* Pictures2Win (http://www.pictures2win.com/) is a site that has ongoing photo contests with ever-changing categories and prizes varying from merchandise to money. Contests are judge-based and member-vote based. The monthly March win a camera competition is People and Portraits. 1st prize is a Samsung 10.2MP Digital Camera. There is also a members choice winner whose winning image is entered in the end of year members choice competition with the chance of winning a DSLR Camera.
For more information:
http://www.pictures2win.com/competition/People%20&%20Portraits/66/5217/

* Hallmark, the card company, has ongoing card contests that include photography. The current one is in preparation for Halloween—open for submissions until the 22nd of March. Make one frightfully funny Halloween card that is popular with online fans. The most popular ones are put up for sale online and you win $250. The very best of the best are sold in stores, too, and you win another $250. For more information:
http://www.hallmarkcontests.com/

* PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury, VT, seeks photographs exploring the theme of FLIGHT. From birds to ballerinas, from airplanes to dust motes, subjects that capture the experience of lessening gravity’s pull will constitute this juried exhibition. Forty photographs will be chosen by juror David Bram for exhibition on the walls of PhotoPlace Gallery and on the gallery website. An additional 35 images will be chosen for display on the website alone. All selected works will appear in a full-color exhibition catalogue available for purchase. To help artists defray costs, PhotoPlace Gallery offers free matting and framing of exhibited works, providing images conform to pre-cut mat and frame sizes.For more information:
www.vtphotoworkplace.com

* In the UK, there’s a major contest for Garden Photographer of the Year. This year brings a new format, “4 Seasons” which allow photographers to win cash prizes throughout the year. Top prizes include £5,000 cash. The current theme is Spring into Life: Energy, growth and colour. It runs from 1st March to 31st May 2010. Everyone who enters goes automatically through to the main International Garden Photographer of the Year competition with a closing date of 30th November 2010.For more details:
http://www.igpoty.com/competition.asp

* The inaugural 2010 EPSON International Pano Awards is dedicated to the art of panoramic photography. The Open category is open to professional, non-professional and student photographers. The Amateur category is to non-professional and student photographers only. Subject matter Categories for both groups are 1) Nature (including landscapes) and 2) The Built Environment (including architecture). The competition is now open until April 30 with a combined prize pool of over US$13,000 in cash and prizes.

For more details:
http://www.thepanoawards.com/

jm


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* Image10 is a nationwide photo contest run by the New York chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers and open to all professional, serious amateur and student photographers residing in the United States. Contestants are asked to submit one or more images that were created after January 1, 2009. The deadline for entry submissions is May 1, 2010. Over $25,000 in prizes: (2) First Place prizes: a half-page publication of the winning Image in the Photo District News, a promotional mailer to be sent to 2000 art directors, art buyers and photo editors in New York and other major cities throughout the U.S. and an exhibition of the winning Image in a New York gallery
(2) Second Prizes : publication in the Promotional Mailer; an exhibition in a New York gallery.
(2) Third Prizes: publication of the winning Image in the Promotional Mailer; an exhibition in a New York gallery.
(10) Honorable Mention Prizes: an exhibition of the winning Image in a New York gallery.
For more information:
http://www.asmp.org/image10/index.php



* Photographers who are Australian can get into this contest with approximately $45,000 in prizes. Its sponsors tell us that Head On Portrait Contest is the Australia’s major innovative showcase for portrait photography. The show’s main selection criteria are the quality and impact of the image, rather than the celebrity of the photographer or subject. As a result Head On Portrait Prize is regarded by the arts community and reviewers as the most critically important photographic portrait prize in Australia. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION – Sunday 11pm (EDT), 14 March 2010. It’s worth going to the URL below just to see a slide show of past winners.
For more information:
http://www.headon.com.au/

* This week has been kind of slow for really good contests, but we’re getting down to the end of this one which could stand a repeat, because it’s really the travel photographer’s dream: Frommer’s, the travel guidebook company, is awarding the winner of its first Cover Photo Contest the photo credit of a lifetime—placement of the winning photo on the cover of a forthcoming travel guide—and $5,000. Four second-place winners will receive a prize pack containing three Frommer’s Day by Day travel guides and a selection of Frommer’s Lug travel accessories, worth more than $300. Deadline for entries is March 31st. Contestants can visit http://www.frommers.com/go/photocontest/ to enter the contest and upload their best travel photos.

For more information:
http://www.frommers.com/go/photocontest/ Note: Read the rules carefully on this one!

* The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards ( WPGA) open a Juried competition for professional and non professional photographers worldwide: The Robert Cornelius Portrait Award.
The winning images will be featured in The Photo Review, and published in the 2011 Robert Cornelius Portrait Award Calendar. The Robert Cornelius Portrait Award will consist in a cash prize of US$ 1,000, and the winners of each category will receive a cash prize of US$ 300. 50 selected images will be part of an itinerant exhibition during 2011 starting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and then in Europe and US. As in other contests organized by WPGA who partner with Save the Children, a portion of its revenue (entry fees and sales of works in exhibitions) will be donated to that humanitarian organization.
WPGA invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought. Traditional, contemporary, avant-garde, creative and experimental works that include old and new processes, mixed techniques, and challenging personal, emotional or political statements are welcome to The Robert Cornelius Award.
The photographers (professional and non professional) may submit their images to The Robert Cornelius Portrait Award in the following eight categories:

1. Portrait, 2. People, 3. Figure and Nude, 4. Documentary, Editorial and Current Affairs, 5. Alternative processes, 6. Digital Manipulation, 7. Performing Arts, 8. Self Portrait.
For more information:
http://www.thegalaawards.com/about.html


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03 Mar, 2010 | Posted by: psn




NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.

* WiebeTech Photo Contest. Ends May 1, 2010. One winner will be selected from each of four categories (Fashion, Weddings, Sports, Travel and Portraits) and will receive a ToughTech Secure mini-Q, and the 1st place winner will receive the grand prize – an RTX400-QR! That’s a 4 bay digital storage enclosure that retails for $899. It will hold up to 8TB worth of hard drives, but I think you have to fill the bays. Still…
The ToughTech Secure mini-Q is a digital storage enclosure, too, and I suspect you have to furnish the drive for that, too. $189 retail price.
For more information:
http://www.wiebetech.com/photo_contest/

* April 1, 2010 is the deadline for entries in the 13th annual Underwater Images Photo/Video Competition. The competition is open internationally to amateur underwater photographers and videographers. Prizes include worldwide dive travel, dive equipment, and much more.
Contest Categories for 2010: 1. Conservation-Videos, 2. Video, 3. Shipwrecks, 4. Wide Angle (Novice), 5. Wide Angle (Open), 6. Macro/Close Up (Novice), 7. Macro/Close Up (Open), 8. Majestic, 9. Togetherness, 10. Divers and Marine Life.
For more information:
www.uwimages.org

* The Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, CO, is looking for images that visually depict Consumption and what it means to you. The exhibition is open to photographers world wide, both amateur and professional working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate in its exhibitions. Experimental and mixed techniques are welcome. Deadline for submissions is April 13 and prizes will include:
* liveBooks Website Award: Valued at $399 each, two artists will receive a 1 year subscription for a website from www.livebooks.com
* Juror's Selection Award: $300 and a Blurb book award from www.Blurb.com
* Director's Selection Award: $200 and a Blurb book award from www.Blurb.com
* Honorable Mention Award: $100
* All exhibitors are included in the Center's online gallery
For more information:
http://www.c4fap.org/cfe/2010Consumption/index.asp

· In case you missed this one before, here’s a contest that should appeal to many PhotoLetter readers. Frommer’s, the travel guidebook company, is awarding the winner of its first Cover Photo Contest the photo credit of a lifetime—placement of the winning photo on the cover of a forthcoming travel guide—and $5,000. Four second-place winners will receive a prize pack containing three Frommer’s Day by Day travel guides and a selection of Frommer’s Lug travel accessories, worth more than $300. Deadline for entries is March 31st. Contestants can visit http://www.frommers.com/go/photocontest/ to enter the contest and upload their best travel photos.

* Defenders of Wildlife announces its first annual photography contest and invites photographers to enter. From now until March 12, 2010, you can submit up to five photos in each of two categories: Wildlife and Wild Lands. Winners will be eligible for a range of prizes worth a total of $5,000. The grand prize winner will receive a seven-day photo tour of Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, courtesy of Defenders of Wildlife and Jess Lee Photo Tour s.
For more information:
http://www.defenders.org/take_action/community_activism/photos_and_stories/photo_contest/index.php



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24 Feb, 2010 | Posted by: psn



NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.

* Some good contests this week. Let’s start off with a fabulous vanity prize. 100 Medals from the Royal Canadian Mint with your image on them. Who could ask for anything more? You could pass them out like Thomas Jefferson to the natives did ---his Jefferson Peace Medals. They want a photo or video from Canadian fans of the Olympic Games who want to show why they are the greatest fans the Canadian Olympics have. It’s important that you have a lot of friends willing to vote to that effect as well. First prize winners also get a trip for two to Ottawa on Canada Day this summer 2010 to receive the prize. Submissions open until March 21.
For more details:
http://face.mint.ca/themintdetails/eng/

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* Next we head for the Mother Country, Great Britain, for a major contest for Garden Photographer of the Year. This year they have a new format, “4 Seasons,” which allow photographers to win cash prizes throughout the year. Top prizes include £5,000 cash. First theme is Winter Beauty with a closing date of February 28th, but everyone who enters goes automatically through to the main International Garden Photographer of the Year competition with a closing date of 30th November 2010. Spring into Life: 1 March - 31 May, Insect Beauties: 1 June - 31 August, Autumn Shapes: 1 September - 30 November
For more details:
http://www.igpoty.com/competition.asp

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* The inaugural 2010 EPSON International Pano Awards is dedicated to the art of panoramic photography. The Open category is open to professional, non-professional and student photographers. The Amateur category is to non-professional and student photographers only. Subject matter Categories for both groups are 1) Nature (including landscapes) and 2) The Built Environment (including architecture). The competition is now open until April 30 with a combined prize pool of over US$13,000 in cash and prizes.
For more details:
http://www.thepanoawards.com/

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* Saving the most prestigious for last: Hasselblad 2010 Masters Awards. Each year Hasselblad awards the title of Master photographers in a range of specially defined categories. Awards are granted in recognition of the photographer’s contribution to the art of photography and photographic ability in the areas of creativity, composition, conceptual strength, and technical skill. Hasselblad is currently inviting photographers to submit photographs to be considered for the 10th annual Masters Awards. The 2010 competition will feature a new category to cover wildlife photography. One Master will be chosen for each of the eleven categories. Each of the 2010 winners, one from each category, will receive a framed diploma certifying their Masters‘ status and a presentation of their work on the Hasselblad website. Winners will also be given the use of an H4D camera, the flagship of the Hasselblad system, with which to capture images for a unique, commemorative photography book, with each winner rendering a personal interpretation of a given theme. Photographers must have been active* professionals for more than three years. To be eligible for judging, submitted pho tos must be shot using some form of medium or large format system. No 35mm photography will be accepted.

*There is also another form or version of the contest called “Up and Coming” 2010 that is open to all professional photographers and in which photographs may be shot with large format, medium format, or 35 mm digital systems. The closing date for all submissions is December 31, 2010.
For more details: http://www.hasselblad.com/masters-2010-is-open.aspx


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* “Demotix: journalism for the 21st Century ” Demotix has launched a new category on the site. Odd will host ‘quirky, odd and off-beat news from the best network of citizen journalists and photographers around the world.’
First Place: the opportunity to turn your photojournalism into a beautiful coffee-table book. Blurb, custom book publishers for the masses, will allow the winner to produce and customize their own bookstore-quality book or books, up to the value of £50. Second Place will receive 60 postcards of their best work, beautifully printed onto glossy stock. Third place takes a set of Moo’s innovative mini-cards, ideal for creating a pocket portfolio with a range of your images to enhance your personal brand as a photojournalist.
For more information:
http://www.demotix.com/

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* Habitat World, the quarterly magazine of Habitat for Humanity International, is announcing the premiere of the 2010 Habitat World Photo Contest. Habitat World is look for photographs of volunteers and families who are receiving a home, or from Habitat building sites. Photos should reflect the need for affordable, adequate housing and Habitat’s life-changing work around the world.
The contest winner will be awarded a Habitat Global Village trip to Pokhara, Nepal. Habitat World will pay for the winner’s air transportation, modest accommodations and meals.
The contest closes at midnight, April 11, Eastern Daylight Time.
For more information:
http://www.daylightmagazine.org/blog/2010/2/11/691

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* This one is for students only. In 2010, the Bron Imaging Group bi-annual BIG ED photographic contest will be hosted by the iconic photographic team of Markus Klinko and Indrani. The theme of the contest, which runs until 1 July, is an intimate portrait of the girl or boy next door. The winner will receive a complete broncolor Mobil A2R travel kit, and will have the option to add a second Mobilite 2 head, a Unilite head, or a Ringflash C. The second prize is a broncolor Minicom RFS Travel kit, whilst the third prize is a California Sunbounce Micro Mini with flash bracket.
For more information:
http://www.photographyblog.com/news/markus_klinko_indrani_2010_student_photography_competition/

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* Love is the emotion that binds all of us. Love signifies caring, faithfulness, devotion and hope. Love comes in all shapes and forms. Love can be our feelings for a parent, partner, child or pet. Love can also explain our devotion to our country or nationality. It is an emotion to which we are all drawn. A photograph can capture and display this emotion quite vividly or very subtly. Terra Bella Media invites photographers to submit their own interpretation of this powerful emotion.
First Place winner will receive $500.00 (U.S.)
Second Place winner will receive $300.00 (U.S.)
Third Place winner will receive $200.00 (U.S.)
Three submissions will be chosen for Honorable Mention.
For more information:
http://terabellamedia.com/contest/

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03 Feb, 2010 | Posted by: psn



NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.


* dPS Forum Photography Competition looks like it’s going to have an ongoing series of contests with good prizes from digitalrev.com. What they want is for you to produce a photograph that says “Life.” The competition will run for four weeks beginning January 28 and first prize is up to $1600.00 USD to spend at DigitalRev, second is up to $800.00 and third is up to $500.00.
Read more:
http://digital-photography-school.com/dps-forum-photography-competition#ixzz0e9Zqggrb
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* 23rd Annual Northern National Art Competition at Nicolet Area Technical College is wide open for artists 18 and older residing in America and using a variety of media. Each artist may submit one or two slides or jpgs of recent, original 2D (wall-hang-able) work in ANY medium including drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, fiber, mixed media and work that has some sculptural elements. There is over $8500 in prize money including three $1000 Awards of Excellence. Entries must be postmarked by May 15. This year’s judge/juror is photographer Larry McNeil, who teaches all levels of photography, including digital imaging, at Boise State College in Idaho. Larry’s own work can be seen at http://www.larrymcneil.com/and is worth looking at even if you are not likely to enter the contest.
For more information on the contest see:
http://www.nicoletcollege.edu/community/eventsentertainment/artgallery/nnac.html
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* The editors of Nature's Best Photography magazine invite all photographers to enter the 14th Annual Windland Smith Rice International Awards competition for 2010. All winning images will be published in the 2010 Collectors Edition of Nature's Best Photography magazine. In addition, the category Winners and a selection of Highly Honored photographs will be displayed in an exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. The Grand Prize will also win a "Yellowstone in Winter" photo workshop provided by Arizona Highways Photo Workshops. Entries are judged on technical quality, originality, and artistic merit. Enter up to 20 images for an entry fee of $25 US dollars (no foreign checks).
Deadline: April 5, 2010.
For more details: http://www.naturesbestphotography.com/enter_guidelines.php
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* Win a prestigious award, up to £20,000 worth of prizes and exposure in a nationwide (United Kingdom) touring exhibition and accompanying book. After a successful first year and widely acclaimed photographic exhibition celebrating British wildlife, The British Wildlife Photography Awards announce the launch of their second competition, now open for entries. Established to celebrate and recognize the talents of photographers of all nationalities practicing in the UK, while at the same time highlight the great wealth and diversity of British natural history, BWPA are looking to build on recent successes and are introducing several new categories, including a special award for conservation photography and a category dedicated to British biodiversity and native species under threat, reflecting the fact that 2010 has been declared International Year of Biodiversity, by the United Nations.
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Categories
1. Animal Portraits
2. Animal Behavior
3. Urban Wildlife
4. Hidden Britain
5 Coast and Marine
6. Wildlife in my Back Yard
7. Habitat
8 British Seasons
9. International Year of Biodoversity
10. The 2020VISION Special Award

For more information:
http://www.bwpawards.org/
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* The first Scott Dunn photography competition. Send your best shot from your holiday - either a ‘FACE’ or a ‘PLACE’ and you could be taking photos with a new Leica D-Lux 4 digital camera on a weekend getaway to Florence, staying at the chic JK Place and enjoying a one day photography workshop in the UK with Brett (www.bybrett.com). Shortlisted entries will be uploaded to www.scottdunn.com on a monthly basis for the winner to then be chosen by four judges. The competition closes on 30 June 2010.
For more information:
http://www.scottdunn.com/picture-perfect.html
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* The Outdoor Photographer The Great Outdoors Photo Contest (“Contest”) is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia, who are 18 years of age or older. Grand Prize Package: Publication of your photo in the August 2010 issue and $1,500 cash! People’s Choice Award: Online publication of the winning photo in the Winners Gallery.
For more information:
http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/photo-contests/the-great-outdoors.html
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* The Photocrati Fund offers $5000 grants to non-professional photographers to undertake important humanitarian and environmental photography projects. Their goal is to identify outstanding, up-and-coming photographers and give them the resources necessary to pursue projects that will have a tangible and positive effect on the world.
They will offer one grant in 2010. The application deadline is March 15, 2010, and the award will be announced in June 2010. Awardees become Photocrati Fellows for the calendar year from the announcement of their award until the announcement of the following year’s award.
For more information:
http://www.photocrati.com/photocrati-fund/

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NOTE: Its up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. Its well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You dont have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Dont give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, its good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.

* Adorama just launched a contest for photos taken with your iPhone, and, though the contest is a little specialized, the prizes are spectacular. One $1,000 Adorama Gift Certificate ($1000.00), Ten Wacom Tablets ($129.95), Fifteen Canon Wireless Printers ($129.95), Thirty $100 Adorama Gift Certificates ($100.00) and Twenty-Five $50 Apple App Store Gift Cards ($50.00). Photos must be taken using an iPhone and only iPhone apps can be used in editing. Deadline for entries is 7:00 PM PST on Feb 16, 2010. For more details:
http://contest.adorama.com/rules#requirements

* Next we have a Business Card Photo Contest that runs through to Thursday, March 18, 2010. It’s based in Great Britain, but seems to be open to anyone worldwide. Grand Prize wins a choice of £1000 or a Canon EOS digital SLR camera and 500 free business cards. Second Place wins £100 and 250 free business cards. And the first 15 contestants to submit their photos will get 200 free business cards. For terms and conditions see:
http://www.optimalprint.co.uk/businesscard-photo-contest-rules

* As of September 2009 Leica Camera AG announced the world’s first digital rangefinder camera with a full-frame 24 x 36mm sensor. As the world’s smallest full-frame system camera, the LEICA M9 continues the long heritage of the Leica rangefinder system, and unites more than 50 years of continuous technical improvements to the M System with cutting-edge digital technology. You’d love one, wouldn’t you? If only you could afford one, right? No problem! Win one in Leica’s Oskar Barnack Award and the Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award contest which are open for entries until 15 March. The award is given by an international jury “to photographers whose unerring powers of observation capture and express the relationship between man and the environment in the most graphic form in a sequence of a minimum of 10 up to a maximum of 12 images”. The winner of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award will receive 5,000 euros or, alternatively, Leica camera equipment to the same value. Also, the Newcomers Award is open to all (prospective) pros who are aged 25 years and under. The winner of the Newcomer Award will receive 2,500 euros. For details see:
http://www.leica-oskar-barnack-award.com/#/en/home

* New Images of Age and Aging What circumstances and opportunities do we hope for in old age? Do we have models from today’s perspective to go by? How do we imagine our lives from 65 on? How can the potential of the “old” in society be meaningfully utilized? Submitted photos should deal with civil or personal conceptions and ideas of aging. We cordially invite all photographers regardless of age, whether professional, amateur, artist, student, or hobbyist, to participate. The Joint Academy Initiative on Aging – German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and German Academy of Science and Engineering acatech is sponsoring a photo contest focussing on New Images of Age and Aging with a deadline of March 12, 2010. The three winning pictures will be awarded € 500 (winner), € 300 (second), € 200 (third). The English version of the rules are at the bottom of the page. For more information see:
http://www.artae.de/popup/fotowettbewerb.html

-Jim McCue
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20 Jan, 2010 | Posted by: psn



NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.


* Have you been thinking of learning more about HDR photography? Here’s a contest that could inspire you as well as win you some help with the project. But before you look, this is not for the full-time pros among us. You have to be an amateur photographer—essentially not claiming photography as your main profession, which should leave it open to many. The ThirstyPhoto Group (and their Facebook App) was created with a few simple goals : To create a fun way to get your photography out there and critiqued by other users. To have enough contributors that marketing folks at big companies with stuff to sell - will give it away to their contests for free. To showcase Contest winners who deserve our continued praise for their excellent work. Their current contest, which is open until February 26, has a great bunch of prizes: A copy of Adobe Photoshop CS4, a copy of Adobe Lightroom 2, two copies of Photomatix Pro, a copy of The HDRI Handbook: High Dynamic Range Imaging for Photographers and CG Artists and a copy of Complete Guide to High Dynamic Range Digital Photography. Go join The ThirstyPhoto Group on Facebook to find out more about it.
http://apps.facebook.com/thirstyphoto/about/about.php

* Photographers and photojournalists have until March 1 to submit their photos to a contest in Medellín, Colombia, that will focus on labor and the environment. The competition aims to highlight labor and social conditions in Latin America from the perspective of photographers, according to the organizer, Escuela Nacional Sindical (ENS). Works may be submitted in four categories: women workers, children workers, men workers, and migrant workers. The winner of each category will receive a cash prize of US$1,300. Among the requirements: photos must be digital and sent via e-mail as a JPG file; and each photo must include a title and a 100-word description. The widest side of the image must measure 800 pixels. For more information go to:
http://ijnet.org/ijnet/training_opportunities/registration_open_for_latin_american_photo_contest_on_labor

* The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards ( WPGA) is sponsoring a juried competition for students and recent graduates of photography, fine art and design attending institutes, colleges, schools and universities worldwide: The Nadar Award for Students. Students from art-related schools and faculties such as architecture, as well as students from other careers, who are amateur photographers (i.e. members of photographic associations and photo clubs) may also qualify to submit images to The Nadar Award. The deadline for submissions has been extended to February 28th. There are several categories: - Portrait, People and Figure.
- Documentary, Editorial and Current Affairs
- Digital enhanced and alternative processes
- Fine Art
- Citiscapes and Architecture
- Landscape and Nature
The Best of Show winner will earn a free attendance to one of the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, including round trip, lodging and tuition. The winner and Reid Callanan will choose together the workshop which best fits for the student. The winner will also receive a cash prize of 1,000 US$. Nadar Award Second and Third prize will also be awarded. Second Prize Winners will receive a cash prize of 600 US$ and Third Prize a cash prize of 40 0 US$. The winners in each category will receive cash prizes 300 US$ each.
For more details: http://www.thegalaawards.com/prizes_and_awards.html

* If I understand this one correctly, you submit up to 4 of your best “Glamour” photos through talenthouse.com from now to February 12 and folks vote on which ones they like best. But then Naomi Campbell chooses which photographer she wants to have shoot a project under her direction with a model chosen also by her for Glamour magazine. This one could be amazing, or…
Check it out at:
http://talenthouse.com/creativeinvites/show/detail/81

* Here is a contest for all U.S. and international freelance, amateur and professional photographers and students, 18 to 35 years of age. Applicants may apply as individuals, or as collaborators. The Hearst 8x10 Photography Biennial is a competition to identify and promote new and emerging talent among photographers in the United States and abroad. Eight (8) winners, chosen every other year, will have selected works showcased in an exhibition under the title, "8x10" in the Alexey Brodovitch Gallery and the Hearst Gallery at Hearst Tower in New York City and will be published in the accompanying "8x10" catalog and on www.hearst.com and www.hearst8x10.com All entries must be emailed before May 31, 2010. For more details see:
http://www.hearst8x10.com/contest.php

* And from our Friends Over There: The Royal Photographic Society invites amateur and professional photographers worldwide to submit their work for consideration for The Society’s 153rd International Print Exhibition. There is a reduced entry fee for Society members, and entries from photographers under 25 years of age are also encouraged, with a reduced entry fee and eligibility for individual awards.
Great prizes:
• 1 Gold Society Medal and a prize of £2,000
• 2 Silver Society Medals and prizes of £1,000 each
• 3 Bronze Society Medals and prizes of £500 each
• RPS/Allen & Overy international award of £750 on the theme ‘Cities of the World’
(an individual interpretation of global cities), this award reflecting the international nature
of The Society
• RPS/Allen & Overy award of £750 on the theme ‘Industry and Commerce’ (looking at the oil/gas/energy/banking or legal sector for dynamic visual interpretations of the
world of industry and commerce)
• Under 25 - Gold Society Medal and a prize of an Olympus PEN Camera
(www.olympus.co.uk/pen) for the best image by an entrant under 25 years of age.
Deadline for entries is Monday 29 March 2010.
For more info go to:
http://www.rps.org/international-print-exhibition/The-153rd-International-Print-Exhibition-2010

* In case you missed this one before, here’s a contest that should appeal to many PhotoLetter readers. Frommer’s, the travel guidebook company, is awarding the winner of its first Cover Photo Contest the photo credit of a lifetime—placement of the winning photo on the cover of a forthcoming travel guide—and $5,000. Four second-place winners will receive a prize pack containing three Frommer’s Day by Day travel guides and a selection of Frommer’s Lug travel accessories, worth more than $300. Deadline for entries is March 31st. Contestants can visit
http://www.frommers.com/go/photocontest/ to enter the contest and upload their best travel photos.
Jim McCue


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22 Dec, 2009 | Posted by: psn



NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.


The World Press Photographers
CONTEST
Deadline January 14th


http://www.worldpressphoto.org

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15 Dec, 2009 | Posted by: psn



NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.


The 2010 Red Bull Illume Image Quest looks interesting and even exciting, with a good prize. The overall winner of the 2010 Red Bull Illume Image Quest will receive a Leica S2 camera and equipment to the value of €30,000. Further prize details to be announced. http://www.redbullillume.com/
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For folks interested in underwater photography, the North Carolina Aquariums 2009 Underwater Photo Contest should provide a challenge.
There is no entry fee. Cash prizes will be awarded in each of the three categories: First Place $500; Second Place $200; Third Place $100; Honorable Mention $50. Photographers may submit up to three digital images in each of three categories: 1) Underwater Open, which may include wide-angle photos of shipwrecks or other North Carolina underwater scenes; 2) Underwater Animal Close-ups (macro); and 3) Aquatic Life in the North Carolina Aquariums (any animal or group of animals displayed at any of the three North Carolina Aquariums). I’m not sure if the #2 category is limited to North Carolina waters or not. http://www.ncaquariums.com/2009-underwater-photo-contest
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The World Press Photographers contest is an annual event. The deadline for submitting entries to the 2010 World Press Photo contest is 14 January 2010, 23.59 Central European Time. http://www.worldpressphoto.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=56&bandwidth=high
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Mandalay Bay Untamed Adventure Contest. The best contest--- if it fits your taste, doesn’t have a “cash” award, but could provide you with lots of interesting pictures if you won it.
Have you taken an extreme photo in Las Vegas this year? If so, the pic could win you an extraordinary New Year’s Eve prize in the Mandalay Bay Untamed Adventure Contest. Submit a photo and start voting through the weekend. Ten entries will be in the running for the grand prize of three New Year’s Eve room nights at the hotel, plus four tickets to see the Black Eyed Peas there on Dec. 30. Round-trip airfare and airport transportation is included, along with a $1,000 spending spree on food and drinks. You’ll also have VIP access to all the New Year’s Eve parties at Mandalay. Time is running out, so submit a photo or vote at Facebook.com/MandalayBay. How to enter this contest is not immediately obvious. Hmmmmmmmm. We finally figured out how: First you have to have a Facebook account. Then go to:
http://www.facebook.com/mandalaybay?v=app_353814715437
Click on Become a Fan at the top of the page and go to:
http://www.facebook.com/mandalaybay?v=app_353814715437#/photo_search.php?oid=141444980659&view=all

Now you should be able to “Add Photos” at the top of the page. Once the photo is in their system they put it into a “Gallery” where you can get your friends to vote for it. (Or maybe connoisseurs who recognize your talent!) http://apps.facebook.com/mandalay_photo/photos/show/39/86
Innnyway, if neon and decadence is your thing, good Luck!

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08 Dec, 2009 | Posted by: psn



NOTE: It’s up to you if you want to enter any of the contests we list on this page. It’s well known that some photo contest sponsors ask for free commercial use of the winning entries (or sometimes all of the entries!). You don’t have to guess who the winner of that contest is. Don’t give up any of your rights. If your photo is good enough to win a national contest, it’s good enough to earn many dollars for you in the future. So, enter photo contests keeping this in mind.


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A Christmas Tree Contest

Do you have a Charlie Brown Christmas tree?

(Contest ends December 28.)
A pathetic, puny tree with a lot of heart? If so, please share a photograph in the Holiday Trees gallery by clicking here. We will not mock you. Instead, we will pick out the best photo and award the winner with four passes to the Charles Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, California, and a cuddly stuffed Snoopy.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?entry_id=53036#ixzz0ZDyPTCLs

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?entry_id=53036

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WINNERS of the world’s largest photo contest


http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/12/09/06/1255-82/index.xml



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2010 World Press Photo Contest

World Press Photo invites professional photographers and photojournalists from around the world to enter the 53rd World Press Photo contest. The web entry site is open for uploading entries from 1 December 2009 until the deadline of 14 January 2010. The web entry site can be accessed via www.worldpressphoto.org/contest. For the 2010 contest, it is no longer possible to submit entries by post on a CD/DVD. Entries submitted by email are also not accepted.

Participants need to apply for a username and password to access the site before midnight on 8 January 2010, but can continue to upload and edit their submissions until 14 January. Previous usernames and passwords are not valid for the 2010 contest. The entry site is easy to use and available in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.

For more information please contact Anna Lena Mehr at anna[at]worldpressphoto[dot]org
or +31 (0)20 676 6096.



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02 Dec, 2009 | Posted by: psn




Colorado Photo Contest:
Images now being accepted


All images must have been shot in Colorado.

For complete rules, visit www.coloradoan.com/xpc

http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20091201/ENTERTAINMENT06/91201020/%3Cb%3E+December+Xplore+Photo+Contest%3C/b%3E+Images+now+being+accepted


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17 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn





Know of a contest coming up?

Let us know about it.

Send to: info[at]photosource[dot]com



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11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn




Best of College Photography 2010

FINAL Entry Deadine: November 23, 2009 ($4.95 each)
Winning Photos will be published in the May 2010 issue
of Photographer's Forum Magazine. All contest finalists will be
published in the hardcover book Best of College Photography 2010.
http://pfmagazine.com/E/Contest.aspx

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Photo District News
topknots contest


A grand prize winner in each category will receive:
• A digital camera
• PhotoServe portfolio ($860 value)
• 2010 PDN PhotoPlus Expo Gold Expo Pass
• Winners' images will be printed in the April 2010 issue of Photo District News and in a special Top Knots winners' gallery on our Web site.

People's Choice Award: Log on to the contest Web site and vote for your favorites. The winning images will receive the People's Choice Award online

For info: http://www.topknotscontest.com/


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03 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn



WHAT’S THE MESSAGE? -- Understanding Five Types of Photo Contests. They are all about judging photographs based on creativity, technical merit, and relevance to the contest themes. But different types of contests have different technical standards and different submission methods. It's important that you match your images to the type of contest you're entering. http://bit.ly/2Tu94k
TAKEAWAY: And it's also important for the judges to understand the direction and concept of each contest. It's disappointing to see an architectural expert judging a nature contest.



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20 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn


Share The Experience Photo Contest | National Park Foundation. Share the Experience Office Federal Recreation Lands Photo Contest It's anannual photography competition . December 31st. For details:
www.nationalparks.org/get-involved/photo-contest/

INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION -- Photo Contest Turns Lenses Toward Ocean Conservation - Project AWARE. Nov. 1st. The Ocean in Focus Conservation Photography Contest launching on World Ocean Day, June 8, ... Simon Chance – Manager, PADI International Resort and Retailer ...
www.projectaware.org/english/templates/news.aspx?id=3673


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14 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn



ANIMALS -- Photo District News (PDN) and Kodak have launched " Best Friends: The Ultimate Animal Photo Contest, " which celebrates the art of pet and animalphotography while also raising money to help endangered and mistreated animals throughout the world. The contest is now accepting paid online submissions from amateur photographers, with part of the proceeds going to three animal and wildlife protection groups. Submissions will be accepted through Tuesday, December 22, 2009. Winners in each of the four categories will be selected by a panel of photography professionals.
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS139657+14-Oct-2009+BW20091014

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30 Sep, 2009 | Posted by: psn




Wired Contest. . .
The 10 highest-ranked photos will appear in a gallery on the Wired.com homepage.
“Topic: SLEEP.....Somber sleepwalkers stumbling in their slippers. Show us people passed out on pillows, drooling puddles on their periwinkle pajamas. We want to see dozing motorists in parking lots and napping dogs in dusty fields. Make attention-grabbing snaps that make us yawn from their sleepiness. Sleep . . .

http://www.wired.com/culture/art/news/2009/09/submissions_sleep


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16 Sep, 2009 | Posted by: psn




TWO DECADES -- Corbis Celebrates 20 years of Stock Photography. A look behind the scenes of notable images and a Twitter contest mark the anniversary of one of the oldest major online stock photography company. http://bit.ly/bXeNd


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09 Sep, 2009 | Posted by: psn




Fourteen photography contests for all skill levels - Prizes include over $15,000
in cash prizes, new cameras and lenses, gift cards, computers, photo
enlargements, travel, exclusive memberships and more. Six contests have
September entry deadline dates. Note: Remember to always read the official rules
very carefully.

http://www.examiner.com/x-6227-Louisville-Photography-Examiner~y2009m9d5-14-photography-contests-for-all-skill-levels


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02 Sep, 2009 | Posted by: psn



Do photographers see differently than other people?

Or do they simply know how to anticipate?

Here are the winners of National Wildlife’s photo contest.

http://www.nwf.org/NationalWildlife/article.cfm?issueID=79&articleID=1158


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26 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn




The BETTER PHOTO Monthly Photo Contest


Monthly Theme: Creative Power

· Grand Prize is a Deluxe BetterPholio™ Web Site.
· First Place winners receive a Tamrac Sling Pack


The deadline for this month's contest is
12:00 Midnight, Pacific
Monday, August 31, 2009
Current Time: 8/26/2009 7:45:26 AM


http://www.betterphoto.com/contest.asp 1-888-927-9992


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04 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn





NOT SO POPULAR: By entering, the POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY “Best of Reader Gallery” contest, you grant to Sponsor a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to edit, publish, promote, republish at any time in the future and otherwise use your submission, along with your name and likeness, in any and all media for any purpose, without further permission, notice or compensation (except where prohibited by law). For the identity of the winner, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope after August 16th 2009 to July BORG 2009 Contest Winner, 2 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016.
http://www.popphoto.com/Contests-Events/Best-of-Reader-Gallery-Contest-Childhood/Rules-Best-of-Reader-Gallery-July-2009


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