38th Annual SPRING PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
Call for projects organizer
Established in 1977, Photographer's Forum magazine is an award-winning quarterly publication for emerging professionals, instructors, and active pros.
Description
WINNING PHOTOS will be published in the November 2018 issue of Photographer’s Forum.All contest finalists, top 8% of all entries, will be published in the hardcover book Best of Photography 2018.
ELIGIBILITY
This contest is open to all amateur photographers in the United States, Canada, and around the world.
DETAILS
- No limit to quantity of entries
- Rights remain with photographer
- Subject matter is open
PUBLICATION
Photographer’s Forum reserves the right to publish all contestwinners and finalists.
NOTIFICATION
- Finalists notified by July 27, 2018.
- Winners notified by August 10, 2018.
TO ENTER ONLINE
- Minimum Image Dimensions: 1,000 pixels x 1,000 pixels
- Maximum Image Dimensions: 6,000 pixels x 6,000 pixels
- Allowable File Types: JPG, PNG and GIF
- Color Space should be Adobe1998, sRGB or untagged color space
- Maximum File Size: 6 Mb
- Do not upload photos with watermark names, image frames or borders.
- All Uploaded Entries are FINAL and Cannot be Replaced, Deleted or Edited by Photographer’s Forum Magazine
TO ENTER BY MAIL
- Enter black & white or color prints or slides.
- Prints must be unmounted 9×12 or smaller.
- Label every photo with your name and address, and indicate which edge is the top.
- Make checks payable to Photographer’s Forum.
- All entries must include payment, entry form, and photographs.
- If sending prints or slides, enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for return of work.
- Photos will be returned after 9/4/2018. Work with no SASE will be discarded.
Rewards
1st Place
$2 000+ Plus a Sigma 24-35mm F2 DG HSM | Art lens ($999)*
2nd Place
$1 500+ Plus a Sigma 24mm 1.4 DG HSM | ART lens ($849)*
3rd Place
$1 0004th Place
$125100 HONORABLE MENTIONS
All Honorable Mentions will be listed in the November 2018 issue of Photographer’s Forum magazine and will receive a gold embossed certificate of outstanding merit.PARTICIPATION GIFT
All entrants from the U.S. and Canada receive 2 FREE ISSUES of Photographer’s Forum.Timeline
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