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Deadline: 1.26.09**
** Special Extended Deadline for International Entrants 2/1/09
Register and Enter Online*!
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Hurry up and submit those photos—the deadlines are fast approaching!
Billboard and Photo District News Present: Summer Music Moment
Late Deadline: September 10, 2008
Enter online: www.billboardphotocontest.com
World in Focus
Special Extension Deadline: September 15, 2008
Enter online: www.worldinfocuscontest.com
Photo District News Presents: Faces, Portraits From all Angles
Late Deadline: September 15, 2008
Enter Online: www.facesphotocontest.com
Good luck!
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With all of our summer contest offerings, we like to think PDN is keeping photographers on their toes even in the laziest and hottest months. This latest contest is a salute to one of our favorite parts of a quintessential summer—live music. Rock fiends, concertgoers and photo fanatics, take note!
Billboard and PDN present: SUMMER MUSIC MOMENT - The Ultimate Music Photography Contest
We're looking for YOUR Summer Music Moment! We want to see the moments, the music, the scene—through your eyes.
Prizes will be awarded in the following categories: Performance, Crowd, Place and Spontaneous Moment with one grand prize winner amongst all.
Amateur Prizes
Grand Prize:
$1000 cash, an iMac 24 inch 3 ghz with Photoshop, a point and shoot camera, published on Billboard.com and in the September 2008 issue of Billboard Magazine.
First Place in Each Category:
A digital camera, published on Billboard.com and in the September 2008 issue of Billboard Magazine.
Professional Prizes
Grand Prize:
A professional D-SLR camera, image(s) published in the September 2008 issue of Billboard Magazine and a one-year subscription to Billboard. Winning images will be published in the December 2008 issue of PDN and online at www.pdnonline.com and www.billboard.com.
First Place in Each Category:
A digital camera, image(s) published in the September 2008 issue of Billboard Magazine and a one-year subscription to Billboard. Winning images will be published in the December 2008 issue of PDN and online at www.pdnonline.com and www.billboard.com.
Fan's Favorite
(Professional and amateur categories will be combined. There will be ONE winner.)
A digital camera, Billboard and PDN-branded items, published on www.pdnonline.com and www.billboard.com.
Fees
Amateur:
Single entry - $15 per image
Series* - $20 per series
Professional:
Single entry - $35 per image
Series* - $50 per series
Student - $20 (I.D. required)
*A series consists of up to six visually-related images that will be judged as a single entry.
Deadline: August 29, 2008
For more information and to enter the contest visit:
http://www.billboardphotocontest.com
National Geographic Traveler and Photo District News are seeking the best professional and travel photographs for their annual World In Focus contests. 
Professional photography contest: The Grand Prize winner will receive free tuition for a 6-day professional photography workshop in Santa Fe, New Mexico, one Nikon D-80 Digital SLR, an Expedition tripod and head, a NG5737 backpack, and a PDN PhotoServe portfolio. Category winners (travel portraits, outdoor scenes, sense of place, spontaneous moments, and photo essay) will each receive one D-60 kit, a Tundra photo/video tripod, a NG2475 shoulder bag, and a PDN PhotoPlus Expo Gold Pass. Fees are $35 per entry.
Amateur category contest: The Grand Prize winner will receive a 15-day trop for two to Antarctica aboard the National Geographic Endeavour. The runner-up will receive a trip to the Cliffs Preserve in Patagonia, Chile; 3rd Prize includes a cruise for two on a Maine Windjammer schooner; 4th Prize includes and a seven-day photography workshop in Oaxaca, Mexico. Fees are $12 per entry.
Select winning images from both contests will be displayed at the PDN PhotoPlus Expo October 23 to 35. Winning amateur images will be featured in the January/February edition of National Geographic Traveler, and winning professional images will be featured in a winners gallery in PDN's February 2009 issue, online at www.pdnonline.com.
Entry deadlines: August 21, 2008; pay $10 additional per entry for an extended deadline of September 8.
For more information, and to enter, visit www.worldinfocuscontest.com. Go get 'em!
Hello PDNedu Readers!
It has been a while since my last post, but I wanted to inform all of you of one of PDN's exciting upcoming contests: The PIX Digital Imaging Awards!
The PIX Digital Imaging Contest focuses on the innovative styles and techniques of contemporary photography. We are looking for revolutionary imagery that incorporates all types of creative elements—making it extraordinary. Photographers can submit their work to one or more of the following categories: advertising campaigns, portraits/celebrities/music, travel/lifestyle, fashion/beauty, personal work, student work and websites.
A grand-prize winner will be selected for each category and will receive a Samsung digital camera, a PhotoServe Portfolio (valued at $860), along with a PhotoPlus International Conference Gold Expo Pass—other grand prizes to be announced! The PIX contest allows viewers to have a chance to judge their favorite images online. All winners will be featured in the November print issue of PDN and their work will be added to an exclusive online gallery at www.pdnonline.com. Winners will also be featured in a gallery at the winners’ party during PDN’s PhotoPlus International Conference and Expo this October!
To enter, log on and visit www.pixdigitalimagingcontest.com.
Deadline is August 1st, 2008 (8/1/2008)*
*Late? Pay $10 to extend your deadline to 8/15/2008.
Take a look around, and it becomes pretty clear that our culture is obsessed with faces. From celebrity-splattered magazines and reality TV shows to students' Facebook and Myspace pages, we're surrounded by images of faces everywhere at every moment. So it should come as no surprise that here at PDN we're seeking inspiration from the same 21st Century motif:
PDN presents Faces Photo Contest
Prizes:
Grand prize winner from each category will receive:
*Digital Camera (make and model TBA)
*PhotoServe Portfolio (value: $860)
*PhotoPlus International Conference Gold Expo pass
*More prizes TBA
All winners are:
*Featured in December issue of PDN (photo district news) and in online gallery at www.pdnonline.com
*Select images will be exhibited at gallery exhibit at PDN PhotoPlus International Expo from October 23 to 25, 2008 in New York City.
Categories:
1. Celebrity/Editorial Portraits (studio)
Published or unpublished. Famous or infamous.
2. Environmental Portraiture
A person in their natural surroundings.
3. Self-Portraits.
You, yourself.
4. Animal Portraits
Your friends, your companions, your family.
Deadline for entries: August 29, 2008
Entry Fees:
Single Entry - $35 per image
Series - $50 per series
Students - $20 (I.D. required)
For entry, please visit:
http://www.facesphotocontest.com
Rail-trails,
the paths left over from train tracks of yore, have inspired
conservationists and transportation lobbyists alike to work for their
preservation and now they want you on the trail (sorry - puns abound) for the perfect rail-trail shot.
The D.C. based Rails-to-Trails conservancy network is searching for the best digital photos of rail-trails in the U.S for its 2008 Digital Photo Challenge. The grand prize will be awarded to the best photo and will be selected from a pool of at least 25 finalists. Finalists' images will be featured on the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy's Web site and the winning photograph will be published in the 2009 Rails-to-Trails calendar.
All entries must be submitted no later than August 31, 2008. To learn how you may submit photos, and to review the full contest rules, check out www.railstotrails.org/photocont
Image courtesy of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy.
Everyone loves taking pictures while on vacation. And what could possibly be better than winning a prize for one of those pictures?
Small Luxury Hotels of the World launches its Inaugural Worldwide Photography Competition, asking travelers to submit their most inspired moments caught on film. The contest (completely online) will run from March 17, 2008 to July 31, 2008. Entrants will have the opportunity to upload 10 images and all photographs will be viewable in an online gallery on the website.
The four top prize winners will all receive a brand new Nikon D80 SLR 10.2 Camera with an 18-135mm zoom lens, plus, (in ranking order from first place to fourth place) one of four incredible prize getaways including two round-trip tickets on American Airline and…
• A six-night Costa Rican adventure spent at both Hotel Punta Islita and Gaia Hotel & Reserve
• A five-night English town & country experience spent at both The Capital Hotel in London and Luton Hoo Country Estate
• A four-night Mexican escape at Esencia on the Riviera Maya
• A three-night big apple experience in New York City at the Iroquois New York.
For more details and to enter the contest visit www.slhphotocontest.com
Editorial Photographers is pleased to announce the first EP Education Grant.
A cash prize of $1000.00 courtesy of EP and Blinkbid, will be awarded to each of five outstanding full time students, as well as additional prizes.
Winners will be chosen based on a portfolio submitted on-line. The
material may be of any subject, a collection of individual photographs
or an on-going project.
* There is no contest fee, but each eligible student may enter only once
* Utilizing any web site of your choice such as Flickr, or Picasa, (or your own server, if you have one) create a web gallery containing 10–15 photographs
* Include your name and contact information on the web page
* Send a link only to your gallery at epedu@editorialphoto.com
* Include your school name and documentation of current school enrollment
* Any submission that does link directly to a contest gallery will be disqualified
* All work must be posted by May 5, 2008
To be eligible, contestants must be enrolled in an accredited full time college photography program in Canada or the U.S. during the 2007-2008 year.
Winning entries will be announced on May 16, 2008 and displayed on the Editorial Photographers website: www.editorialphoto.com.
To find out more information please visit, http://www.editorialphoto.com/outreachep/ep_edu_grants.asp
Good luck.
Photography courtesy of EP © Patrick Harbron
What better way to give your photography some exposure, then to enter a contest!
Photography Now is accepting entries for their 2008 contest until February 15, 2008 and the winners will have their photographs exhibited in the Center for Photography at Woodstock’s gallery from April 12th to June 1st.
Our very own creative director, Darren Ching, will be judging the images and all photographic techniques and approaches are welcome.
There is a special student rate, $30 for 6 images, so take advantage! To find out more information and details visit www.info@cpw.org or call 845.679.9957.
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