Current Photo Contests

Black and White Spider Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence in black and white photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best professional and amateur photographers worldwide and honors the finest images with the highest achievements in black and white photography.

Black and White Spider Awards is open to professional and amateur photographers shooting in all forms of black and white photography using traditional or digital methods. There is no limit to the number of images you can enter. There are no restrictions on the date of photograph. Published and unpublished work is accepted. Photographers can enter from any country worldwide.

Images Requirements

Digital

• 72dpi resolution
• 900 pixels width or height
• JPEG - maximum quality
• Name your file as follows: lastname-firstname_title
• RGB or Grayscale

Print

• MAX size 11″ x 14″
• Attach entry form or identification label to back of print
• Not framed or mounted

Please note:

Photographs must be black and white - no sepia or color tones in the image. Images received with tones or color will be converted to grayscale. Images need to be borderless and have no embedded marks or logos. Prints and digital files will not be returned. Winning images will be requested at high resolution after the Awards.

Judging Criteria

All entries will be judged on the basis of:

• Artistic Merit
• Originality
• Subject
• Style

To enter the program is quick & easy - ENTER NOW

Official web site: www.thespiderawards.com

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• Copyright: Copyrights of the photograph shall remain with the photographer at all times. However, all entrants agree to grant Black and White Spider Awards permission to use the work for promotional purposes, in any of their publications, electronic media or printed materials, including web site, online galleries, publications, calendar, book|BASIL, catalog, program book, trade show and exhibition visuals, and marketing materials, for a period of two years from the Awards Presentation, without further permission or remuneration. Entrants also understand the work may be published in affiliated newspapers, magazines, and periodicals, solely for the purpose of promoting the work, the photographer, and the Black and White Spider Awards.
• Eligibility: Amateur and Pros
• Entry fee: Amateur US$30.00; Professionals US$35.00
• Entry deadline: 21 December 2007

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Similar contests (may already be finished!):

• Call for Entries: Black & White Photography
• Fort Dearborn-Chicago Photo Forum International Competition
• The FOTOBAMAWEEK Photography Contest
• 2010 Activist Photography Awards
• 18th Annual National Juried Photography Show

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